Company:Cipher Prime
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | William "BJ" Stallwood, Dain Saint |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA |
| Products | Auditorium, Fractal, Pulse, Splice, Shimsham, Intake, Monster Want Burger, Tailwind: Prologue, Jawns, Lineweight |
| Services | Video game development |
| Website | Official site |
Cipher Prime is an independent video game development studio based in Philadelphia and founded in 2008.[1][2] It developed titles including Auditorium (2008), Fractal (2010), and Splice (2012).
History
On February 27, 2012, Cipher Prime launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a sequel to Auditorium titled Auditorium 2: Duet.[3] The Kickstarter campaign successfully met its funding goal.[4] In 2014, an early development version of Auditorium 2: Duet was available to play through the Indie Media Exchange showcase at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver.[5] However, after years of development, Auditorium 2: Duet would ultimately be canceled in 2017.[6]
In 2012, Cipher Prime also began hosting weekly Dev Nights and monthly Game Jams on Thursday nights from their office in Old City Philadelphia, which they made open to the public.[7][8] In 2013, they enlarged their office to create the Philly Game Forge, a coworking space for independent game developers.[9] For three years, the Philly Game Forge would serve as a hub for game development, hosting regular events such as weekly Dev Nights and a monthly game jams, and seeing the success of numerous game releases before the Game Forge would ultimately close its doors on June 30th, 2016.[10][11]
Several Cipher Prime games have been featured in Humble Bundles.[12]
List of video games
| Year | Title | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Auditorium | Flash, iOS, PlayStation 3, PSP |
| 2010 | Fractal | Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPad |
| 2011 | Pulse | Android tablets, iPad |
| 2012 | Splice | Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPad, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 |
| 2013 | Shimsham | Windows, Mac |
| 2013 | Intake | Windows, Mac, iPad |
| 2015 | Monster Want Burger | Windows, Mac, iOS[13] |
| 2016 | Tailwind: Prologue | Windows, Mac |
| 2017 | Jawns | Windows, Mac, Web[14] |
| 2020 | Lineweight | Android, iOS[15] |
References
- ↑ Smith, Eric. "An Exclusive Look at Cipher Prime's Splice". Philly.com. https://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/tech_gaming/Cipher-Prime-Splice.html. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ↑ Moss, Richard. "Interview: Cipher Prime's Will Stallwood on Fractal, Indie Development, Inspirations, and More". VentureBeat. https://venturebeat.com/2010/07/06/interview-cipher-primes-will-stallwood-on-fractal-indie-development-inspiration-and-more/. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ↑ "Auditorium 2: Duet multiplayer wants you to make sweet harmonies with that special someone" (in en-US). 2012-02-28. https://www.engadget.com/2012-02-28-auditorium-2-duet-multiplayer-wants-you-to-make-sweet-harmonies.html.
- ↑ Hillier, Brenna (2012-03-28). "Auditorium: Duet Kickstarter reaches goal just in time" (in en). https://www.vg247.com/auditorium-2-duet-kickstarter-reaches-goal-with-time-to-spare.
- ↑ "Cipher Prime’s Auditorium Duet Conquered Kickstarter, Now On Its Way to You" (in en-US). 2019-12-05. https://www.indiegamemag.com/cipher-primes-auditorium-duet-conquered-kickstarter-now-on-its-way-to-you/.
- ↑ O'Connor, Alice (2017-01-12). "News in the key of D minor: Auditorium Duet cancelled" (in en). Rock, Paper, Shotgun. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/auditorium-duet-cancelled.
- ↑ "Developer bike gang rides across the US to de-stress" (in en-US). 2014-10-22. https://www.engadget.com/2014-10-22-developer-bike-gang-rides-across-the-us-to-de-stress.html.
- ↑ "Dev Night". Cipher Prime. http://www.cipherprime.com/devnight. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ↑ Reyes, Juliana (2013-10-03). "Philly Game Forge: Old City coworking for game developers [PHOTOS"] (in en-US). https://technical.ly/software-development/philly-game-forge-old-city-coworking/.
- ↑ Torres, Roberto (2016-06-22). "Philly Game Forge calls it quits" (in en). https://technical.ly/startups/philly-game-forge-closed/.
- ↑ "The joyful death of the Philly Game Forge" (in en-US). 2016-07-11. https://www.engadget.com/2016-07-11-philly-game-forge-closed.html.
- ↑ Holmes, Mike (2013-10-25). "Cypher Prime Humble Sale" (in en). https://www.gamereactor.eu/cypher-prime-humble-sale/.
- ↑ Priestman, Chris (2015-06-29). "Music game studio Cipher Prime switches its tune with new iOS game Monster Want Burger" (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.com/monster-want-burger/music-game-studio-cipher-prime-switches-its-tune-with-new-ios-game-monster-want-/.
- ↑ "Jawns". https://playjawns.com/.
- ↑ Gregson-Wood, Stephen (2020-10-14). "[Updated Lineweight is an upcoming, stylish text adventure that explores the human condition, heading for iOS and Android next week"] (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.com/lineweight/updated-lineweight-is-an-upcoming-stylish-text-adventure-that-explores-the-human/.
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