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| Company 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.[1] The company was founded in 2008.[2] Cipher Prime is best known for its titles Auditorium (2008), Fractal (2010), and Splice (2012).
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] In 2013, they enlarged their office to create the Philly Game Forge, a coworking space for independent game developers.[8] 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.[9][10]
Several Cipher Prime games have been featured in Humble Bundles, including Humble Bundles With Android 4 and 6.[11][12]
- ^ Smith, Eric. "An Exclusive Look at Cipher Prime's Splice". Philly.com. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ Moss, Richard. "Interview: Cipher Prime's Will Stallwood on Fractal, Indie Development, Inspirations, and More". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ "Auditorium 2: Duet multiplayer wants you to make sweet harmonies with that special someone". Engadget. 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ Hillier, Brenna (2012-03-28). "Auditorium: Duet Kickstarter reaches goal just in time". VG247. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "Cipher Prime's Auditorium Duet Conquered Kickstarter, Now On Its Way to You". IndieGameMag - IGM. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ O'Connor, Alice (2017-01-12). "News in the key of D minor: Auditorium Duet cancelled". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "Dev Night". Cipher Prime. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Philly Game Forge Old City Coworking" Technically Philly
- ^ Torres, Roberto (2016-06-22). "Philly Game Forge calls it quits". Technical.ly. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ "The joyful death of the Philly Game Forge". Engadget. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "You wanted more games galore, so get ready for Humble Bundle for Android 4!". Humble Mumble. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^ "Hungry for more games? Feast on Humble Bundle with Android 6!". Humble Mumble. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.