Creators of Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
Next titles -
@SWTD_Game
out June 18 and
@VtM_Bloodlines
2 (TBA)
We can finally announce - our return to Narrative Horror "Still Wakes The Deep"
@SWTD_Game
will be out on PC & Consoles
JUNE 18.
Disaster strikes an oil rig off the coast of Scotland in 1975. Save your crew from an otherworldly horror.
🌊 Wishlist now:
December 1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the Scottish coast. Something has come aboard…
Our next title STILL WAKES THE DEEP out on PC and consoles in early 2024.
@SWTD_Game
#SWTDGame
Wishlist now:
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is very special to many, and we can finally reveal that we've been embraced by this adventure.
We're crafting something incredible here, and are bloody excited to share more at last! 🖤🦇
Embrace your inner Kindred and join us in Seattle for the long-awaited Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Find your place in the battle to come, and try not to let the city bleed you dry. Coming fall 2024.
10 years ago this week Dear Esther was released.
To celebrate, PC version is now FREE for 48 hours!
Maybe you can offer it to someone special. 🖤
And to us, the most cherished gift would be hearing your memories of playing the game.
#10YearsOfDearEsther
Our industry must do better in welcoming individuals from under-represented backgrounds to take their first steps into creating games.
Today we're excited to announce a six-month internship programme designed to address this:
Please share, thank you! ✨
Three of our vampires, Tolly, Ryong and Lou have been revealed. Give us your first impressions. Which one would you want to turn you into a Kindred? 🦇
#Bloodlines2
A touchstone for
#Bloodlines2
's art has been Nicolas Miller who's city photography brings Neo-Noir to life. Fog, shadows and neon lights are the perfect backdrop to brooding Vampires. 🖤
#XboxPartnerPreview
just premiered a first look at a couple of gameplay scenes from our next title Still Wakes the Deep
@SWTD_Game
.
1975 Scotland, raging North Sea, steel-clad corridors of an oil rig, and there's something else out there with you...
@Xbox
Ok, who wants to come and work at The Chinese Room? Because we’re looking for a new team of passionate developers who want to make great games! Stay tuned, job adverts incoming (all levels, all disciplines!)
The title sequence for Little Orpheus has received a lot of praise, it was made by Ben Matthews, James Lyons,
@Icarus32
and
@WillTGames
!
They used flat colour shaders with an orthographic camera, animated various parts in 3D and then sequenced them in Timeline. ✨
#MadeWithUnity
This week marks the 5th anniversary of Everybody's Gone To The Rapture.
We are lucky to have so many of you still finding endearing words about the game, sharing stories on how it touched your life. ✨
In the next few days we will be celebrating this legacy.
#5YearsOfRapture
Ivan Ivanovitch has travelled to the centre of the Earth and back. He's got stories.
We can finally share them with you 🚀
Little Orpheus - a pocket-epic in glorious technicolour is out NOW on
@AppleArcade
:
#AppleArcade
#LittleOrpheus
TCR Entry Scheme is now open!
Fully paid, lasts 6 months, with the intent to result in a permanent contract.
We encourage applications from:
-Individuals switching careers later in life
-Parents / Carers
-Working-class candidates
Ask Qs / Share / Apply💫
Thrilled to announce that the award-winning composer Jason Graves
@jgmusic
is building the score for
@SWTD_Game
.
Our studio is known for its outstanding musical legacy; we cannot wait to showcase Jason's unique blend of emotional depth and industrial sounds doing it justice. 🎼
Brujah clan traits:
◼ Passionate
◼ Fierce fighters & intellectuals
◼ Anti-authoritarian
◼ Prone to radical & revolutionary ideas
◼ Idealists
Sounds like you? You'll be able to play as Brujah in our upcoming title
@VtM_Bloodlines
2.🩸
3 more clan announcements coming soon!
Today, the countdown begins. We introduce our first playable clan: Brujah!
It's not a surprise this clan's boot is kicking down the door first. 👊
Read our blog for more details:
STILL WAKES THE DEEP | Introduction to Worldbuilding 🎥
Lead Environment Artist
@Gillespionage
, Associate Art Director
@laurafbp
, & Lead Designer
@robmclac
offer a first behind-the-scenes look into our next title
@SWTD_Game
. 🌊
Wishlist now:
Trans developers play a hugely important role in our studio. Today and always - we stand together with, and support our Trans colleagues. Their right to self-determination deserves our understanding and respect.
Trans rights are human rights!
Tremere clan traits:
◼ Disciplined
◼ Manipulative
◼ Ambitious
◼ Knowledge seeking - Academics / Advisors / Detectives
◼ Loyal
◼ Guarded
We just announced another playable clan for
@VtM_Bloodlines
2.
More info on Tremere🩸:
Why Do Horror Games Sound So Beautiful?
Popular YouTube content creator Jacob Geller
@yacobg42
attempts to answer this question, generously citing our games and the work of our incredible composer Jessica Curry. Watch now! 👁👁
(From 11:24)
Tomorrow we'll be revealing never before seen Narrative and RPG elements of Bloodlines 2. 📚 🩸
Join us for a stream at 5 PM CET / 12 PM EDT / 9 AM PST here:
We’re pleased to announce that the studio’s fifth title is Little Orpheus.
Little Orpheus is a pocket-epic in glorious technicolour and will be coming to
@AppStoreGames
.
Follow
@LittleOrpheus
for updates and information or visit
#AppleArcade
Ivan's adventures are headed for a much wider audience..
Wishlist
#LittleOrpheus
now for March 1 release! 🚀
🎡 NS -
🦖 PS EU -
🐟 PS US -
🐶 Steam -
🪁 Xbox -
A crossover we couldn't have predicted! Huge thanks to
@Duolingo
for featuring 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 in an excellent blog on how video games can assist in learning new languages. 💚
Achievement unlocked! 💪🦉
We've just released these character images as official backgrounds in stunning 4K definition, exclusively to our newsletter subscribers. 🕶
💌 Join now and receive them, + other news from our studio, straight away: 🩸
@VtM_Bloodlines
Three of our vampires, Tolly, Ryong and Lou have been revealed. Give us your first impressions. Which one would you want to turn you into a Kindred? 🦇
#Bloodlines2
The wait is over - hold on tight as you journey to the centre of the Earth!
#LittleOrpheus
is out NOW on PC & consoles.🚀
🎠NS
🦖PS EU
🐟PS US
🐶Steam
🪁Xbox
In other fangtastic news, our Community Manager for Bloodlines 2 is someone many WoD fans may be quite familiar with. 👀
Josh from the Strange Adventures YouTube fame has joined us already a little while ago, and will be unleashing all the news about the project in due course. 🦇
We've been overwhelmed by all the love expressed to 'Everybody's Gone To The Rapture' lately - seems like the game is really striking a chord in the current times.
Thanks to every single one of you who have sent us kind words. Like the review below!💡
2023 has been extraordinary for us - we have finally been able to share with you the two titles we've been working on for a few years. 🧵
@SWTD_Game
- Set in December 1975 this Narrative Horror title will transport the players to an oil rig off the Scottish coast,
𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 was not necessarily everyone's cup of tea when it just came out. So to see such reviews where a player has grown into enjoying it deeply over time, just means so much.
Thank you!🖤
We are excited to announce that Dear Esther will be arriving to iOS devices in 2019!
Our fans mean everything to us and we can’t wait to have you and a new generation of players exploring its mysterious Hebridan isle in its mobile debut!
Read more:
Clan Brujah are fighters and rebels. 🤜
They're the first of the four playable Vampire Clans we're announcing for Bloodlines 2.
You'll see more of their power in our January gameplay reveal...
More info to feed on 🩸
@worldofdarkness
@VtM_Bloodlines
We have also now announced an optional Story Mode for Still Wakes The Deep
@SWTD_Game
.
This will cater to players who enjoy the Atmosphere / Narrative aspects of the game over the potentially perilous thrills of danger.
74 days of wait left, wishlist now:
We can finally announce - our return to Narrative Horror "Still Wakes The Deep"
@SWTD_Game
will be out on PC & Consoles
JUNE 18.
Disaster strikes an oil rig off the coast of Scotland in 1975. Save your crew from an otherworldly horror.
🌊 Wishlist now:
We are thrilled to congratulate our Lead Programmer Louis
@Icarus32
and his husband Jesper on their special day that took place this weekend.
We are sending warmest wishes to the happy couple! 🥰
And just look at that Brighton-themed wedding cake! 🤩🍰
The day has come 💥
By popular demand, our multiple-award-winning title LITTLE ORPHEUS is coming out on
@Steam
!
Features:
🦖 Stunning graphics remastered for the big screen
🚀 New moves & animations
🐳 All bonus content
A HERO WILL EMERGE! WISHLIST NOW!
Story of a Screenshot - Underneath the rig you get the best view of where its structure meets the sea. The water, the wind and the twisted metal are all raging around you. It's going to be a physically demanding journey if you want to survive.
#SWTD_Game
Just as COVID hit we were meant to move into brand new offices. A couple of years have passed, but an old Postal Sorting Office in the heart of the Lanes in Brighton has finally become our new home. 🏡
Our brilliant Office Manager
@zoeosborne
gives a tour inside our studio! 🤗
An extended
@VtM_Bloodlines
2 Gameplay video is finally here.
Watch our Community Manager Josh
@GamingFTL
and Project Creative Director Alex discuss all that you get to see. Brujah Clan abilities, Phyre, a Nosferatu called Willem - it's all in here! 🦇🦇
As one new chapter opens with the announcement of our latest title, another closes.
Our Creative Director, and co-founder of The Chinese Room, Dan Pinchbeck leaves us to begin a new journey. Read his letter to our fans. 💙
Recently the orchestra for German public radio
@wdr3
recorded their rendition of Everybody's Gone To The Rapture score written by
@jessicacurry2
.
The result, expectedly, is just divine.
Listen to a few snippets here 🖤
and here ✨
It goes without saying that story-driven gaming is very close to our hearts and we’re actively building a new team here, so would love to hear from folk
#TelltaleJobs
We are so sorry to hear about the recent news regarding
@telltalegames
.
We're always on the look out for passionate team members, so please do check out our jobs portal or get in touch with us to find a new opportunity that's right for you!
#TelltaleJobs
We're continuing to grow 💫
Give a warm welcome to Emma
@AllTimeEmma95
who joins us as a Junior Level Designer 🎈
Check out cool games Emma has made before joining us:
''I also really, really like cheesecake 👀'' - Emma says. Relatable content! 🍰
Dear Esther's extraordinary legacy has resulted in the game being shown in galleries and museums around the world.
It gives us so much joy and pride to provide a few examples of that. 🧵
Do you have more? Please post below, there may be some we are not aware of!
Of course we love our games all polished and beautiful, but something to be said about the charm of those first sketches, when the ideas are just being born!
Games studios, show us yours👁️👁️
Thanks to everyone for the amazing support and congratulations we’ve been sent about joining Sumo! Lots to be done, so going quiet for a couple of days to process - more soon!
We have lots of amazing opportunities for artists at
#TheChineseRoom
!
We're looking for a wide-range of talent to work on exciting new projects, so do get in touch with us!
Apply today:
#GameJobs
#ArtJobs
Dear Esther is Now Available for iOS and iPadOS!
We are super-excited to be introducing Dear Esther to a brand-new generation of mobile gamers and to give our dearest fans a new way to return to the island!
Read more:
🔎 Environment Artists! 🔍
👁 Our studio is on a serious lookout for you 👁
We are flexible on contract types - freelance / permanent / fully remote, all works!
Join us in working on some truly spectacular games ⤵
Last year we launched a paid internship scheme designed to welcome individuals from under-represented backgrounds to take their first steps into creating games.
This way we found Georgia
@fujogeegames
& Saskia
@saskiabnte
- they have now accepted full-time positions with us. 🥳
Explore the sounds from the centre of the Earth in our second Developer Diary for Little Orpheus.✨
Award-winning composers of the game
@jessicacurry2
and
@JimFowlerMusic
share how the majestic music guides players to another world.
#AppleArcade
We're looking for passionate and talented 3D Artists to join our team here at
#TheChineseRoom
in Brighton!
Do you want to work with concept, environment and character artists to bring an extraordinary world to life?
Apply today:
#GameJobs
#ArtJobs