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Cipher Prime

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. The company was founded in 2008. 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. The Kickstarter campaign successfully met its funding goal. In 2014, an early development version of Auditorium 2: Duet was available to play through the Indie Media Exchange showcase at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver. However, after years of development, Auditorium 2: Duet would ultimately be canceled in 2017.

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. In 2013, they enlarged their office to create the Philly Game Forge, a coworking space for independent game developers. 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.

Several Cipher Prime games have been featured in Humble Bundles, including Humble Bundles With Android 4 and 6.

List of video games

References

1. Smith, Eric. "An Exclusive Look at Cipher Prime's Splice". Philly.com. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
2. Moss, Richard. "Interview: Cipher Prime's Will Stallwood on Fractal, Indie Development, Inspirations, and More". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
3. "Auditorium 2: Duet multiplayer wants you to make sweet harmonies with that special someone". Engadget. 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
4. Hillier, Brenna (2012-03-28). "Auditorium: Duet Kickstarter reaches goal just in time". VG247. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
5. "Cipher Prime's Auditorium Duet Conquered Kickstarter, Now On Its Way to You". IndieGameMag - IGM. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
6. O'Connor, Alice (2017-01-12). "News in the key of D minor: Auditorium Duet cancelled". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
7. "Dev Night". Cipher Prime. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
8. "Philly Game Forge Old City Coworking" Technically Philly
9. Torres, Roberto (2016-06-22). "Philly Game Forge calls it quits". Technical.ly. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
10. "The joyful death of the Philly Game Forge". Engadget. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
11. "You wanted more games galore, so get ready for Humble Bundle for Android 4!". Humble Mumble. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
12. "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.
13. Priestman, Chris (2015-06-29). "Music game studio Cipher Prime switches its tune with new iOS game Monster Want Burger". www.pocketgamer.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
14. "Jawns". playjawns.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
15. Gregson-Wood, Stephen (2020-10-14). "[Updated] Lineweight is an upcoming, stylish text adventure that explores the human condition, heading for iOS and Android next week". www.pocketgamer.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

External links

• Cipher Prime's official website

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