Canary Islands Studio TafayaGames Shows Tsukiyo: Battle Doll Demo At SAGA Barcelona
For a Spanish team on its first event outing, the pitch rests on hand-drawn high-resolution pixel art and fighting-game hit feel, not on spectacle, and the Steam page is already live while Suarez looks for a publisher.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
TafayaGames, a Canary Islands team led by Juan Carlos Suarez Camacho, brought a playable demo of its debut 2D Metroidvania Tsukiyo: Battle Doll to SAGA Barcelona Game Fest 2026. The game is set in a Meiji and Taisho-era Japanese-style world with steampunk elements, following a girl named Tsukiyo who wields a katana against yokai and mechanical weapons. Suarez aims for a demo release within half a year while seeking a publisher.
TafayaGames is based in the Canary Islands, and SAGA Barcelona Game Fest 2026 was the team's first time exhibiting at an event. Developer Juan Carlos Suarez Camacho builds around a Japanese-style world reminiscent of Meiji and Taisho era Japan with about 30% steampunk elements, and a protagonist who is a bloody anti-hero rather than a hero of justice. The characters are drawn at higher resolution than typical 2D indie games: Tsukiyo alone has 117 animation types and a total frame count above 2,000. Suarez cites Prince of Persia, 1990s arcade fighting games, and Neo Geo titles as influences.
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