Bury me, my Love has won the Google Play Indie Games Contest, which makes it the best European game on the store for 2017. And part of the prize for this feat was the shooting of a video about how the game was made. Here it is!
Bury me, my Love
Pitch: A mobile interactive fiction that tells the story of Nour, a Syrian woman trying to reach Europe, and Majd, her husband who stayed behind and uses a messaging app to provide her with support and advice.
Client: self-produced in a co-production with Figs and ARTE France.
Date: 2017
Publisher: Playdius .
Platform: mobile/tablet (iOS/Android), desktop, Nintendo Switch
Total production budget: over €200k.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: creative direction, writing, game design, illustration, production management.
Project link: http://burymemylove.arte.tv
Key facts: The Pixel Hunt’s first full-scale independent game. Selected, nominated or winner in more than 20 events or awards, including The Game Awards, the GDC Awards, the BAFTA Game Awards, Google Play Indie Games Contest, IndieCade Europe.
Zero Impunity, the 3D march
Pitch: Part of a transmedia advocacy program against the use of rape as a war weapon, the 3D march is a visualization of every person who signed a series of online petitions.
Client: a_BAHN.
Broadcaster: a_BAHN.
Date: 2017
Platform: web.
Total production budget: undisclosed.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: user experience, graphic design, and development.
Project link: https://zeroimpunity.com/?lang=en
Vous êtes Anarchiste (You are an Anarchist)
Pitch: A quiz-like interactive short fiction designed to present the different branches of Anarchism, far from the usual clichés regarding this political doctrine.
Client: Temps Noir.
Broadcaster: ARTE France.
Date: 2017
Platform: web.
Total production budget: ~€40k.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: Game design, creative direction, and development.
Project link: http://infographic.arte.tv/info/anarchie
Simplex
Pitch: a simple, fast-paced infinite runner designed for kids and teenagers to practice their arithmetic skills.
Client: XD Productions.
Broadcaster: FranceTV Éducation.
Date: 2016
Platform: web.
Total production budget: ~€40k.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: Game design, visual design, development, creative direction, production management.
Project link: https://bit.ly/2llB6vX
Beatbox Maker
Pitch: a toy mobile/tablet app rich with video tutorials and a music composer designed for players to enjoy and master the fine art of beatboxing.
Client: Temps Noir.
Broadcaster: France Ô (France Télévisions).
Date: 2016
Platform: mobile/tablet (iOS/Android).
Total production budget: ~ €80k.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: Experience design, game design, writing, creative direction.
Project links:
https://apple.co/2I181i5
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.francetv.apps.nve.beatboxmaker
Key facts: >150k combined downloads.
Un Jour en France / Allemagne (A Day in France / Germany)
Pitch: An exploration and comparison of France and Germany as told by their economical, cultural, geographical and demographical data.
Client: Point du Jour.
Broadcaster: ARTE France.
Date: 2016
Platform: web.
Total production budget: ~€80k.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: conception, interaction design.
Project link: http://unjourenfrance-allemagne.arte.tv (French, German)
Planète Corps (Planet Body)
Pitch: A fake travel agency website that allows players to experience a safari inside their own body and discover their inner fauna (mites, bacteria, viruses…) Client: Kids Up Hill.
Date: 2015
Broadcaster: Arte France.
Platform: web.
Total production budget: undisclosed.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: game design, writing.
Project link: http://planetecorps.arte.tv (French, German)
Le Roi et la Salamandre (The King and the Salamander)
Pitch: A historical narrative side- scroller in which the player must help the king Francis 1 of France relieve through his life’s key moments.
Client: Pinpin Team.
Date: 2015
Broadcaster: Centre des Monuments Nationaux.
Platform: mobile/tablet (iOS/Android).
Total production budget: undisclosed.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: writing.
Project link: http://www.jeusalamandre.com (French only)
Chasseur d’infos (Info hunter)
Pitch: A simulation to explain journalism and more specifically the concept of information verification to teenagers.
Client: Ask Media.
Broadcaster: FranceTV Éducation.
Date: 2015
Platform: web.
Total production budget: around €40k.
The Pixel Hunt’s tasks: Game design, scoring, writing.
Project link: https://bit.ly/2JOLvyE (French only)
