Factsheet
Developer:
Colorful Darkness
Based in Lausanne, Switzerland
Founding date:
May 2015
Website:
colorfuldarknessgame.com
Press / Business contact:
info@colorfuldarknessgame.com
Social:
Discord
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Releases:
Address:
Lausanne
Phone:
+41 78 876 78 96
Description
Best described as a cyberpunk cinematic hacking simulation, Colorful Darkness is a single player, narrative adventure game for desktop.
History
Early history
Colorful Darkness started as a game jam challenge between two programmers, who decided to design a hacking game that would be actually challenging and rewarding for IT-savvy people.
Back then, the plot was like "you play as Lisbeth Salander in Blade Runner or The 5th Element".
After that
Initially the game was going to be a point-and-click, but soon it became clear it had potential for being more than this. We like to call it “cinematic platformer” now, whatever that means.
Our vision is to provide a gameplay experience where hacking feels realistic if you’re into cybersecurity, and wrap it inside a cocoon of strong emotions delivered by a powerful narrative.
Core team members
Sandrine is in charge of the artistic direction. She draws the environments and the characters.
Sarah is our producer and script master. She also takes care of most of our communication.
David makes the game engine, invents the story and writes the characters' backgrounds.
Videos
Vertical metro line number 17, traveling from the slums to the upper city. In-game public transport concept. YouTube
Drone indentity control. YouTube
Images
There are far more images available for Colorful Darkness, but these are the ones we felt would be most useful to you. If you have specific requests, please do contact us!
Logo & Icon
Awards & Recognition
- "PC Indie Pitch 1st Place." - Pocket Gamer Big Indie Pitch at gamescom, 22 August, 2018
- "SGDA Swiss Game Award Main Price." - Ludicious Zurich Game Festival, 19 January, 2018
Selected Articles
- "Starke Schweizer an der grössten Starke-Schweizer-an-der-groessten-Gamesause-29547552"
- Jan Graber, 20 Min - 24 August, 2018 - "Piñata Punch met en scène une Lausanne futuriste"
- Sophie Marenne, AGEFI - 23 August, 2018 - "La Suisse à l’abordage du temple du gaming"
- Sophie Marenne, AGEFI - 23 August, 2018 - "Des romands à l'assaut de la gamescom"
- Catherine Cochard / Yann Bernard, 20 Min, 24 Heures, Tribune de Genève et Le Matin - 21 August, 2018 - "Le jeu lausannois qui intéresse les entreprises de cybersécurité"
- Johan Friedli, AGEFI - 23 March, 2018 - "Die SGDA Swiss Game Awards gehen zum ersten Mal in die Westschweiz"
- Startupticker, Startupticker.ch - 22 January, 2018 - "Colorful Darkness gewinnt den SGDA Swiss Game Award"
- Simon Mathis, Netzwoche - 22 January, 2018 - "Colorful Darkness vince la quinta edizione degli SGDA Swiss Game Awards al Ludicious – Zürich Game Festival"
- Dave, Joypad - 21 January, 2018 - "Ludicious 18 : Game Awards Night - offizielle Pressemeldung und Gewinner"
- Roger Sieber, Games.ch - 20 January 2018 - "Ludicious 18 : die Preisträger 2018."
- Roger Sieber, Games.ch - 20 January 2018 - "Le millésime 2017 des jeux vidéo suisses"
- Yannick Rochat, Le Temps - 16 September 2017
Team & Repeating Collaborators
David "Captain WIP" Roulin
Engine architecture, Story writing
Sarah Pochon
Project management, Game scripting, Social media
Sandrine "Barbo" Pilloud
Art direction, Environment & Character design
Dunja Djordjevic
Animation
Contact
Inquiries
info@colorfuldarknessgame.com
Twitter
twitter.com/rgbd4rkn355
Facebook
facebook.com/rgbd4rkn355
Discord
discord.gg/uszjX3K
presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) - also thanks to these fine folks