Play, an extension of the story
Play is not a distraction added to a campaign. It is a way to inhabit a story — to enter it, stay in it, return to it. We design brief, held experiences, where every interaction serves its purpose.
From mechanics to sound, from art direction to measurement, everything is designed and produced under one roof, with the same rigour as our films and signature objects.
What you read on this page, we coded first. The salon below is not a sales demonstration — it is our open atelier. A house judges a craftsman by the work, not the promise.
The proof · playable
A table cut like a precious object, and an opponent that answers, move for move. Chess, Backgammon, Draughts, Go — four logic games, their engines and intelligences written by us. Each game shares the same technical foundation: the one we offer to houses, schools and publishers.
Chess, Backgammon, Draughts, Go — engine and evaluation of our own hand, several difficulty levels. · No player data collected in this demonstration salon.
What we design
Learning through play — for nurseries, schools and companies.
Educational modules for the very young and for schools; training, onboarding and awareness serious games for companies. Measured scenarios, tracked progression, assessed outcomes. Backed by Le Précepteur, CerfLand for Schools and the Academy, compliant with our minors-protection charter.
A short, playable experience in service of a launch or a campaign.
A mini-game built into a site or an event. A single mechanic, cut for one message — wheel, quiz, journey, skill challenge. Designed to be played in under two minutes, shared, replayed. Pairs with a GDPR-compliant opt-in contest and with media distribution.
Chess, backgammon, draughts, go, and bespoke games — an opponent that thinks.
This is the line the salon on this page demonstrates. We write the interface, multiplayer, accounts and difficulty tuning; for classic games, we integrate, calibrate and dress the best reference engines; for a bespoke game, we design the game engine / bespoke AI end to end. Web and mobile.
We take on a production, or part of one, on your behalf.
Prototype and vertical slice, mobile and indie games, team reinforcement, artistic or technical content production. Working to a defined deliverable or by time spent, with the IP returning to the client. We position ourselves as a provider studio, able to go up to console level.
Polished indie, AA, up to console-grade, in co-development and milestones.
For ambitious publishers and groups. Full production or co-development, on a dedicated team, billed by time spent and milestones. We take on art direction, engine, sound and quality, under one roof or as an extended team.
Immersive sites and mobile applications are not covered here: they have their own page. See Sites & Applications
Plans & commitments
We publish our ranges because a house has the right to know what it is entering. The exact price of a piece depends on its ambition — we set it together, by quotation, for bespoke work. Three doors: a fixed price engaged online, a deposit that reserves a production, a quotation for large productions and co-development.
A school, a nursery, a family or a foundation wanting a simple, playable and measurable educational game.
One scenario, 2D gameplay, progression and learning tracking, one language, a minors charter, going live. Delivered in 4 to 8 weeks.
A company, an institution or a foundation wanting a bespoke training, onboarding or awareness device.
Several scenarios, branching, 2D/3D, voice-over and sound, integration into a learning environment, multiple languages, a progress dashboard. Delivered in 10 to 20 weeks.
A house launching a collection, running a short campaign, wanting a playable and shareable device.
A single mechanic (wheel, quiz, journey, skill), art direction in the house’s colours, responsive web integration, one round of feedback, going live. Delivered in 3 to 5 weeks.
A house wanting a refined bespoke device, multi-platform, integrated with an opt-in contest.
A rich mechanic, polished animation, a contest (draw, GDPR-compliant opt-in base), web + mobile, two rounds of feedback, measurement and reporting. Delivered in 6 to 10 weeks.
A house, an institution or a publisher wanting a classic online game (chess, draughts, backgammon, go) playable against an intelligence, in its colours.
Bespoke board and interface, integration of a reference engine, several difficulty levels, responsive, going live. Delivered in 5 to 9 weeks.
A bespoke or non-standard game, with a game engine / AI developed bespoke, real-time multiplayer, accounts and ranking.
An evaluation engine of our own hand, real-time multiplayer, accounts, matchmaking, ranking, several levels, board art direction. Delivered in 12 to 24 weeks.
A publisher, a studio or a project owner wanting playable proof before committing to a full production.
Framing, game-loop design, a playable vertical slice, reference art direction, a production dossier. Delivered in 6 to 12 weeks.
A publisher or studio entrusting all or part of a production: mobile, PC/console indie, team reinforcement, art or technical content.
Time-and-materials or fixed deliverable, a dedicated team, milestones, IP to the client. Scope set together. Agency day rate €600 to €1,200 depending on profiles.
A publisher or group aiming for a refined console/PC game — high-end indie, AA, up to console-grade.
Co-development on a dedicated team, art direction, engine, sound, quality, milestones. Marketing extra. Scope and team set together.
Prices excl. VAT, excluding media-space purchase and store publication fees (usual 30% commission). Usual deposit: 40% on order, balance on delivery; long productions are settled by milestones. Maintenance and live-ops optional, on the order of 15 to 20% of the development cost per year. For AI games, the range depends on the opponent’s strength and the scope of the bespoke game engine / AI — set by quotation.
The method
We set the intention, the territory and the measure of success.
Game mechanics, pacing and progression, level by level.
Development, engine, intelligence, art direction and sound, under one roof.
Going live, monitoring and shared indicators. Maintenance and live-ops if the piece lives over time.
Use cases
Educational games that pass on knowledge with the same editorial poise as Le Précepteur, measured and compliant with our minors charter.
Training, onboarding and awareness serious games, cut for a precise subject and played to the end.
A brand game that extends a campaign, brings a launch to life and stays played after distribution; a logic game in their colours.
From prototype to co-development, up to console-grade production — we hold the work, you keep the IP.
The Maison’s guarantees
House questions
Yes. The engine, the opponent, the interface — all of our own hand. It is the work that answers for us when you entrust us with a piece.
From a brand mini-game playable in two minutes to a console production in co-development. We position ourselves as a provider studio, able to hold a console-grade production alongside a publisher.
Because a bespoke piece has no single price. The range tells the truth of the market; the exact price, we set together according to the ambition of the piece.
For a fixed price, the full amount, online. For a committing production, a 40% deposit that reserves our atelier time; the balance is billed on delivery, or by milestones on long productions. For a large production or co-development, nothing before the quotation.
When a piece of content is generated by artificial intelligence, we disclose it in a legal notice, in compliance with the EU AI Act. For classic logic games, we integrate, calibrate and dress the best reference engines (the state of the art being open-source); for a bespoke game, we design the game engine / bespoke AI, and its cost is set by quotation.
We design from Nice, for houses, schools and publishers in Europe and beyond. Production is held under one roof; conversations, wherever they need to be.
Entrust us with an intention. We will make it a piece one wants to replay. Small plans are engaged online; for productions and co-development, we reserve a moment in the atelier to talk it through.
