Business

We have strong ambition, and cooperation is embedded in our business DNA. Let’s get in touch!

Our origins

Founded in 2012 by 4 friends back from Canada, the studio engaged in its first foray in development by creating a self-owned IP on mobile.

The studio grew, and new key people were welcome, contributing to the company’s current success.

Leadership team

  • Nicolas BRIERE

    CEO / Creative Director

    Co-founded the studio, seasoned designer with leading & directing positions at Ankama & Activision.

  • Hervé Sohm

    Chief Business Officer

    Joined as partner in 2016, steers business operations like no one, background in GAAS & Publishing.

  • Guillaume Magnies

    Chief Financial Officer

    Co-founded the studio, senior CP, management advisor in the gaming industry.

  • William Marié

    Development Director

    Cutting-edge executive producer, recently joined as a partner & former partner at FGL (Ubisoft)

Track record

  • 2013

    Rakoo's Adventure

    Our first original IP on mobile

    Where it all started, the first game and first IP of the studio, the fundamentals of Old Skull Games’ DNA are here: Action at its core, attention to narration and a recognizable and attractive cartoon art style.
    Game’s success brought the IP on Wii U in 2015.

  • 2016

    Ridge Racer

    Important partnership with Bandai Namco

    As a Publisher, Bandai Namco wanted to revive their back catalogue IPs on mobile using a free-to-play model.
    We designed an innovative asynchronous gameplay proposition and stayed faithful to this legendary IP DNA.

  • 2018

    Amber's Airline

    Creation of the brand and framework

    The mobile publisher GameHouse was looking for new original games to join its freshly created narrative label: Original Stories
    We gave birth to Amber’s IP and built a Unity-based time-management framework to be prepared for sequels & other TM games.

  • 2019

    Sequel & Franchise

    Amber's second title and new franchise

    After the success of Amber’s Airline High Hopes, first title of the franchise, we released a sequel with Amber’s Airline – 7 Wonders
    We shared our TM framework with other partner studio and we created another IP for the Narrative Label: Detective Jackie.

  • 2020

    Forays into consoles

    1st Apple Arcade title & 1st game on PS4/Switch

    Things started to become serious for the crew. This year we released our first console game (PS4/Switch) and successfully passed the Technical Requirements Checklist submission on the first try.
    Same year, we made SpongeBob SquarePants Patty Pursuit for Apple’s new service: Apple Arcade. The game’s success would lead to plenty of content updates.

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    2021

    Tiny Worlds

    Flagship of the self publishing activity

    Besides of our partnerships with publishers, we produced Tiny Worlds, a minimalist cartoon idle clicker with promising early KPIs.
    The game reached several milestones: 1M players & $1M+ revenues, and we kept improving it. Big achievements for us!

  • 2022

    Working on big IPs

    ValiantHearts on Netflix & new AppleArcade hit

    Beginning of the year we released Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis on Apple Arcade, an online versus game with all characters from Nickelodeon Universe
    For the whole year, we’ve been pushing our limits by putting all our expertise into Valiant Hearts coming home with Ubisoft on Netflix.

  • 2023

    Cryptical Path

    Our first original IP coming to PC

    This brand new Rogue-lite dungeon crawler will refresh the genre and we can’t wait to receive feedback & review from the players!
    You’re not ready for what’s going to happen next: an original F2P mobile game and a big partnership on a renowned IP, stay tuned!

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Our vision

Our goal is to create a safe and engaging work environment where people can fulfill themselves and unleash their creativity. We believe that this vision will be the bedrock of a great and respected game developer.

what are our plans?

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    Our main focus is to scale up in the creation, production and operation of GaaS original titles

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    Internal brainstorming will bring premium original console titles.

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    We plan to run a series of investments to quicken and structure our growth