About us
We make games like we COOK
We are an independent game studio working hard to create games that you will remember, games that makes you feel alive and energized. We say we make games like we cook: with a lot of heart, our secret recipes, and we know you can feel the passion that went into them. We work on our own original creations that we self-publish.
We are a small team, working remotely with members around France and the world, and special collaborators joining us for every game. You can find the studio’s press kit here.
Our story
We are currently working on our new game Cairn, a survival climber, the first in its genre. You climb a mountain with complete freedom: the climbing feels very realistic, natural, and you can choose to climb anywhere. You explore the entire mountain, the only limit is your ability to find a route, keep your balance, and manage your health and resources. Cairn is a also a game about overcoming limitations, and the feelings of freedom it procures.
In 2020 we launched Haven, our romantic RPG adventure about love, rebellion, and freedom. The game won multiple awards for its story and art direction and is available on all platforms but mobile. The free Couple update (2022) lets players chose the gender of their couple, which was an important addition for us. Haven is a story about being free to love who you want, and only giving players one couple option didn’t sit right with us.
Our first game SQUIDS, a tactical RPG on mobile featuring an unlikely bunch of octopus heroes, was a great success in 2011 with an average 5 star user rating. SQUIDS Wild West followed in its footsteps and made the top 10 best ranked mobile games of 2012, and SQUIDS Odyssey, the ultimate SQUIDS compilation with the two games and more content launched in 2018 to Switch, Steam, 3DS and wii-U.
Combo Crew our modern take on old-school brawlers came to mobile in 2013, Kotaku called it « the definitive beat-em up of the mobile age of gaming ». The game featured characters from Capcom’s Street Fighter 2, Viewtiful Joe and Another world.
In 2014, we developed a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle brawler for mobile for Nickelodeon and Paramount to launch with Michael Bay’s TMNT movie.
Emeric Thoa and Audrey Leprince created the studio in 2010, after working together on AAA games. From a team of 5 on Squids, we have grown to 17 today, working remotely across France and the world. We are keeping the studio small and focused, creating games that the team can be proud of and having fun doing it. Thanks to the success of our games the studio is self-funded, and we have also self-published all our games.
Jessica
Thomson
Design Director
Haley
Wu
Sr. Developer
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We are currently working on our survival-climber Cairn, due to release in 2025.
In 2020 we launched Haven, our romantic RPG adventure about love, rebellion, and freedom. The game won multiple awards for its story and art direction and is available on all platforms but mobile. The free Couple update (2022) lets players chose the gender of their couple.
In 2016, Furi our adrenaline fueled boss-fight only game launched on Playstation and PC, later on to Switch and Xbox. The game received raving reviews from players and press alike and is praised for its demanding mix of close combat and dual stick shoot, its unique art style and amazing electro soundtrack. Furi DLCs One More Fight (18) and Onnamusha (22) followed and in 2023 we gave Furi Demake – The Chain to players, the reinvention of Furi’s first boss fight in retro 8-bit style
Our first game SQUIDS, a tactical RPG on mobile featuring an unlikely bunch of octopus heroes, was a great success in 2011 with an average 5 star user rating. SQUIDS Wild West followed in its footsteps and made the top 10 best ranked mobile games of 2012, and SQUIDS Odyssey, the ultimate SQUIDS compilation came in 2018 to Switch, Steam, Wii U and 3DS.
Combo Crew our modern take on old-school brawlers came to mobile in 2013, Kotaku called it « the definitive beat-em up of the mobile age of gaming ». The game featured characters from Capcom’s Street Fighter 2, Viewtiful Joe and Another world.
In 2014, we developed a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle brawler for mobile for Nickelodeon and Paramount to launch with Michael Bay’s movie.
We created the studio in August 2010.
