Jeu d’influences (Game of Influences)

Pitch: An interactive documentary fiction about spin doctoring and crisis communication.
Client: Premières Lignes Productions.
Broadcaster: France Télévisions Nouvelles Écritures.

Platform: web.
Total production budget: around €100k.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: game design, level design, scoring.


Project link: http://www.jeudinfluences.fr (French only)
Key facts: won several awards, over 150k games played, average playtime over 25 minutes.

Are Vah

Pitch: An interactive documentary about a planned Indian nuclear power plant that is being built by French megacorp Areva, and the questions and issues this project raises.

Client: Fat Cat Films.
Broadcaster: RFI.
Platform: web.
Total production budget: around €60k.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: game design, level design, scoring.

Link: http://www.michapatault.com/are- vah-documentaire (French only – project now offline)

ReBuilding Haiti

Pitch: An interactive news report on Haiti’s rebuilding process after the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince.
Client: self-produced.
Platform: web.

Total production budget: around €26k. The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: game design, level design, scoring, project direction, project management.

Link: http://apps.rue89.com/haiti/en (French, English)
Key facts: won an Online Jounalism Award for excellence in Explanatory Reporting, in the Small Newsroom category.