Awaken 8 : Fragments left behind

Linda Heartily Nguyen is an independent designer and creative director based in the United States. Largely self-taught, with only one year of formal study in graphic design, she began developing her cinematic RPG game project Awaken 8 in April 2025. Determined to realize her artistic vision, she built a complete art and rendering pipeline from scratch crafting a distinctive 3D CGI anime-realism style that fuses cinematic storytelling with emotional depth. As the sole artist, director, and writer, she integrates visual art, original music collaborations with independent K-pop artists, and narrative design to explore memory, emotion, and human connection between two worlds. Awaken 8 has been officially approved for release on Steam, with its world reveal planned campaign scheduled for January. Steam page is here on this link Awaken 8: Fragments Left Behind is an independent cinematic RPG project created and directed by solo developer Linda Heartily Nguyen. This entry features a curated selection of early cinematic moments that establish the visual direction, emotional tone, and atmospheric worldbuilding of the game’s universe. The playlist url campaign also includes music-video collaborations with an independent K-pop vocalist from the official OST. This content is unreleased, and the playlist is provided exclusively for awards viewing. The full campaign launches in 2026.
Steam game page link is below:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3868370/Awaken_8_Fragments_Left_Behind/