We're nearing in on 7 years! My how time files.

It was a wilder time, with steam greenlight having its final submissions, and us here at Flamebait fresh out of university. It also was a time where Steam supported 32 bit applications for MacOS.

32-bit Mac has since become a thing of the past. None of our newer products include it, and it has at last become time to discontinue it from our very first release as well.

If you play on a Mac, don't worry. We still have the 64-bit version, which has been the norm for Mac devices for a decade at this point.

With that we bid farewell to our Mac 32-bit version. We will fondly remember your limited addressable space.

Bonjour, artisans unbowed! 👻

We've found some weird postcard today! We think it's addressed to you.


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To those of you who're playing Passpartout,
you'll find creepy critters are on the loose!

Ghastly spirits, ghosts - it doesn't matter,
For their devilish headpieces are quite dapper.

Appease them with heart and you may find,
They'll award you with said piece in kind.
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We're not sure who the sender is, but we have a good guess.
Have fun exploring the Halloween event in Passpartout, and if you're just picking the games up, welcome!


Stay spooky!


The games are on sale during this Halloween event time!
Passpartout: The Starving Artist is 60% off! and Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist is 20% off!

Bonjour our fellow artists 🍷🥖


Passpartout 2 is available now! Jump over to Steam and start painting right now with a 20% launch discount!



▶️ Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist

We’re looking forward to seeing your masterpieces🖼✨



Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist is available on Steam for $24.99 / €24.99/ £20.99, with a 20% discount for its launch week. To celebrate the launch of its sequel, the first game in the series Passpartout: The Starving Artist will also have its deepest discount yet at 60% off. For those who wish to fully commit to the artist life, we launched a brand-new “Passpartout Bundle”, offering an additional 10% discount for both games.

• Easy point & click gameplay
  
• Have a chill time exploring and interacting with a beautiful and creative world.
  
• Literally drawing your own art, unlocking fancier tools along the way.
  
• Putting your art out for sale anywhere in the world, including your studio.
  
• Doing commissions for the townsfolk of Phénix and slowly impacting the town with your art - from a simple warning sign to the top spot of the Museum of the Masters!
  
• The game is compatible with most PC tablets!

If you have any great art to share or questions, please feel free to share it with our community 🎨
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We hope you’ll enjoy painting in Passpartout 2❤️


//Flamebait Team

Bonjour our fellow artist 🍷🥖


It is getting warmer and spring-like in Sweden🌸Hope everyone is doing well!



With only five days until launch, we wanted to share the results of the Ad-poster event we held a few weeks ago! The magnificent posters you created have finally made it into Bull Street and wow did it help bring that place to life!🚗🚙


To be real with you we’re both extremely excited and completely terrified to finally release the game. We’ve worked hard every day for over two and a half years to make a worthy sequel to Passpartout: The Starving Artist. In the end, we’re super proud of the results and hope that you’ll find a ton of joy in painting your heart away!✨



For those of you interested in a bit of Flamebait lore we were only University students when we made the first Passpartout. Now we’re self-proclaimed professionals delivering the sequel after 6 years. But we wouldn’t have made it without the help of so, so many people. Huge thanks to Synkronosauus, our composers, for making those sweet tunes, and thanks to the interns, testers, QA, localizers, family, friends and of course you, the community. Without the love we received we’d never have been able to live out our indie dream and Passpartout 2 would never have come to light ❤️



We can’t wait to get Passpartout 2 into your hands!


Thanks
//Flamebait Team

ボンジュール！アーティストの皆さん🍷🥖


今日は待ちに待ったリリース日の発表があります！

なんとパスパルトゥー２が・・・・

✨４月４日にリリースします！🎨

ヨーロッパ時間の４月４日夜７時リリースなので、日本では４月５日ですね！


リリース日が決まったのはいいですが、今この瞬間も、私たちはキーボードを一生懸命叩いて、みなさんに最高なゲーム体験を届けるために、最後のバグを潰していますw あ、そうそう、価格帯もようやく決定しました！

それでは、リリースの詳細をお伝えします。


🕰 リリース時間：7PM CET（日本時間は朝の３時ですね。すみません真夜中で・・）
💶 値段 $24.99 / €24.99/ 3000円
👼 リリースセール20%OFF！１週間限定
🖥 WindowsとMacの両方で遊べるよ！


トレイラーはこちら！

トレイラーの中でも見られるように、今回追加されたたくさんの新しいエリアがあるんです。デモでは入ってなかった場所にもたくさん行けるようになったので、是非楽しみにしてて下さいね！🏘


これまでの皆さんの温かいサポートに、私たちは本当に感謝しています。クローズドβテストではバグを取り締まるのを手伝ってくれたり。そして、ブル・ストリートをビジネス・ゾーンに変身させたのは、なんと公募から選ばれた24枚の素晴らしい広告ポスターです。


この場を借りて、皆さんとコミュニティが作成した素晴らしいポスターを紹介させてください。正直なところ、私たちはたくさんのハイクオリティなポスターの応募に圧倒されましたよ。


本当にありがとうございます！


それではリリースに向けてラストスパート頑張ります！みなさんもあと少し、リリースまで楽しみに待ってて下さいね！


// マティアス

Bonjour my fellow artists🍷🥖



Spring is right around the corner 🌸We’re almost ready to announce our release, but before we do, we wanted to host a tiny creative event 🎨


There's an area called “Bull Street” brimming with savvy business- folk, and there are several blank ad spaces! I thought it’d be fun to invite you to make up three silly or fun ad posters to be featured in the game! This can be anything from a made up fast food chain to an ad for a made up travel agency!🏦


The call for entries is open for six days starting today! Next week on March 8th, we will announce the three ads we think fits best and put them into the game as outdoor ads.

In order to make something that works in this game there are some requirements, so please read the application form before you start! This is also the place you submit your masterful ad creation 🖼


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We are looking forward to seeing your wild creations❤️


// Papa Mattias

Bonjour my fellow artists🍷🥖



It's February already! We are so engrossed in game development that we lose track of time.

We’ve just sent an electronic pigeon to everyone who’s signed up, so please check your e-mail! 📬 🕊️


To make sure we select people who really want to play the closed beta we’re doing a second sign-up. You can sign up HERE[www.passpartoutgame.com]! 😊

If you miss out on the beta test, don't worry. The game will be fully released this spring! Oh my, that’s so soon!



Oh, and what a surprise, Passpartout 2 was awarded Best Visual Art at the Taipei Game Show!! We are extremely excited to have been chosen for this award out of more than 170 amazing games from all over the world.

We’d like to say 'Thank You!' to everyone in the community who has stuck with us making our weird little games.

//Papa Mattias

Bonjour et bonne année 🍷🥖


Today we have two exciting things to share. We’re planning an exclusive closed beta test. The idea is that we’ll randomly select from our Newsletter subscribers to get the opportunity to check out the latest version of the game‼️  *If you haven't already subscribed to our secret newsletter, sign up here > https://www.passpartoutgame.com. Our hope is that you’ll try to break the game in every way you can imagine and help let us know what mischievous things you accomplished so we can get rid of them before release. But if you just want to chill out in the game that’ll be totally fine as well ☕️


Secondly, I wanted to share some nice progress we’ve been making. It’s called Bull Street and its money-loving residents will hopefully find their way into your heart, or at least your wallet. These business people are on the lookout for clever art investments as well as needing an artist’s hand with various business ventures💰


The main reason I wanted to show off Bull Street is this awesomely endearing heavily trafficked road. JUST LOOK AT THE CUTE CARS GOING VROOM🚙🚗🚕! Uh, anyways, more info about the closed beta will come when we’re ready. The current plan is to run the Beta sometime in February, so stay tuned!


In the meantime, take care and have a good one,

//Papa Mattias

Bonjour my fellow artists!🍷🥖


The Winter Holidays are approaching and the Flamebait team will soon take a bit of a break☃️. Personally I’m most excited about the baby-sized Santa's elf outfit my daughter will be wearing to melt her grandma’s heart🎅. Next year we’ll be back energized to finish up the game for you all!

Today I bring you a Holiday gift, a bit of a secret snack if you will. It’s… [imagine a drum roll 🥁 and pause reading until you feel the drum roll has reached its climax]...


THE COLOR MIXER!🎨 In the world you’ll find recipes for new color palettes that you feed into this marvelous machine. It’ll churn for a while until it’s ready, then popping out a new palette for you to enjoy!


This means that you’ll be able to unlock several different palettes to find the one you love most! We’ve already shown a few of these palettes on our TikTok which you should totally follow if you’re hip ‘n cool. If there are any colors you’d love to see, please let me know in our Discord community.


🐷A pretty pig I made myself using the pastel color palette. Everything in the screenshot is work in progress and subject to change.


I tried my best shading some sort of metallic ball using the monochrome palette. Everything in the screenshot is a work in progress and subject to change.


That’s all for this month. I wish you all the best and a lovely Winter Holiday🎄

//Papa Mattias