- It’s Been a While… A Long While 🦊 - 23 August 2026
Hey everyone!Okay… it has been way too long since we posted an update here on Steam.And by way too long, we really mean it. 😅The good news is: Paws and Leaves – A Last Tale is very much alive, and a LOT has happened.Over the past months, the project has grown quite a bit. We successfully funded our Kickstarter, development moved further into production, we’ve been to events, worked on new features and content, and shared a lot of what has been happening behind the scenes.We just… somehow forgot to bring Steam along for the ride. Sorry about that. 💙So, what happened?Trying to squeeze everything that has happened since our last Steam post into one update would probably turn this into a small novel.Luckily, we documented a lot of that journey elsewhere.Since our successful Kickstarter campaign, we’ve been sharing regular updates with our community there – about development, new features,…
- Less Than 48 Hours Left on Kickstarter! Over €50,000 Funded! - 2 September 2025
The Final Push ✨Less than 48 hours. It’s the last chance for anyone to join this journey before the gates close (we will open up late pledging for a limited time, but it will be more expensive to join). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grownarts/paws-and-leaves-a-last-taleLet’s make these last two days shine as bright as the first ones.Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. You made this campaign a story worth telling – now let’s finish it together 🦊💚.With endless gratitude, – Florian & the Team
- We are funded on Kickstarter 🎉 - 16 August 2025
We did it. YOU did it.Paws and Leaves is officially funded. This little dream that lived in my heart for years… is going to become reality.💚 To Our Backers - You’re the ReasonEvery single one of you made this happen. Whether you backed for a dollar or became a Co-Publisher, you carried us here.You didn’t just pledge - you believed.You believed in a small, heartfelt game about memories, love and the fleeting beauty of life. And in believing… you gave it life.If you didn't became a backer but want to, good news: Our Kickstarter is running till 04. September 2025. You can still join and become a part of the foundation!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grownarts/paws-and-leaves-a-last-tale🎮Gamescom 2025, Cologne, GermanyYes, we will be at Gamescom this year.But only on Thursday, 21.08.2025, Hall 10.2 | Stand E020g - D021gI talked about prices for a booth at Gamescom already on the old…
- Demo Update for our Kickstarter - 5 August 2025
We're super proud to finally share our new public demo (~16:00 CEST) for Paws and Leaves – A Last Tale! It's out there. In the wild. For everyone.Yes, we know there are bugs. We’ve already spotted a bunch (some even waved at us). But instead of chasing every last one right now, we're shifting gears to focus on the most important thing: making our Kickstarter campaign a success. Because without that, our little fox’s journey can’t go much further.So try the demo, enjoy the vibes, ignore the glitches (or embrace them as part of the experience), and most of all — please keep spreading the word!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grownarts/paws-and-leaves-a-last-tale/Thanks for all the love and support so far. You’re the best 💛🦊
- Big Month Ahead: Steam Event, HUGE Demo Update & Kickstarter! - 24 July 2025
Hello everyone 🦊It’s been a while since I had the time to write out a proper update here, but there’s been a great reason behind this, and actually. I’m so excited to share some exciting news today about Paws and Leaves. It’s inching closer to August, which means - The Kickstarter launch is in 2 weeks!We’re Part of the Games Forged in Germany Celebration!The Games Forged in Germany event will take place from Thursday, July 24th, at 7:00 PM CET until Thursday, July 31st, at 7:00 PM CET. The event will showcase some amazing games that are developed right here in Germany. Take a moment to check out our store page, Kickstarter page, and explore all the amazing titles featured in the event.New Demo Coming with the Kickstarter (with a twist)!Mark your calendars for August 5th for both the Kickstarter launch & the new Paws and Leaves demo! But that’s not all.. We’ve been waiting so long to fi…
- Looking Ahead - 22 April 2025
Hello everyone 🦊, It’s Florian here. As many of you know, our Kickstarter campaign didn’t reach its funding goal - and I won’t hide it, that felt like a punch to the gut. After seven years of pouring my heart, time and savings into this project, it was hard to accept that we came up short. But today, I want to share with you everything that’s happened since and why I’m more determined than ever to bring this world - and Me’s final journey - to life. Reflecting on December: Defeat, Fuel and a Christmas Miracle December was… intense. Rejections piled up - our second plan (a mentoring program) wasn’t awarded, and I felt truly defeated for the first time in years. I questioned everything: Was I failing because of money? Was I chasing a dream no one cared about? Then, on Christmas Eve, we received the kind of news that reignites hope: Paws and Leaves: A Last Tale won Best Demo and Most Anti…
- What If - 14 November 2024
Hey everyone 🦊! Today, I wanted to share something personal with you. With the campaign on Kickstarter slowing down and progress stalling, I find myself thinking about: “What if this campaign fails?” And with that thought comes a flood of memories - times when people doubted me, times when “friends” told me I’d never succeed, times when people around me seemed to wait for my failures so they could say - “I knew it”. I know I’m not alone in this; we all have those people in our lives, people who don’t believe in our dreams and who are quick to remind us of our limits. I’d be lying if I said I haven’t thought about ending the campaign on Kickstarter after barely reaching the 20% goal in this first week, wondered if it would be easier to press that cancelation button and relaunch in the future with more hype. Right now, it doesn’t look like there’s enough commitment to get us to our goal…
- We need you NOW! - 11 November 2024
🌿 Dear Community 🌿 The journey has officially begun - our Kickstarter is now live and thanks to some incredible early support, we’re already 20% funded! 🎉 This game has been a true labor of love, created with the hope of bringing a heartfelt story to life through the eyes of "Me," our young fox and your support is the final piece we need to make it happen. By pledging on Kickstarter, you’re helping us bring this world to life and as a backer, you’ll also be part of the game itself - through keepsakes and so much more. We can’t do this without you. Every single pledge, every shoutout, brings us closer to realizing Paws and Leaves. Join us on Kickstarter and let’s create something truly beautiful together. 🌌🦊 Thank you for believing in Paws and Leaves! 💚🫂🦊
- Crowdfunding on Kickstarter is live - 6 November 2024
Crowdfunding is live now! Follow us now on Kickstarter
- Kickstarter: November 6 at 9AM PT / 18:00 CEST - 12 October 2024
Big Announcement Follow us now on Kickstarter Kickstarter is launching on November 6 at 9AM PT / 18:00 CEST. We are in need for every paw out there to shoutout, so please share and tell everyone about us.
- Fixes on Demo - 8 September 2024
We fixed a small amount of bugs in the demo: fixed an issue with y-button on startscreen that causes a language-change. fixed waterplane (was broken) fixed some invisible walls fixed an issue that the astral-portal despawns when player is too far away added a cooldown of 2 seconds to mementos. It should prevent instant collecting if player smashes interact button added a note at the end that both decisions lead to different play times. added a feature to submit mementos from ingame. This is just a feature test. We will be adding more mementos by players within the next update, this is just a smaller patch after Gamescom release. We are now back and recovered from Covid, more updates on Kickstarter and demo will follow :). If you like to submit a bug please use: [email protected] or join our Discord. Pro tip: play both path-choices of our demo.
- "Demo is too short" - Demo has two ways to explore! - 26 August 2024
As we are often told that the demo is too short, we would like to point out that the decision you make in the demo offers different options: Follow Ani into the forest (story) We don't want to spoil too much of the story in our demo, so this is the shorter way to spend game time in our demo. Ani and Me explore the forest (Exploration) Here you can freely explore the area and find small adventures as well as one of our features, namely the Mementos, and thus memories of other players. There are also limits here in our demo We would also like to emphasize this once again: It is not a demo of the final game. The game is not yet in the production phase and shows the final gameplay, but we are now at the end of our prototype phase. Our crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter will help us to generate the equity to apply for new funding and move on to the production phase.
- Gamescom 2024 - 20 August 2024
Gamescom prerecorded broadcast
- Demo Release 20.08.2024 - 16 August 2024
We will release our official demo on 20.08.2024! Yaaay! Since we are attending Gamescom, we hope that this demo is running fine. It will be a very tough week for us, so we cannot fix issues that are very time intense. There are some issues we already are aware of and we would like to share: Unexpected random crashes. Yep, we know and its hard to debug to find the issue. Its not always crashing at the same spot, or when you doing the same thing, it is totally random. We will keep it in mind and try our best to fix this biggest issue. German Voice-Overs in english version: Some voicelines we didnt get managed to voiceover again, since voiceover is made by ourself. Voiceover is, you guess, not final and will change if budget is available. We noticed some unexpected behaviors when using a controller. This is caused by the Steam Input System since without Steam Inputs we ran into no issues a…
- Games Baked in Germany - 20 June 2024
We are part of the Games Baked in Germany Event! Wishlist now and sign up on Kickstarter to not miss it!
- Play our Demo at Dokomi (Düsseldorf, Germany) - 19 June 2024
We will be at the at the Dokomi in Düsseldorf (Germany) from 28. June - 30. June 2024. You will find us in the Creative Games Area. You can get an exclusive memento code for a memento in our final game! But dont miss our Kickstarter starting in September 2024
- Become a collectable memory (limited till 31.May 2024) - 19 May 2024
Hello everyone! We would like to ask for your help. In Paws and Leaves you will mainly collect memories that are related to emotional story. But we thought it would be great to have an opportunity to get YOUR memory as a collectable into our world. Therefore we now collecting memories via https://forms.gle/ih1D4wcaK1KreiJU6 to fill our world with some of your memories that can be found in our demo. We will stop collecting memories on 31. May, so its a limited time that you can become a part of our demo builds for the upcoming events that we will visit and showcase our new demo. Our Kickstarter starts in September 2024 SIGN UP NOW ON KICKSTARTER TO NOT MISS IT!
- Silence.... - 12 May 2024
We were silent, but we are not dead. 🦊🫶🦋
- Happy new Year 🦊 - 19 January 2024
Hello everyone and happy new Year! Since its been a long time that we posted an update, its time to update you again. Good news: we are still alive and working on the game. Bad news: It slowed down after Gamescom last year, since every team member works for his livings in different jobs. So it took time, to bring some updates. SUBSCRIBE on Kickstarter now! Kickstarter Well, we getting closer and closer to our Kickstarter Launch. Since we really want to make this a blast we will need you. Spread the word about it, tell everyone about it. We are today at 673 subscribers for the Launch, we need to get to at least 1000 before Launch. Also we are heaving an Newsletter-list to subscribe. As we come closer to the Kickstarter Launch, we will update there more frequently about Paws and Leaves. I would like to support you now, not only by telling, with REAL money! If you like to support us right…
- Gamescom 2023 Cologne (Germany) - 12 August 2023
For Gamescom 2023, we are giving away following non-cash prizes in cooperation with Dear Ear - Custom In Ear Monitoring (https://deer-ear.com) in the period from 13.08.2023, 00:01 hrs to 03.09.2023, 23:59 hrs: 1x Paws and Leaves - IEM(In-Ear-Monitor-Headphones) unique from Deer Ear (value 550€) 5x Paws and Leaves - T-Shirt (value 30€ each) 5x Paws and Leaves - A Thracian Tale - Steam Code (value 30€ each) Why you should also subscribe to our newsletter If we want "Paws and Leaves - A Thracian Tale" to be a success, we need to spread the word about the project like wildfire🔥. And what better way to do that than by increasing the number of our newsletter subscribers? It's like giving a fox🦊 a megaphone📣 - the more people hear about it, the louder it gets! So come on, let's get this fox party started and invite all our cosy friends to join in. Who knows, maybe we can even convince a few…
