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*"TRANSCEND INTO INFINITY"*
— **Kriya Studios,****Tagline.**

**Kriya Studios, LLC.** is an American multimedia studio founded in May of 2018 by video game designers, Edmund and Sean Ahlström. The company is known for producing video games, comics, and films.

## Biography

In May of 2018, Edmund posted an image of a document that Kriya Studios was legally registered as a game company. He posted concept art and teasers for The Road that Falls, and would later announce that the game was going to be released on PlayStation 4 exclusively, the Playable Teaser (P.T.) was nearly complete and was also released on PC. Later in August of 2018, Edmund hired Breim as a modeler for the team.

On September 18, 2022, Sean made an announcement post on the Kriya Studios website, that he was announcing a live event showcase called KSM Expo, which would showcase a number of the Studio's upcoming projects. They showcased 5 projects which include: Desolation, MaD MiND, A Split in Reality, TYCRAZ, and The Road that Falls. Months later, they released videos on Kriya Studios YouTube channel, for the ARG of There Exists.

On January 10, 2023, Kriya Studios' website went under a rebranding, and a phrase on the front page implies that There Exists is a game. Later, in February, Sean uploaded three images showcasing the game being played on PlayStation 5, confirming that they're a partner of Sony. On February 23, 2023, Sean will announce on the site for the new KSM Expo. The event has already begun and they're set to film in the next couple of months. Later, on September 10, Edmund released a behind-the-scenes image for the Expo, showcasing the countdown for the Expo that was made in Sony Vegas. The Expo was planned to take place on Christmas Eve in 2023, however, Edmund announced that the Expo was delayed to April to June 2024, when the studio was in the process of relocating all of its hardware and resources to another state, and for multiple reasons that Edmund mentioned.

### Association with TRTF (2020 - 2023)

One of the members of Kriya, Collin Miller was developing The Return to Freddy's 2 Remastered, as an unofficial remake without any involvement with Kriya Studios or Edmund. However, in September 2020, it was announced that Collin and Kriya had partnered up and the remakes were going to be official. In March of 2021, Breim uploaded a teaser image with a text saying "Today", showcasing the room with arcade props for Floor 13. Later, the Desolation page was created, and it was also confirmed as the official entry of the TRTF Saga and a remake of the original game that Breim worked on in 2019. Later, on May 4, Collin made a post about the game's details when he first started making TRTF2 he hadn't met Edmund at the time, until a year later when Collin asked Edmund if he would voice act for his game. Collin also released of photo of a real-life person who was told that it was Cawnoth's physical appearance. The image was later deleted due to it looking too rushed and felt that it didn't look very good.

On March 2022, Collin would release teaser images for TRTF2, which showcases the theater, and the room of what is supposed to be Cawnoth's house (the bedroom was also seen in one of the old builds for the game). He would later try announcing that he'd revive The Return to Freddy's 3 Remastered as of June 2022. However, the game wasn't in the works, but it featured the new logo of the game and concept art of the Vigo animatronic. However, on October 20, 2022, Sean posted on the Kriya Studios website, that Collin's TRTF remakes would be discontinued. This was due to Collin developing a lack of motivation towards the projects along with some other personal reasons. On September 18, 2022, Sean would announce for a live event showcase called KSM Expo was being hosted by him and Edmund. On the live event, it first showcased the second trailer for Desolation along with various other projects.

On May 27, 2023, the page for Desolation was removed from the site. It was announced by Breim that Desolation will no longer be associated with Kriya Studios. The reasoning behind this was due to the game being a fan game, and since Kriya Studios is a company that profits off of original IPs, it wouldn't make sense for it to be supported by the company. However, that didn't stop the development of the game, but just the advertising in general. Along with this news, Breim had also stated that Tycrazmania had been removed from the studio, and is instead merging with TYCRAZ to combine both the story and gameplay together.

## Description

Kriya Studios, LLC is a small, independent, multidimensional, multimedia studio founded in 2018 by Spanish video game designers, Edmund & Sean Ahlström. We push our creations to a risk-taking point that perceives the world in new ways, bringing creative like-minded developers together to make media of all sorts into an art-form.

We strive to accumulate new, exciting, unique, uncensored, unrestrained, and innovative experiences to bring to audiences of all sorts, such as our meta-level Interactive ARG (Alternate Reality Game) Experience we've built our company around, making the journey that we bring you a worldwide collaborative community based effort, breaking the boundaries of the user's imagination.

We hope you enjoy our Personal Canvas as much as we admire making it.

We are artists, we are risk-takers, we are storytellers

We are **KRIYA STUDIOS**.

## Employees

* **Edmund Ahlström** - Game Designer, Cinematographer, Animator, Writer & Voice Actor
* **Sean Ahlström** - Writer & Illustrator
* **Breim** - Game Designer, Writer & Animator
* **Collin Miller** - Game Designer & Voice Actor
* **Zevari Norman** - Level Designer
* **Devaun Ahlström** - Composer & Game Designer
* **Emily Bailey** - 3D Artist & 3D Animator
* **Nicholas Mock** - Level Designer
* **Sigrid Rodríguez** - Composer & Digital Illustrator
* **Biscuits** - Unpaid Support Associate

## Productivity

### Video Game(s)

* There Exists
* MaD MiND
* TYCRAZ
* The Road that Falls
* The Road that Falls V *(Working Title)*
* RADSLA

#### Previous

* The Return to Freddy's: Chapter One  (Until May 2018)
* Tycrazmania (Replaced with TYCRAZ)

### Others

* KSM Expo 2022
* KSM Expo 2023
* KSTUDIOS DATABAK logfile.mov

## Profile(s)

* **Website**
* **TikTok**
* **YouTube**
* **Twitch**
* **Twitter** (Deleted)
* **GameJolt** (Inactive)

## Trivia

* According to several sources, KRIYA STUDIOS was actually a successor to a different gaming company called, "Sabani Games".
	+ Sabani Games wasn't an actual legal company, but instead more of a group of fan-game developers wanting to put their talents to work. However, ever since Edmund left the studio and gave the "keys" to a friend of his, the entire group fell apart, leading to the end of the Sabani Games.
		- The word "Sabani" means "Conflict" in the Hausa language.
* The profile picture of a distorted, white hand with an eye in the center was a reused logo of another company "Ahlström Productions", it was run by Edmund and Sean at the time. But over weeks, Ahlström Productions was soon rebranded into Kriya Studios, as a multimedia studio.
* The studio has a cat named "Biscuits", listed on the website as an Unpaid Support Associate.

## Overview

The first icon, showing the original logo.The second icon.The third icon.The fourth icon, with a yellow handprint.The fifth icon. Similar to the previous one, but with a different background until Christmas 2022.The current icon.The original logo is seen in a deleted Twitter video.A reused logo from "Ahlström Productions".The first banner, showing the teaser for The Road that Falls V on deleted Twitter account.The second banner, showing the wallpaper for The Road that Falls V.The third banner.Ditto, but brightened.The fourth banner.The fifth banner.The current banner.The logo for KSM Expo 2023, when it was used for the YouTube banner.Ditto, but the current logo and banner for YouTube and Twitch accounts.The original layout for the *kriyastudios.com* website.The first layout for the *kriyastudios.net* website.The second layout.The third layout.The fourth layout.The current layout.
## Miscellaneous

The "allSeeingEye glass" image as seen on the website.Ditto, but colored blue.Ditto.The "Zen Prism" as seen within the website.The tagline as seen on the website.Ditto.A document where Kriya Studios was legally registered as a game company.A merchandise image from the TeePublic website.The image of Biscuits as an unpaid support associate, as seen listed on the website.
## References

1. ↑ https://www.kriyastudios.net/post/ksm-expo-live-event-showcase
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210517042937/https://gamejolt.com/p/detailed-explanation-cfmugfck
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230911190017/https://www.kriyastudios.net/post/regarding-the-trtf-original-trilogy-remakes