December 4th, 2025
The S’mores Newsletter #9 - December 2025
October 31st, 2025 - A brand new indie animatic pilot for “Strawberry Vampire” has been released on Youtube! The up and coming studio Li’l Toughy Studio is lead by creator Emily Brundige, best known for her work on the highly acclaimed animated series “Hilda” and award-winning short film “Goldie.”
Screenshot from “Strawberry Vampire” pilot animatic
Franny is a young strawberry vampire from the land of Stawbania. She, along with her family, are forced to move to the city of New York in America, where they must now learn to live among the American people and their...quirks. Brundige set a goal of reaching 1,000 mailing list sign-ups in order to gauge interest for the series and begin planning a Kickstarter for funding, which has been reached! While no official date has been announced for the Kickstarter to be launched, support for the pilot has been flooding in from all over the internet.
Key art for “Morally Omnipotent”
November 7th, 2025 - A trailer for a future animated pilot of “Morally Omnipotent” has been released on Youtube! This comes two years after their first project announcement, “Roswell,” and with a new, highly stylized art direction. Follow the story of Mo, a deity born of Mother Nature and Father Time, as they learn how to be a human on Earth with their unpredictable powers in tow. No release date has been set for the full pilot as of writing.
November 14th, 2025 - Australian animation studio “Studio Psycho” has released a fully animated pilot for their new series “Heathens” on Youtube after being fully funded on Kickstarter.
Key art for “Heathens”
Created by Glitch Studio artist Neda Lay, better known as “Nezhahah” under her own studio of veteran animators, Heathens follows the clumsy but bright-eyed demon Axel as he works in the Hunter’s Inquisition, a bounty hunter group working in the most dangerous places of the Underworld. First featured on GlitchX, the pilot has received widespread attention from online netizens praising the stylized designs, talented voice cast, and original story. Production on the series will be continued while also selling Heathens merchandise on their store.
November 25th, 2025 - A new first-person action shooter “Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation” has released on Steam to very positive reviews.
Key art for “Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation”
This hand-drawn, singleplayer retro style FPS developed and published in a collaboration between
Ciaran Games LLC and Silver Lining Interactive features both a main campaign and endless onslaught mode, throwing enemies left and right for as long as the player can hold out. Join the titular Captain Wayne in his conquest to steal riches and escape Orca Isle, annihilating anyone who tries to get in his way!
AnimalCrazy
Digital Artist
AnimalCrazy, better known as Ani, is a digital artist from the US who is not only creating beautiful works of art, but immersive characters with gripping narratives and stunning visuals to match!
"My name's Chrissie - or as I'm known in online spaces, Ani! I'm an avid story writer with more OCs than I know what to do with! Currently, I'm working on my longterm comic Spirit Lock and a shorter comic Against All Odds. Against All Odds is a sequel to another short webcomic of mine, Crescent Moonlight, which is completed. And after those, I've got more indie series of various media I'm excited to explore! I love the process of creating, no matter what part. Writing, drawing, animating, voice acting, even concepts, as long as I get to work creatively, I'm happy. Thanks so much for your time and I hope you find something you enjoy!"
(Updates from the author!)
Nothing major to report on my end, but I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!
I will be starting some new projects soon, so stay on the lookout for those!
I hope December treats you well, and that you have a very merry Christmas and happy new year!
