White Birds
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White Birds Productions was a French
video game developer
. White Birds was founded by Benoît Sokal
, Olivier Fontenay, Jean-Philippe Messian and Michel Bams in August 2003. White Birds specialise in Adventure game
s but also handle other work, such as synthetic image creation, comics and merchandising.
The four founders had previously worked together at another French video game company, Microïds
, producing Amerzone
and Syberia I
& II
. Microïds has since maintained connections with the company, for example by publishing Sinking Island
.
White Birds Productions was based in the Paris suburb of Joinville-le-Pont (94) and employed 20 people. White Birds was a member of the PlayAll project, a middleware cross-platform created in collaboration with other game studios and university laboratories.
The company was shut down late 2010 due to financial problems mostly caused by a cancelled/unpaid for project.
and the iPhone
/iPod Touch
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
. White Birds was founded by Benoît Sokal
Benoît Sokal
Benoît Sokal is a Belgian comic artist and video game developer, best known for his comics series Inspector Canardo.-Biography:...
, Olivier Fontenay, Jean-Philippe Messian and Michel Bams in August 2003. White Birds specialise in Adventure game
Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
s but also handle other work, such as synthetic image creation, comics and merchandising.
The four founders had previously worked together at another French video game company, Microïds
Microïds
Microïds is a French software brand belonging to Anuman Interactive that publishes and develops video games. In recent years the company's collection of brands and game licenses has grown since being a part of MC2 France...
, producing Amerzone
Amerzone
Amerzone is a first-person adventure game produced by French company Microïds, and designed by Benoît Sokal...
and Syberia I
Syberia
Syberia is a 2002 computer adventure game conceived by Benoît Sokal, developed by Microïds and published through The Adventure Company. It follows the protagonist Kate Walker as she attempts to wrap up a sale on the behalf of her law firm...
& II
Syberia II
Syberia II is a 2004 adventure game conceived by Benoît Sokal and developed by MC2-Microïds, and a continuation to Syberia. It is a third-person puzzle-solving game. Stylistically identical to the first Syberia, Syberia II improves upon the first game by introducing more realistic character animation...
. Microïds has since maintained connections with the company, for example by publishing Sinking Island
Sinking Island
Sinking Island is an third-person perspective adventure game that uses point and click game mechanics. Released in France on October 4, 2007, it was developed by White Birds Productions, a company founded and led by Benoît Sokal, the creator of the adventure games Amerzone and Syberia.- Story :The...
.
White Birds Productions was based in the Paris suburb of Joinville-le-Pont (94) and employed 20 people. White Birds was a member of the PlayAll project, a middleware cross-platform created in collaboration with other game studios and university laboratories.
The company was shut down late 2010 due to financial problems mostly caused by a cancelled/unpaid for project.
Games
White Birds primarily develop PC games, but they are also work with other consoles such as the Nintendo DSNintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
and the iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
/iPod Touch
IPod Touch
The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...
.
PC
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Paradise | 2006 | |
| Sinking Island Sinking Island Sinking Island is an third-person perspective adventure game that uses point and click game mechanics. Released in France on October 4, 2007, it was developed by White Birds Productions, a company founded and led by Benoît Sokal, the creator of the adventure games Amerzone and Syberia.- Story :The... |
4 October 2007 | |
| Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals is a point and click adventure game developed by White Birds Productions and based on the graphics novels of Enki Bilal's The Nikopol Trilogy.-Plot:... |
10 September 2008 | Adaptation of The Nikopol Trilogy The Nikopol Trilogy The Nikopol Trilogy comprises three science fiction graphic novels written in French by Bosnian born Enki Bilal between 1980 and 1993. The original French titles of the series are La Foire aux immortels, La Femme piège and Froid Équateur which were later translated in English and published by... : La Foire aux immortels La Foire aux immortels The Carnival of Immortals is a science fiction graphic novel from 1980 written and illustrated by the Yugoslavian born French cartoonist and storyteller Enki Bilal. It is the first part of the Nikopol Trilogy, followed up by La Femme piège in 1986 and ending with Froid Équateur in 1992... . |
| Broadway | Planned | |
| Aquarica | Planned |
Nintendo DS
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Emma at the Farm | 2007 | Adaptation of Martine books. |
| Emma at the Mountain | February 2008 | Adaptation of Martine books. |
| Last King of Africa | Mid-2008 | Mobile adaptation of Paradise. |
| Crime Scene Crime Scene (video game) Crime Scene is an adventure game for the Nintendo DS. It was released on February 16, 2010.-Plot:... (also known as Criminology) |
16 February 2010 | |
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Upside Down | 10 December 2009 | |
| Babel Rising | 9 February 2010 | |
| SocCars | 11 February 2010 | |
| Last King of Africa (released as 3 episodes) | July 2010 (Episode 1) | Mobile adaptation of Paradise. |