- MYMEMORY is out now! - 6 April 2026
Hi everyone!My next game, MYMEMORY is out now on Steam!MYMEMORY is an RPGMaker horror game set in the SCP Foundation universe. Play through Camille's memories as she is contained and classified at SCP-9831. Play through her life and explore her story. Is the Foundation hiding something? Does Camille know about... you?Play it here: Thank you so much for sticking around, and I hope I can keep making even more games in the future! Check out my discord server for discussions, fanart, and more! https://discord.gg/jeEzsS7v Thank you for reading and I hope everyone enjoys MYMEMORY! -jswessler
- Mac Support & Bug Fixes! - 21 March 2026
Hi everyone! Today we have a small update for Annie and the Art Gallery, which adds Mac support and fixes a few bugs. No new content has been added.As someone who grew up only using Macs, adding Mac support is something I've been aiming towards since release, and I finally figured it out! I hope everyone enjoys!If you didn't know, I just released my newest game, MYMEMORY, on itch.io, and it's coming to Steam next month! Wishlist it here! -jswessler
- MYMEMORY: Out Now! - 7 February 2026
Hi everyone! I'm so excited to announce that my next game, MYMEMORY, is out now!MYMEMORY is SCP-9831, a new entry into the SCP creative writing project! It blends writing and gameplay together into a story that I hope will be worthwile!You can download and play MYMEMORY on itch.io for free! https://jswessler.itch.io/mymemory You can also read the article and play inline on the SCP wiki! https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-9831MYMEMORYMYMEMORY is an experience set in the SCP Foundation universe consisting of an SCP article and RPGMaker game. Follow Camille, a girl with the ability to manipulate memories, as she navigates her way through life, unknowingly drawing the attention of the Foundation. Are they covering something up? Does Camille know more than she's letting on? Does she know about... you?Features3 hours of gameplay, plus a LOT more if you want to find all the secrets15k word scrip…
- Game Updates: Tale of Two Sardines and MYMEMORY! - 27 January 2026
Hey everyone! I can't believe it's been nearly four years since I released Annie and the Art Gallery, and I'm so happy I've been able to update the game and stay active in the community. Thank you!I'm making this announcement today with two pieces of news about my future projects, including an update on Tale of Two Sardines.Tale of Two SardinesUnfortunately, Tale of Two Sardines is cancelled. The Steam page will be retired soon, and I have no plans to continue developing the game. However! I've still learned a lot from the development process of Tale of Two Sardines, and I want to help teach other aspiring game developers what to do and what not to do in the process of making story-based games! To this end, I have committed myself to two things:I will release a large majority of Tale of Two Sardines' assets under Creative Commons. This means that anyone will be able to share, distribute…
- Patch 1.4.5 - 26 January 2025
Hey everyone! Here is patch 1.4.5 of Annie and the Art Gallery. Make sure to play my newest game, Introverts Can't Read Minds, available for free on itch.io! https://jswessler.itch.io/introverts Without further ado, here are the patch notes for 1.4.5! Added a ton of new dialogue options to break up conversations Changed & Improved a bunch of dialogue Small story tweaks QOL Tweaks to most character pixel art Added wall textures to the audio puzzle room Changed water texture Redid the mirror art Working towards a working Mac build! Removed Herobrine Thanks for playing!
- Introverts Can't Read Minds - Releasing on itch.io! - 10 December 2024
Hey everyone! Good news: I'm releasing my next game this week on itch.io! It's called Introverts Can't Read Minds. Lizzy heads out to a college party, but quickly realizes her best friend is missing. Talk to everyone at the party to find clues and solve logic puzzles to figure out who's at fault. Unfortunately, Lizzy's an introvert, making all of this really hard. Navigate carefully through conversations to make friends and learn more about the people around you! This game was inspired by a simple idea: "What if Life is Strange... but 2D?" Make your way through ten different conversations to solve a mystery in this RPGMaker game with a 20-30 minute playtime. I hope everyone enjoys this new game coming out this Friday! https://jswessler.itch.io/introverts Thank you so much for reading! -jswessler
- Patch 1.4.4 - 12 July 2024
Hey everyone! Here is patch 1.4.4 of Annie and the Art Gallery. Tale of Two Sardines is fully playable, and I'm currently doing pass after pass of bug fixing and polishing. Be sure to wishlist it on Steam to get access to all the dev logs and behind-the-scenes images! Without further ado, here are the patch notes for 1.4.4! Changed the light puzzle art to not be a straight-up copy of another game. Changed some dialogue to better fit with the new AATAG and TOTS shared world. This involves some small retcons, unfortunately. Updated another piece of art. Annie got a huge glow-up. The Toy Plane no longer follows you after you put it on the podium. Cleaned up some dialogue. Removed Herobrine. Thanks for playing!
- Patch 1.4.3 - 3 July 2023
Hey everyone! Here is patch 1.4.3 to Annie and the Art Gallery. Tale of Two Sardines has gone through a lot of revisions lately. Starting this week, I'm going to be making progress reports (like I'm doing right now in my discord server!) and posting them on that Steam page, so make sure you follow and wishlist! Here are the patch notes for 1.4.3. This update mostly focuses on polishing and clearing up strange things in AATAG. Removed the "counting frames" and replaced it with something that is less weird. Significantly reduced the amount of swearing. Fixed Annie having some bonkers insane lines in the mirror room. Removed a few obscure movie references and stuff that nobody understands. Removed the mirror Annie expositing all over you in Hard Mode. Cleaned up some dialogue. The toy plane no longer follows Jane when you are controlling her. Made all chase sequences significantly easier a…
- Patch 1.4.2 - 13 January 2023
Hey everyone! Here is patch 1.4.2 to Annie and the Art Gallery Before I get into the patch notes, I just want to update everyone on the status of Tale of Two Sardines. It's going really well, actually. The layout of the game is more or less done! Right now, I'm working on getting a few playtests done, and writing down a bunch of the side stories. Then, it will be onto more art, making the choices work, polishing, and adding music and SFX. I hope I can get more info out about this game very soon! Without further ado, here are the patch notes for AATAG 1.4.2! Annie turned on the "Mirror Front Camera" setting on her phone. Added the ability to change keybinds in-game. Changed several of the inspiration painting quotes to be less out of place. Redid three inspiration paintings. Shortened and streamlined a lot of dialogue. (Again!) Changed a specific 1/40 chance event into a guaranteed thing…
- Patch 1.4.1 - 30 September 2022
Wait, jswessler! Didn't you say that 1.4 would be the last update to Annie and the Art Gallery? Well, yeah. But who doesn't like MORE updates!?!? Added WASD support (WASD to move, Shift to run, Space Bar to interact, ESC for menu) Added an "Exit Game" option to the title screen. Fixed one line in the origami gallery where Brendan spontaneously pops back into existence. A quick fix for taking screenshots: Pressing F12 should no longer bring up a dev console. Added a hint for the paper scene in the origami gallery. Just for reference: YOU DO NOT NEED TO LITERALLY DIE IRL TRYING TO GET AROUND THE PAPER. JUST WALK UP TO IT AND PRESS Z. Thanks for playing!
- Update 1.4 + New Game Announcement! - 23 September 2022
Hi everyone! I have two things to announce today! Firstly, my next game now has a steam page! It's called "Tale of Two Sardines", and you can wishlist it today! I'm excited to be working on this new game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2144010/Tale_of_Two_Sardines/ I'm going to be shifting my focus over to this game. Unless a big issue crops up, Annie and the Art Gallery will stop getting updates after this. Without further ado, here is the last (maybe) update to AATAG! New intro art that better reflects the design of the art gallery. Misc text/dialgoue changes. Fixed a few more things not being interactable. Annie now reacts to a few more objects in unique ways. Annie now blinks less frequently. Optimzied a few achievement checking timers, the game should run slightly better now. New faces for both Annie and Brendan! Thanks for playing Annie and the Art Gallery!
- Patch 1.3.9 - 14 September 2022
Patch 1.3.9 fixes a few more bugs and problems with the game. Removed the "Low FPS Mode" because it was causing problems on >60Hz displays. Added a bunch of meta commentary and jokes to Hard Mode. Most of these are inspired by the dialogue structure in Pizza Game. Tweaked a bit of dialogue. New faces for Brendan. (Will be coming in a separate update in a few days) Removal of a really weird system that I added with 1.1 to try to jumpscare you a few times. I think all this did was cause bugs though. Idk. Slightly updated steam art. This will likely be the final patch to Annie and the Art Gallery. Unless something big comes up that needs fixing, I'm going to be switching my focus to something... fishy! Join our discord server for more updates! https://discord.gg/cTX7DdEkWF Thanks for playing Annie and the Art Gallery!
- Patch 1.3.8 - 23 July 2022
Patch 1.3.8 fixes some bugs and makes some quality of life improvements to the game. Tweaked and streamlined most of the long dialogue scenes. This is the main thing about this update, and it should make the game significantly less frustrating in general. Shortened some of the time delays in the dialogue in the long scenes. Moved one of the hard mode saves to the start of the origami gallery. This will stop you from having to replay long dialogue if you die. Changed a reference to Firestarter (2022) to a reference to The 4400 (2004) because it doesn't suck as much. (Although the remake still sucks) Added more banter between Annie and Brendan toward the middle of the game. Added one extra "hard mode paper" that completes the vague story they show. This one is provided automatically upon entering the final chase scene in hard mode. Finalized a separate side-story with a few new mechanics,…
- Patch 1.3.7 - 26 June 2022
Patch 1.3.7 adds some new art to the game! Jane Jane's design has been updated Jane's faces are in a more refined art style She has been given more alternate variations for use at the end of the game Kylee Kylee's faces have been updated to her new design Kylee's faces are in a more refined art style Kylee has been given 15 new faces with increased emotions. This update also better integrates these new faces into the dialogue, and fixes some bugs. Brendan will likely be getting a "facelift" haha okay that wasn't funny in the near future! Thanks for playing Annie and the Art Gallery!
- Patch 1.3.6 - 16 June 2022
Patch 1.3.6 addresses some lingering problems with 1.3: Reduced footstep volume in the audio puzzle Fixed a few things not being interactable Replaced an old inspiration drawing with a new one! Check out the new developer commentary video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ds0MiVmzHk Thanks for playing Annie and the Art Gallery!
- Patch 1.3.5 - 5 June 2022
Hi everyone! Today we will be releasing Patch 1.3.5, which is composed of five smaller updates to the game. Here are the patch notes! Patch 1.3.1 Is the same thing as "Patch 1.3 Part 2" Patch 1.3.2 Improved Parity between English and Spanish versions of the game Patch 1.3.3 Removed a banging noise associated with the new flashing puzzle solutions Dialogue fixes A few more things to do around the game Patch 1.3.4 1 New Achievement! See if you can get this one! Bug fixes, more things to do Patch 1.3.5 You can now press Shift to mute the credits song Changed some of the audio puzzle sound effects Reduced filesize of the game Added a few new SFX Patches 1.3.2-1.3.5 in Spanish Spanish dialogue/missing letter fixes Digital Artbook updates, added most of the new art from game updates Bug Fixes Thanks for playing Annie and the Art Gallery!
- Annie and the Art Gallery 1.3 (Part 2) - 26 May 2022
Hi everyone! Update 1.3 Part 2 is coming out today! This update focuses a lot more on the gameplay, improving some of the puzzles and reducing frustration. A few of the puzzle solutions now pulse with light if you haven't solved them. This is the main thing with this update and should reduce frustration in areas where it isn't clear what you're supposed to do. The light puzzle has been made less "annoying". Your light stays on for longer and illuminates more. The audio puzzle is now back to Pre-1.3 difficulty in HARD MODE. Replaced most of the textures in the Origami Exhibit as they were mostly defaults. There are now VERY few default textures left in the game. Actually removed the political jokes this time... More dialogue changes and improvements. De-cluttered the Gallery area during the first playthrough. Added another inspiration drawing, bringing the total to 11. I think you can fi…
- Annie and the Art Gallery 1.3 - 23 May 2022
Hi everyone! Update 1.3 is coming out now! Because of the scale of this update, it is being split into two parts. Part 1 is available right now, and Part 2 will be coming out later this week! Let's get into some patch notes for Part 1! Spelling fixes (Thanks Camillo!) Brendan's dialogue in the gallery has been made significantly more natural. Lots of characterization has been added. This mostly applies to Annie for now, with more coming in Part 2 (Thanks to lots of you for pointing this out!) Made the audio puzzle in the Glass Exhibit significantly easier. Reverted a few Patch 1.2.9 things to increase parity with other languages. Removed some cringe dialogue, dialogue now flows a bit more naturally and realistically. Removed and a few political jokes that nobody seems to have found. Lots more descriptions for objects strewn around the basement. Bug Fixes Another new inspiration drawing!…
- Spanish now supported! - 17 May 2022
Annie and the Art Gallery now supports Neutral Spanish! (Neutral Spanish - Both Latin America and Spain dialects are supported!) Thank you to Camilo Torres for help with the translation! Thanks for playing Annie and the Art Gallery! The next patch should be out soon!
- Patch 1.2.9 - 27 April 2022
Hi everyone! This update mostly fixes some lingering bugs with 1.2 Fixed collision issues in the water room. For good this time!! Reworked some of Brendan's dialogue in the beginning. Removed the "Moving Statue" in the chase area in the Clay Gallery. Removed an errant piece of paper during a chase sequence. Added a bit of dialogue that clarifies some lore during HARD MODE. Other bug fixes. Thanks for playing Annie and the Art Gallery.
