{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7262c2054ae6ed3b155b1d32","clusterId":"c_e03e803c3da420985223e2b2","slug":"studio-sasanqua-launches-indie-publishing-with-afantasia","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Studio Sasanqua Launches Indie Publishing With [AFANTASIA]","summary":"Studio Sasanqua announced on October 2, 2026 that it is launching an indie game publishing business, and named [AFANTASIA] as its first title. The game is a point-and-click narrative exploration adventure from Brazilian creator noidnoidnoid, in which a boy who has lost all of his memories wanders the small town of Tempo guided by a voice called Intrusion that echoes in his head. He picks up fragments of the past, relives other people's memories as if they were his own, and faces both who he was and who he will become. Player choices decide whether he stays in Tempo or heads to the city. The platform is PC via Steam, and the release date and price are undecided. Studio Sasanqua, based in Tokyo, is led by representative director Kenji Ozawa, who served as director of Legend of Mana: Visions of Mana. In a comment, Ozawa wrote that the choice of producing was not about following trends but about taking responsibility for how a game reaches people, and concluded, \"I'll make them, and I'll sell them.\"","whyItMatters":"By attaching its own director to production and promotion for each title, Studio Sasanqua is pitching publishing as an extension of in-house development rather than a separate label function, which is an unusual posture for a studio of its size.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe studio\u0026#39;s publishing policy puts Ozawa on every title as producer and director, working directly with developers. Content and promotion are planned together rather than handled separately.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe company describes its edge as small-team development backed by staff who have worked on AAA-scale titles. Its stated goal in publishing is to support works with themes meant to make players recall their own experiences.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFellow developers and industry outlets are not alone in questioning the move. Ozawa wrote: \u0026#34;Some people may have been surprised that a single development company is entering the publishing business, but... personally, my feelings are completely the opposite.\u0026#34; He also said producing is \u0026#34;not about following trends by jumping on the bandwagon, but about taking intense responsibility for how interesting something is and how it reaches people.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[AFANTASIA] will be playable at Brasil Game Show 2026 in São Paulo from October 9 to 12, at Distrito Anhembi, the first venue where the game is demoed. Its first Japanese demo comes at DREAMSCAPE#5 on October 24 at Tokyo International Forum Hall E2 in Yurakucho. The game supports English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese, and its Steam page is live.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"[AFANTASIA] gets Studio Sasanqua's first publishing slot while its own Steam release date and price are still undecided, so the label is announcing a game before it can date one.","twitterPost":"[AFANTASIA] is Studio Sasanqua's first published title, and the game's own release date and price are still undecided.","threadsPost":"Studio Sasanqua opens its publishing arm with [AFANTASIA], a point-and-click adventure from Brazilian creator noidnoidnoid that has no release date or price on Steam yet. Kenji Ozawa's label starts its slate with a game it cannot schedule.","newsletterBlurb":"Studio Sasanqua, the Tokyo studio led by Legend of Mana: Visions of Mana director Kenji Ozawa, is launching an indie publishing arm. Its first title is [AFANTASIA], a point-and-click exploration adventure from Brazilian creator noidnoidnoid about a boy piecing together his lost memories in the town of Tempo. Demos run in Sao Paulo in October and in Tokyo on October 24.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2610022h\",\"title\":\"Studio Sasanqua, Led by Legend of Mana: Visions of Mana's Kenji Ozawa, Launches Publishing Business; First Title Is [AFANTASIA], a Memory-Lost Boy's Exploration Adventure from Brazil\"},{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261003-471587/\",\"title\":\"Narrative exploration ADV '[AFANTASIA]' announced. 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