The Chinese Room
@thechineseroom.co.uk
Critically-acclaimed games studio in Brighton UK. Creators of Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Still Wakes the Deep, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Working on new unannounced projects. ✨
"KEF Presents: The Gaming Mix - Celebrating Music & Sound in Video Games" was an event that took place in London last week - hosted by composer and orchestrator Jade Leamcharaskul @jdwasabi.bsky.social, alongside Luke Hebblethwaite @lukethehebble.bsky.social (ex-UKIE & BAFTA), 1/3
Around a year ago TCR went back to being indie again. To mark the occasion we recently brought the whole team together for an all-day jubilatory summit. We're proud of how far we've come, and are very excited about what lies ahead. Stay tuned - TCR 3.0 is just getting started.
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The quaint Tuxlith Chapel in West Sussex stood derelict for many decades before we stepped in and rescued it in the 1970s. 1/15 📷 Interior before repair works - circa 1973 (See thread for after images)
Adding one more! ◾ Senior Concept / UI Artist - forms.office.com/e/VN0Lwxdxjf
The Chinese Room@thechineseroom.co.uk · 3mo agoThe Chinese Room is hiring! We're currently on a lookout for: ◾Lead Level Designer - forms.office.com/e/VXTrGY7SsF ◾Senior / Principal Programmer - forms.office.com/e/GhgKavXBeC Note: The roles are "hybrid" ie 3 days/week in our Brighton office with the other 2 days WFH or the office, as preferred.
Adding one more! ◾ Senior Concept / UI Artist - forms.office.com/e/VN0Lwxdxjf
The Chinese Room@thechineseroom.co.uk · 3mo agoThe Chinese Room is hiring! We're currently on a lookout for: ◾Lead Level Designer - forms.office.com/e/VXTrGY7SsF ◾Senior / Principal Programmer - forms.office.com/e/GhgKavXBeC Note: The roles are "hybrid" ie 3 days/week in our Brighton office with the other 2 days WFH or the office, as preferred.
The Chinese Room is hiring! We're currently on a lookout for: ◾Lead Level Designer - forms.office.com/e/VXTrGY7SsF ◾Senior / Principal Programmer - forms.office.com/e/GhgKavXBeC Note: The roles are "hybrid" ie 3 days/week in our Brighton office with the other 2 days WFH or the office, as preferred.
I love both, particularly the commentary playthrough of Dear Esther. I adore all of The Chinese Room’s games, yes, but these are where I started, nearly 9 years ago for myself.
The Chinese Room@thechineseroom.co.uk · 3mo ago"Gone Home" is definitely a favourite among many at The Chinese Room. If you're yet to experience either game, our very own "Dear Esther" and equally atmospheric "Gone Home" are currently available together in a Steam bundle at a great price - store.steampowered.com/bundle/75941...
I am sorry about the pencil but we are not allowed to bring ink into the camp.
"Gone Home" is definitely a favourite among many at The Chinese Room. If you're yet to experience either game, our very own "Dear Esther" and equally atmospheric "Gone Home" are currently available together in a Steam bundle at a great price - store.steampowered.com/bundle/75941...
Save 80% on Gone Home + Dear Esther on Steam
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Last night TCR's Francesco and Sagar attended MCV/DEVELOP Awards representing our Audio and Narrative teams, both nominated for their work on "Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest." They left with the Audio Innovation of the Year trophy in hand! We're enormously thankful for this recognition.🩵
Ysabella's story out now! 🌹❤️🔥 www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/vampir... To write about this chaotic artist our Narrative team drew inspiration from places far and wide - "The Hunger" (1983), Franz von Stuck's "The Sin", the Red Room from Twin Peaks, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" music video, 1/3
Ysabella - an artist, a performer, a schemer, carrying old wounds, and making new trouble. How did she end up in Seattle, and what's her plan to make a mark in the city's vampiric courts? Experience Ysabella Moore's story in Bloodlines 2 - out June 10. 🌹❤️🔥 www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/vampir...
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2@vtmb.bsky.social · 4mo agoFlower & the Flame, the last DLC for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, out on June 10th for Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S! Through Ysabella Moore's eyes, witness conspirators who threaten Seattle's court, and how the Nomad's awakening has them in chaos. 🌹https://pdxint.at/4uM4axv
Huge congrats to the colleagues at the brilliant @amanita-design.net with their new release! We at TCR adore brave, original games like this (hand-painted 3D world made of IRL cardboard?!), "Phonopolis" is such a great addition to the studio's incredible oeuvre. To celebrate here is an Unlisted 1/2
Amanita Design 📣@amanita-design.net · 5mo agoPhonopolis is out NOW on Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store 📣 We hope you have fun playing with the cardboard city! All links here 👇 amanita-design.net/games/phonop...
Last weekend our Principal Game Designer Jade & Associate Art Director Laura took part in a @baftagames.bsky.social event discussing how collaboration is key to successful game production. Huge thanks for organising conversations about the devs' craft and for having TCR be part of them! 💙
Some awesome 'Roomers (Marcus, Will, Lee, John, Jade & Jack!) spent last Thursday evening at a local bowling alley with Brighton's fellow games industry colleagues. 🎳 Together they all raised £2,500 for @gamesaid.bsky.social charity, 1/2
Cabbage Lady, Hellidon, Northamptonshire. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son, 1907-1920.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and Still Wakes the Deep are both peak gaming.
The Chinese Room@thechineseroom.co.uk · 5mo agoWhat is happening 🥹🌊💙 Enormous thanks to @ign.com for capturing this. Greetings to your son from sunny Brighton, and YES to a movie too, Terry! 🎞️
