- 《Worthy or not？》 Release Announcement – April 18 - 18 April 2026
To our new and longtime supporters, Our latest original FMV 《Worthy or not？》 is officially released today, April 18. Thank you for your continued support. We have already shared our thoughts and journey behind this project in yesterday’s announcement, so we will not repeat them here. If you encounter any issues during gameplay, please feel free to reach out to us at any time. The most immediate support is available via our official qq group. Official qq (only one): 983536806 We would also like to announce our original release lineup for the rest of the year (secondary creations and adapted works will be launched dynamically based on progress): We will continue to launch the following original FMV throughout 2026: 1、《Survivor’s Notes》 – a full-AI, large-scale, CG-style zombie-themed FMV 2、New-type live-action cinematic FMV《Code: Fatal Choice 1》 3、Horror FMV 《Code: The Staircase》 4、New-ty…
- MysteryCrown wishes you all the best in the Chinese new year - 16 February 2026
MysteryCrown FMV Studio would like to express our deepest gratitude for your long-term companionship and support. It has been over two years since the launch of our first FVM, 'Try and love', on January 25, 2024.As a small-budget studio, our productions cannot compete with million-dollar projects in terms of scale or polish. However, over these two years, we have remained committed to our horror roots with titles like 'Back'，'UndeadReal:Ego'，‘Back2’,‘Back 3', while also daring to explore new genres (Worthy or not) and innovative gameplay mechanics (Pact between us). Regardless of the outcomes, we are truly thankful for your tolerance and support for all our products.In the past year, to ensure the studio's survival, we ventured into secondary creations (such as 'Mouringwood Lodge' series and 'Invisible us') and even developed adaptations based on film and television content ('Mute'). Lo…
- Announcement the Release of "The invisible Us" - 22 November 2025
Dear bros who have long supported our studio, our new adapted product, "The invisible Us," releasedSimilarly, as an adapted product, it does not have a branching structure or a true multiple-ending setup. Bros who are concerned about this should consider carefully before purchasing.The pacing of this product is also relatively slow, focusing mainly on storytelling. There are no jump scares or horror elements, so those who are drawn to our studio for its horror FMV should also think twice before buying.However, because it deals with a relatively uncommon theme, my experience while playing it felt quite different. Let me share some specific feelings.As a piece of content addressing anti-school bullying, it felt quite heavy at times, and occasionally even stirred up some anger. It’s not exactly a joyful gaming experience, which makes me wonder—does this contradict the fundamental purpose o…
- "Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden voice" Release Announcement - 25 October 2025
Hello to all our longtime supporters and friends of our studio, "Back"! Our second fan-creation project, "Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden voice" is now officially released.Before you purchase and play, I’d like to clarify a few things."Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden voice" was developed based on pre-existing video footage, so if you’re looking for multiple branching storylines, this might not be the game for you. Additionally, the deductive reasoning process in this game bears some resemblance to another mystery game released last week—purely coincidental. After reviewing feedback from players, I’ve further simplified the puzzles. However, the game still contains some jump scares (at the very least, our QA testers were startled multiple times, though fear is subjective, of course). For any shortcomings, I appreciate your understanding.To be honest, creating FMV (full-motion video) games comes wi…
- "Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice" - Release Date Announcement: October 25th - 20 October 2025
Hey bros who've been following our interactive movie game series from 《Back》! Our brand new fan-creation project, "Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice", is set for an early release on October 25th (this Saturday)."Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice" from the Beyondtells a story that happens beforethe events of "Mourningwood Lodge". In FBH1, Wang Hui ultimately met his end as a sacrifice, but long before that, he was already involved in other paranormal incidents.Furthermore, this prequel will secretly contain hints related to a future installment in the Mourningwood Lodge series (let's temporarily call it Mourningwood Lodge 3).As a fan-creation product, we've been able to optimize some of the issues players raised regarding FBH1. However, the lack of significant branching paths is something that's genuinely tricky to address. Just as I explained in a previous announcement, this pro…
- September 27 Announcement - 27 September 2025
To all old and new friends of the “Back”series, “Back3:Spooky”is now officially released. Some of the backstory and reasoning regarding “Back3:Spooky”were explained in quite some detail in the previous announcement. Brothers who are interested can go take a look.To put it simply, “Back3:Spooky”is still far from reaching the quality I had hoped for. Therefore, for all brothers who purchase “Back3:Spooky”this time, you will still be eligible to receive a free key for“Back4”during its future promotional activity (assuming “Back4”gets made).Speaking of “Back4”, the current idea is to emulate the approach of Marvel. If the "Back" series tells Ren Xing's story, then I intend for “Back3:Spooky”to start telling the story of another protagonist. Then, potentially in “Back7”, the two protagonists might meet. Perhaps this new protagonist is from another faction, and the two teams need to confront…
- Announcement One Week Before the Release of 《Back3》 - 18 September 2025
To all guys who have supported the Back series, The third installment of our Back series, 《Back3》, will be launched next week. (The current store time is set for September 28, but there is a possibility it may be released earlier on the 27th.) It’s been a while since we last communicated with an announcement. The reasons are threefold: first, we’ve been busy adapting the second creation into a scripted murder mystery game; second, we’ve been occupied with seeking funding for Back 4; and third, due to various internal and external factors, we’ve been feeling uncertain about our path ahead, leading to some deep reflection and hesitation. So, we’d like to take this opportunity to discuss things with everyone. (Regarding the code giveaway event for 《Back3》, we’ve received all the emails and won’t be replying to each individually. The codes will be distributed uniformly before the launch.) F…
- Announcement: New Game “Mourningwood Lodge” Launch - 12 September 2025
Hello everyone who has been following and supporting our studio's FMV! The first installment of our brand new micro-horror suspense series, "Mourningwood" titled "“Mourningwood Lodge”" is now available. If you're interested, feel free to search for it and give it a try.A big thank you to all our longtime supporters and new friends who are still tuning in to our updates. It is your continued support that gives us the confidence to keep creating more FMVs. Although we're still working with a limited budget, we strive to deliver unique and fresh experiences with each release.Thank you once again!
- 《Back:Fade》Post-Release First Announcement - 3 May 2025
Hi everyone, Today marks Day 4 since Back: Fade (let's call it Back 2) launched! Thank you all - old friends and new - for joining this second chapter of the Back series. I've been reading every suggestion in your emails and replying personally. As we're now discussing Back 3's script, I want to address two major feedback points and share our improvement plans: 1. "Not Scary Enough & Slow Pacing" Many noticed we removed jump scares (those sudden "BOO!" moments). This was because Back 1 players called them "cheap thrills". For Back 2, I specifically asked our writers to avoid them, hoping to create deeper "slow-burn horror" through storytelling. But I realize now: • My team's still learning how to make "mind-chilling terror" without jump scares • If forced to choose between "basic scares" vs "not scary", most prefer some scares So for Back 3: ✓ We'll add meaningful jump scares that…
- 《Back：fade》 launches tomorrow (April 30th)! - 29 April 2025
Hey guys old and new! Just a quick heads-up that 《Back：fade》 launches tomorrow (April 30th)! Quick recap: If you bought 《Undead Realm：Ego》, email me at [email protected] to claim your free key. If you bought the 《Back》 but missed the 《Undead Realm：Ego》 key, you can claim it now too. Why do I keep doing these "buy one, get the next free" deals? Honestly, I’m not 100% satisfied with my game yet. Starting from 《try and love》 → 《Back》 → 《Undead Realm：Ego》.I’ll keep this up until I feel i’ve nailed it. Buy 《Back：fade》 now, and you’ll get my next game free too! Launch time note: We’re aiming for after work hours so everyone can jump in fresh. With interactive movies, early leaks can hurt sales (looking at you, streamers 👀). No hard feelings – just want everyone to enjoy it together. Timing might adjust slightly based on real-time data. Now, my totally biased pre-launch review of 《Back：…
- First announcement for "Back:Fade" - 3 April 2025
Dear old friends from "Try and love", "Back", and "Udead realm:Ego", as well as new friends who have recently followed me, The sequel to "Back" - "Back:Fade" has finally passed review today and will be released soon. The specific release time will be announced in our latest notice. It's been a while since our last update, and I have many things to share with you. Let me explain them one by one - we're all old friends here, so I'll speak frankly. After "Udead realm:Ego" was launched and quickly "passively" taken down, I entered a period of contemplation. Mainly because I couldn't understand what had happened at first. I repeatedly communicated with the platform via email to inquire about the reasons. Even after finally learning the cause, I didn't know how to explain it to everyone, so I could only focus on developing follow-up products, namely "Back:Fade" and another new product we'll r…
- Happy New Year to all friends - 28 January 2025
In the past year, with your support, I successfully launched two horror FMV games. In the new year, I will continue to fully immerse myself in the creation of horror FMV works. "Back 2" and "Project Red" are currently in production and will meet you as soon as possible. At present, "Soul Departure Realm: School Grudge" has been taken off the shelves for reasons unknown to me. I suspect it might have been maliciously reported. I'm currently in communication with Steam. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude again for your continuous support. I can only repay you with increasingly better works. Wish you all a happy Spring Festival. May you have good health and all your wishes come true in the new year.
- "Undead Realm：Ego" has been officially released today. - 10 January 2025
"Undead Realm：Ego" has been officially released today. To be honest, I'm having very mixed feelings right now, and mostly it's embarrassment. Because in this horror FMV of mine, I myself feel that there are many parts that are particularly awkward. Some of you may ask, since you feel it's awkward yourself, why didn't you make changes? It's not that I didn't want to change it. I wanted to change it more than anyone else. But it's not like fixing a bug in the program or adding a picture by an artist. I have to mention the particularity of FMVs. Once the shooting is done, the crew, the actors and so on will disband. It's basically impossible to go back and do reshoots (except for extremely wealthy companies). Then some of you may ask again, if you felt it was awkward when reading the script, then don't shoot it. Just change the script. Here's another thing I have to say. As someone who ori…
- Explanation of the Free-KEY event and sharing of some interesting stories - 3 January 2025
Thank you, bro who have been following my horror FMV. Since some bro have been constantly sending emails to inquire about the Free-KEY event, I'm making this announcement again to align the information: -Regarding the Free-KEY event - The Free-KEY event actually started with my first FMV. Because I didn't think it was done well, I held the Free-KEY event for the bro who purchased and were willing to play the second FMV. Similarly, for the previous FMV "Back", I also didn't think it was done well. So before the release of "Undead Realm:Ego", I organized the Free-KEY event again. (I still don't think "Undead Realm:Ego" is done well, so for the next horror FMV event, I will still hold this event.) Originally, the rule for participating in the event was that those who sent the purchase record to the official email before the Steam store page was made public could obtain the KEY for the new…
- The Last Announcement of 2024 - 30 December 2024
2024 is coming to an end soon. I think people still need a sense of ceremony. Here, I'd like to wish all the guys who have come across my FMV that whatever unpleasant things happened in the past year, just let them go. Being able to live happily and still have games to play, I think, is already an extremely lucky thing. What's more, I hope that the lucky things and lucky people you encountered in 2024 can also continue into 2025 and that you'll remain lucky. 2024 is my first year of making FMV. Although it's been bumpy, I had no money and was cheated by others in various ways, I'm still very grateful. Because I'm grateful that I could shift from the research and development of traditional pay-to-win games to the development of indie games. To be honest, I'm really fed up with making pay-to-win games. Traditional games, especially mobile games, have long deviated from my original intenti…
- Update Announcement on December 30 - 30 December 2024
Dear fellows, a new function called "X Files" has been updated today. Actually, it's a place to put some stills from the show. After completing any level of the game, you can view more stills. Since I wasn't sure where to put them, I just created this small function. It's not that useful, but it's better than nothing. If you guys hope to add any functions to horror FMV, you can let me know via email. I will widely and gradually improve it according to the actual situation. And a good new "Undead Realm:Ego" has finally passed the review and will meet you all on January 10th, 2025. First of all, I'm really grateful to all the buddies who have been following my FMV. And a big welcome to the new friends who just started to follow. Thank you so much. It's because of your attention and the many emails from friends who encouraged me that I've got the confidence to make more. Just like what I s…
- "Undead Realm:Ego" store page has been announced and will be launched soon. - 28 December 2024
Thanks to all the buddies who have been constantly following my FMV. My new FMV "Undead Realm:Ego" has passed the review and will be on sale soon. Please keep on the announcements for the release date. To give back to the buddies who have supported me for a long time, the CD key activity will continue until before the game release date. That is to say, once the game is released, the CD key activity will end at the same time. Those buddies who haven't participated in the CD key activity yet, hurry up. And for those who have already participated, the CD keys will be sent to you via email before the release. Also, please trouble you guys to use your little fingers and add the game to your wish list in advance. Thank you all again for your long-term support.
- Report about "Undead Realm:Ego" on December 10th - 10 December 2024
Thanks, guys, for continuously following my new horror FMV "Undead Realm:Ego". Game was completed and submitted for review last week. However, due to the sensitive theme, the review process might involve some repetitions and modifications. Since Christmas is coming soon and there will be no reviews during the Christmas period, it's less likely to be released before Christmas and more likely to be released in January. Regarding the information of the new game, you'll be able to see it once the store information of the game passes the review. In the words of the developer of the game, a lot of the mental journey about the game has been reported to you all. Thanks again for your attention. Meanwhile, I'd like to remind those guys who haven't got the CD key event of the new game yet to hurry up.
- November 25 Update Announcement - 25 November 2024
1. New function about loading. You can start directly from several pre-set loading points. For example, instead of playing again from the beginning, you can start directly from the place where they choose 1 from 3 in the ending. (Not every option can be covered. We try to set several archive points according to the changes of the scene.) We have completed the basic development and shooting of our new product "Undead realm:Ego", which has been submitted to the review, and will soon meet with you. Hope that who have not participated in the activity of giving free keys can hurry up. When the information of our new product store is announced, the activity will end.
- October 24 Update Announcement - 24 October 2024
In order to better serve more players in this screaming festival, we used AI to optimize the previous translation. (Previously, it was translated with local translation software, which was quite embarrassing. Many lines were more colloquial, and the translation with local translation software was more written. Now the development of AI is more convenient, with spoken mode translation, so try it. Anyway, it will not be worse than now.). -- Important Dividing Line -- ---------- Our new product "Undead Realm :Ego" (working title) is under intense shooting, and is expected to meet with you in December if it goes well. I have received all the emails from the players who have successfully purchased the "Back" products and replied to them one by one and included them in the record. Before the new product is released, the key will be sent by unified mail. In view of the fact that in the last ac…
