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CangMo Game Entertainment
June 13, 2026 at 08:15 AM
Added team-growth and 2A production-transition note (team expanded past thirty; mocap and 3D scanning)
CangMo Game Entertainment (成都苍墨信息科技有限公司, Chengdu Cangmo Information Technology Co., Ltd.) is a game development studio based in Chengdu, China. They are the developer and self-publisher of A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei.
The studio was founded in 2022 by Liu Qiwei (刘启威), known online as 离忧先生 ("Mr. Li You"). Liu was working at a casual games company when he saw the trailer for Lost Soul Aside, a solo-developed action game backed by Sony's China Hero Project. Inspired by the idea that a small team could build a competitive action game, he quit to develop Souls of Blades independently, then founded CangMo to build a larger-scale project.
The studio began with approximately six people and initial investment from Hometown Interactive (家乡互动), who took an approximately 14.2% equity stake. They spent nine months building the first demo, which was released publicly in March 2022 and accumulated over 6.49 million views.
In August 2024, Shanghai Yingche Network Technology Co. (上海英澈网络科技) acquired a 25.8% equity stake in a second funding round. This provided capital for team expansion. CangMo also recruited the lead programmer from Shanghai Runmeng Network's game Yiwenlu Lunhui (乂闻录轮回).
The capital from these funding rounds supported a move from a small independent team toward a higher-budget production. Around 2024 the studio adopted motion capture and 3D scanning and scaled up to what Chinese coverage calls a "2A" operation, growing from its original six people to more than thirty by late 2025.
CangMo joined Phase 3 of PlayStation's China Hero Project in July 2024. The program provides approximately RMB 1 million (~USD 140,000) in free resources per title, along with technical expertise, international promotion, localization, publishing assistance, and art asset upgrades. Phase 4 of the program adds early code review, UI/UX evaluations by PlayStation's Visual Arts team, co-development with Virtuos, and haptic technology from RichTap.
Other Phase 3 titles alongside A Whisper of Fall include Awaken: Astral Blade, Exiledge, Will-less, The God Slayer, The Winds Rising, Daba: Land of Water Scar, Unending Dawn, and Kroraina (Loulan). Notable China Hero Project alumni include FIST: Forged In Shadow Torch and the upcoming Lost Soul Aside.
In April 2026, 4Divinity, the games publishing arm of GCL Global, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chengdu Cangmo for worldwide publishing rights to A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei. The proposed arrangement positions 4Divinity to handle global marketing, distribution, and platform-holder relations for the PlayStation 5 and PC release, while Cangmo remains the developer and the studio of record on the Steam storefront entry.
The agreement is separate from Sony Interactive Entertainment's involvement through PlayStation China Hero Project, which provides incubation support and is credited as the publisher on the PlayStation Store concept listing. Both relationships co-exist: the China Hero Project covers development assistance and PlayStation-side promotion, while the 4Divinity MOU targets global publishing once the game approaches release.
Souls of Blades (JianPo) was Liu Qiwei's independent project before founding CangMo. Released on Steam in 2021, it established the core combat design philosophy that evolved into A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei.
