[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":352},["ShallowReactive",2],{"studio-blog-post-unmurk-steam-launch":3,"studio-blog-related-unmurk-steam-launch":318},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":294,"cover":22,"coverHref":15,"date":295,"description":296,"draft":297,"extension":298,"image":299,"meta":300,"navigation":162,"path":301,"seo":302,"stem":303,"tags":304,"takes":307,"__hash__":317},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Funmurk-steam-launch.md","Unmurk Steam Launch: Voxel Edge Puzzles","remmy",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":284},"minimark",[10,24,34,69,72,77,98,101,105,112,115,118,136,144,150,154,157,171,175,179,182,185,194,200,204,209,228,233,244,247,250,259,265,269,272],[11,12,18,19],"a",{"className":13,"href":15,"title":16,"style":17},[14],"vg-hotframe","https:\u002F\u002Fstore.steampowered.com\u002Fapp\u002F1923960\u002FUnmurk\u002F","Unmurk on Steam","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Funmurk-steam-launch-bp-macaw.webp)","\n  ",[20,21],"img",{"src":22,"alt":23},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.fastly.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F1923960\u002F21e835095bd3c89c09458da92a90b699444eac7b\u002Fcapsule_616x353.jpg?t=1789739518","Official Unmurk Steam capsule: voxel macaw perched above the UNMURK logo on a warm orange-brown backdrop (Michal Barszczewski)",[25,26,30,33],"p",{"className":27,"style":29},[28],"blog-muted","margin:-0.75rem 0 1.5rem;font-size:0.9em",[11,31,32],{"href":15},"Unmurk (Steam)",". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the capsule macaw.",[25,35,36,40,41,44,45,48,49,52,53,56,57,60,61,64,65,68],{},[37,38,39],"strong",{},"Unmurk"," unlocks on Steam on ",[37,42,43],{},"September 18, 2026",", from solo creator ",[37,46,47],{},"Michal Barszczewski",", publishing under his own name and the quiet ",[37,50,51],{},"Mandigondo"," banner. The pitch is almost stubbornly clean. You only see the outer edges of puzzle pieces sitting on a voxel object. You rotate, match, and place until the murky silhouette fills in. Then the hidden object comes to life. No battle pass. No live-service calendar. Press notes and the store put the ask at ",[37,54,55],{},"$8.99"," with a ",[37,58,59],{},"10%"," cut off the ",[37,62,63],{},"$9.99"," list. App ID ",[37,66,67],{},"1923960",". English coverage outside studio-adjacent notes is still thin, which is exactly the discovery window Voidge likes.",[25,70,71],{},"Honestly, that hits. September shelves are loud. Unmurk wants a quieter table and a macaw that starts as an outline.",[73,74,76],"h2",{"id":75},"michal-barszczewski-mandigondo-one-clear-gag","Michal Barszczewski, Mandigondo, one clear gag",[25,78,79,80,86,87,93,94,97],{},"Barszczewski is not a marketing committee. The Steam developers and publishers fields both list his name. The public site sits at ",[11,81,85],{"href":82,"rel":83},"http:\u002F\u002Fmandigondo.com\u002Funmurk",[84],"nofollow","mandigondo.com\u002Funmurk"," with mail at ",[37,88,89],{},[11,90,92],{"href":91},"mailto:michal@mandigondo.com","michal@mandigondo.com"," and social under ",[37,95,96],{},"@mandigondo",". You bet that matters for Voidge right now. We keep spotlighting small teams so the relationship can grow into interviews later, the same path that opened after Magical Blush coverage and the quieter Steam ships we keep putting on the board. Unmurk fits that shelf: readable voxel art, hotlinkable Steam stills, and a named solo creator who still signs the emails.",[25,99,100],{},"I'm into how little the store page oversells. Short description, two difficulty modes, a trailer that mostly shows the gag, and then you are on your own with a progress bar and a handful of floating pieces.",[73,102,104],{"id":103},"outer-edges-first-color-second","Outer edges first, color second",[25,106,107,108,111],{},"Store and site copy name the loop clearly. Assemble puzzles on voxel objects. You only see outer edges. Rotate the object. Match the pieces. Watch it come to life. After a solve you can interact with the object and poke around for hidden achievements. Steam lists ",[37,109,110],{},"25"," achievements, Single-player, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing, and a pile of accessibility tags like Color Alternatives, Adjustable Difficulty, Keyboard Only, Mouse Only, and play-at-your-own-pace language. Windows, Mac, and Linux all show up on the platforms block, which is pretty solid for a solo casual ship.",[25,113,114],{},"Easy mode loads pieces gradually and shortens the wait between hints. Hard mode dumps the whole set at once and stretches the hint timer, so finding the right pocket gets meaner. I'm into that split. Same silhouette gag, two patience settings.",[25,116,117],{},"Take a look at the stills and the gag sells before you boot. A blue-and-yellow macaw sits finished on a warm tan grid, lime crown and black beak catching the light while dust motes float. Mid-solve, the same bird goes murky from the belly down while two dark red-lined pieces wait on the right. Elsewhere, brown-and-white edge clusters float on a teal cutting-mat grid. A red monster truck with oversized black tires and cyan windows kicks sand voxels on a seafoam field. A ruby starfish with dark green tips waits for two loose red polyominoes.",[25,119,120,121,125,126,130,131,135],{},"If your September discovery pocket already includes the quiet craft energy of ",[11,122,124],{"href":123},"\u002Fblog\u002Fwoodo-steam-launch\u002F","Woodo"," or the playful Steam novelty of ",[11,127,129],{"href":128},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpop-pachinko-steam-launch\u002F","Pop Pachinko",", Unmurk sits in a sharper minimalist-puzzle band with a clearer silhouette hook at the center. 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Chunked beak, lime crown, white cheek patch, zero UI chrome fighting the voxels.",{"author":312,"text":313},"junno","Deadass a solo voxel puzzle that only shows you the outer edges and still ships Windows, Mac, and Linux on day one for under ten bucks. If the truck and starfish levels keep that clean silhouette gag, this actually goes hard.",{"author":315,"text":316},"nyxe","Reckon September 18 already had louder Steam unlocks shouting. 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