Maker Faire Bay Area 2025

FOGTOWN: Hands-on puppetry, gaming, and D.I.Y. virtual production

Home: Oregon, United States

Fogtown is a world of baffling mystery and heartfelt humor, where classic puppetry meets cutting-edge virtual production. We're creating a video game and TV series set in Fogtown, a reimagining of Sherlock Holmes starring our puppet detectives Sherblock and Blockson, who solve baffling cases and get hilariously sidetracked along the way. Using handcrafted puppets and digital sets built in Blender and Unreal Engine, we've developed a DIY production pipeline that lets us shoot live puppetry against interactive virtual environments — an affordable spin on the “ Volume” stages used in modern Hollywood. The result is a blend of old-school charm and digital magic that we're sure will inspire you! At our booth, you can: - Play the demo of A Rum Case in Fogtown, our branching narrative video game - See how we film Fogtown using affordable virtual production techniques - Learn how to apply our process to your own creative projects! We're also looking for collaborators to join us!