Hey everyone! It’s been a while, but we have some big news for you today! You can now preorder the physical editions of Dordogne, including a Collector Edition and an exclusive artbook! The beautiful Collector Edition ☀️ Dordogne’s Collector Edition includes the base game with a
Hey everyone!
It’s been a while, but we have some big news for you today! You can now preorder the physical editions of Dordogne, including a Collector Edition and an exclusive artbook!
The beautiful Collector Edition ☀️
Dordogne’s Collector Edition includes the base game with a beautiful collector artbook, different from the one available alone, the mesmerizing original soundtrack of the game on a hand signed double vinyl, four lithographs, six stickers from the game and Mimi’s “SOUVENIRS” collector’s box. All these items also come from a certificate of authenticity, to ensure you're among the very few people to possess this incredible collector edition!
The splendid Artbook of Dordogne! 🎨
You can now preorder the superb artbook of Dordogne, which includes nearly 400 illustrations over 250 pages of this watercolour masterpiece. The artbook comes with characters, storyboards, paintings and amazing sets of Dordogne, but also with conceptual illustrations and researches not used in the final version of the game.
Dordogne offers a unique narrative experience through its heartwarming adventure, do not miss it!
Preorder the physical editions, available on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch here
Hello everyone! It's been a while since the release of Dordogne, and we're delighted with your feedback on Mimi's unique journey. From the bottom of our hearts, many thanks for your sharing and feedback. ❤️ Help us keep our beautiful Dordogne thriving! Nominate us for the "Outsta
Hello everyone!
It's been a while since the release of Dordogne, and we're delighted with your feedback on Mimi's unique journey. From the bottom of our hearts, many thanks for your sharing and feedback. ❤️
Help us keep our beautiful Dordogne thriving!
Nominate us for the "Outstanding Visual Style" award 2023! Visual style doesn't aspire to real-world graphical fidelity (though a noble goal in itself)… it describes a distinctive look and feel that suffuses an entire game.
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience, embarking on a vibrant journey that will awaken your senses and evoke warm memories.
Play as Mimi, exploring the precious recollections of your childhood and the times shared with your late grandmother. As past meets present, confront your adult choices with fond childhood memories to uncover lost family secrets.
Explore Dordogne landscapes of a thousand summer colors, within sumptuous hand-painted watercolor environments. During your adventure, recall the moments, the panoramas, the scents, the sounds, and the sensations. Recount these vivid memories in your journal as a recollection of Mimi’s family past that’s unique to your experience and a nostalgic, touching reflection of your journey.
Explore the stunning landscapes of Dordogne in hand-painted watercolors
Embark on a unique and heartwarming narrative experience
Awaken your senses as you explore childhood memories
Collect photos, sounds and scents to create your journal, unique to your adventure
The wait is finally over... A brand new patch is now available on Dordogne, introducing CHAPTER SELECTION! 🎉 Whether you want to relive cherished moments or explore different paths, the power is in your hands 🌟 New Feature: Chapter Selection Due to popular demand, we have imple
The wait is finally over... A brand new patch is now available on Dordogne, introducing CHAPTER SELECTION! 🎉
Whether you want to relive cherished moments or explore different paths, the power is in your hands 🌟
New Feature: Chapter Selection
Due to popular demand, we have implemented a Chapter Selection feature! This option is now accessible once you've started a chapter and is easily available via a new button in the Main Menu.
To enhance this feature, we've included a summary per chapter, of the Collectibles you've amassed, visible in the newly established Chapter Select submenu.
Furthermore, all cinematics you have previously viewed can be skipped when using the Chapter Select feature to improve the quality of life.
One final and important note: This feature is compatible with your past saves, offering the freedom to revisit any part of the game, collect any missed Collectible and unlock any missed achievement/trophy without needing to restart the game!
General Fixes and Improvements:
Corrected collider clipping occurring during kayaking.
Resolved a critical bug causing Mimi to continuously walk in place while opening stores.
Fixed issues related to sound triggers; some sounds were not playing at the correct time under certain circumstances.
Resolved an inconsistency where memos and binder tasks were not updating properly.
Corrected grammatical errors in texts.
Quality of Life Enhancements:
Included Photosensitive and Emotional trigger warnings at game launch for better player safety and awareness.
Reworked specific animations to eliminate texture clipping.
Improved world consistency by saving selected elements during Minigames and this can be seen later in the story.
Enhanced performance in expansive scenery areas for a smoother, more enjoyable gameplay experience.
We've heard your feedback and know how much this means to you all. We appreciate your patience and support!
A brand-new patch is live now on PC, fixing major bugs and making your summer adventure with Mimi more peaceful! 🌼 Here’s what we worked on: Fixes and Improvements: Fixed an issue that allowed players to clip through the ground when obtaining a collectible, ensuring a more consi
A brand-new patch is live now on PC, fixing major bugs and making your summer adventure with Mimi more peaceful! 🌼
Here’s what we worked on:
Fixes and Improvements:
Fixed an issue that allowed players to clip through the ground when obtaining a collectible, ensuring a more consistent gameplay experience.
Resolved a sound problem when changing the window focus during a cinematic, preventing audio disruptions.
Overhauled various animations to enhance their quality, readability, and to eliminate instances of clipping, resulting in smoother visuals.
Addressed multiple sound issues to ensure that all audio cues are played at the correct timing, enhancing overall immersion.
Made changes to a shader to eliminate one-sided textures and improve depth of certain elements, enhancing visual fidelity.
Fixed a critical issue that prevented camera clips from attaching and blocked player progress, ensuring a seamless gameplay flow.
Improved and overhauled shaders and visual effects (VFX) for better overall quality and optimised framerate, enhancing visual experience.
Rectified camera issues that occurred when leaving the game at specific moments, improving transitions and player control.
Resolved language issues with Mimi, ensuring she now speaks exclusively in the language chosen in the options, without occasional English dialogue.
Prevented Mimi from interacting with her surroundings while reading a Letter, using the Phone, or during a loading screen, reducing distractions.
Improved texture quality on some objects.
Implemented native support for the Steam Deck resolution in the options.
Enhanced UI elements by adding mouse feedback, making it easier to identify interactive elements and improving overall usability.
Quality of Life:
Enhanced mini games, such as breakfast and garden activities, by adding shadows under objects to improve spatial readability and provide a more immersive environment.
Rearranged the order of collectibles in the Binder to align with their appearance sequence in each chapter, enhancing organisation and progression tracking.
Added arrows around written and audio language options to indicate available choices. As a reminder, there are 14 written and 7 audio languages to choose from!
Improved the user interface (UI) when reading Letters, enhancing readability, and making it more intuitive.
Improved the Phone interface by allowing one to scroll through texts without spamming the down direction with the joystick.
Addressed a previous issue that caused Phone conversations, especially with Fabrice, to end prematurely. This improvement further develops the relationship between Mimi and her father.
Introduced additional interactive elements in the garden and Renaud's lair to enhance environmental storytelling and immersion.
Increased font size to improve text readability, ensuring a more comfortable reading experience on small screens.
Added Binder and Phone tasks to provide more explicit guidance to players and help them progress in the intended direction.
Update your game now and embark on a bug-free adventure in the enchanting world of Dordogne!
Hi everyone, Cédric Babouche here, I’m the art director behind Dordogne, a heartfelt narrative adventure that takes you to Southern France, in the lovely Dordogne region! It’s an indie creation in vibrant watercolors , crafted by French studio Un Je Ne Sais Quoi , part of animati
Hi everyone,
Cédric Babouche here, I’m the art director behind Dordogne, a heartfelt narrative adventure that takes you to Southern France, in the lovely Dordogne region! It’s an indie creation in vibrant watercolors, crafted by French studio Un Je Ne Sais Quoi, part of animation group Umanimation, and released on June 13!
Dordogne tells the story of Mimi, a 32-year-old woman in search of her childhood memories back in Dordogne, where she used to spend her summers with her grandmother. You will play as Mimi both as an adult and as a child, helping her reconnect with her past.
Help Renaud on his quest
To uncover and understand Mimi’s story, you’ll interact a lot with Renaud, another kid that she had befriended and used to play with. The main inspiration behind the character of Renaud is Huckleberry Finn, the animated series that I used to love watching during the 80s. Renaud is very intelligent, documented and resourceful. He learnt a great deal from Mimi's grandfather, who taught him in school. Sadly, he has a bad situation at home, with a violent dad. So, he spends his time outside.
He is really an outcast and as such he spends a lot of time bonding with his cat and nature is his haven. It might seem cliché that he is dressed so simply, wears a bandage and has his head shaved, but his family is poor, he runs in the forest all the time hurting himself here and there, and when you catch head lice you get your head shaved. It was a reality of the time. And he has the reputation of a thief in the surroundings, often getting caught at the market grabbing things because he is always looking for anything that can help him achieve his own little quest: to find a legendary creature called the Coulobre.
Hunt down the legendary Coulobre
Our team spent a lot of time in Dordogne to find inspiration, visiting places to find the nicest spots to take players to in the game, to paint them in watercolors, and, well, to let the region work its magic on all of us. And the region does have a lot of magic in its local culture.
I got my hands on a fascinating book in Castelnau – a town you’ll visit in the game – that tells all the myths and legends that make up the region’s lore. There were so many cool and intriguing things in there! We would have loved to include many more, but, considering the game’s scale, our Narrative Designer and I decided to focus solely on one myth: the Coulobre.
The Coulobre is the medieval legend of a monster – a giant serpent – said to live in the Dordogne River and devour sailors. It is likely only a myth, as the Dordogne is not deep enough to host such a monster! But it was a way to explain why vessels and their crew would drown in the Dordogne. With all these drowned vessels, an immense treasure was believed to exist in the river. And that’s where Renaud comes in, trying to find the Coulobre and its treasure!
So I hope you look forward to exploring Dordogne with Renaud and getting to know a bit of the magical side of the Dordogne Region. Immerse yourself now in Mimi's childhood!
Hi everyone, Cédric Babouche here, artistic director at French studio Un Je Ne Sais Quoi , part of animation group Umanimation . We’re bringing you Dordogne on June 13, a charming indie creation. It is a heartfelt narrative adventure about reminiscing your childhood memories in t
Hi everyone,
Cédric Babouche here, artistic director at French studio Un Je Ne Sais Quoi, part of animation group Umanimation. We’re bringing you Dordogne on June 13, a charming indie creation. It is a heartfelt narrative adventure about reminiscing your childhood memories in the bucolic Dordogne region in Southern France. I’m here to tell you a bit about how we used hand-painted watercolors to create its world!
Dordogne started out as a very dear, very personal project of mine. Both the Dordogne region and the watercolor technique are important parts of my world that I wanted to share. I’ve been doing watercolor painting since I was 13 or 14 years old, so that’s 30 years spent honing this technique and defining my style. I can’t get enough of it! Dordogne is the project that allows me to put it all at work and express everything I have been developing, refining and experimenting with over my past projects in animation.
Technically, it was a lot faster for me to create the visual assets as hand-painted watercolors than to do it digitally. It would take me about two hours to paint a decor that would otherwise have taken two days to create on Photoshop. I really poured myself into it, I wanted to paint everything myself and went as close to it as I could. I ended up painting something like 150 to 180 visuals. The rest of the team also painted a lot after doing some workshops where I would show them how to paint according to my style and technique. They painted some props as well as a few decors, and were of wonderful assistance even with their recent experience.
Creating everything in watercolor is challenging in that it’s a technique that does not allow you to erase or paint over what you’ve done. Once it’s done, you have to live with it! That means you have to be really confident, and also fine with the fact that the result is not going to be exactly the way you pictured in your mind. It does not mean it’s not good; it’s just different.
Eventually, we did not throw away any of it during the production. Almost everything is a first draft. We would work with some preliminary research on photoshop, using just three gray values to visualize shapes, as well as photos for color reference. Then I’d paint until it looks like the decor of Dordogne.
Ultimately, I think Dordogne really stands out visually for it. The watercolors recall the atmosphere of the Dordogne region, stunning and delicate at the same time, while delivering a distinctive visual experience among video games. They also bring that soft and dreamy touch that perfectly helps convey the sense of nostalgia and wonder for our story about reminiscing childhood.
Hi everyone, Cédric Babouche here, artistic director at Un Je Ne Sais Quoi , the multimedia arm of French animation studio Umanimation , currently developing Dordogne , a narrative adventure that is coming June 13. It’s a heartfelt story about reminiscing your childhood memories,
Hi everyone,
Cédric Babouche here, artistic director at Un Je Ne Sais Quoi, the multimedia arm of French animation studio Umanimation, currently developing Dordogne, a narrative adventure that is coming June 13. It’s a heartfelt story about reminiscing your childhood memories, and I’m here to tell you a bit more about how the game takes you down memory lane!
Finding your past
In Dordogne you play as Mimi, a 32-year-old woman traveling to Dordogne to visit the house of her recently deceased grandmother. They used to spend summers there together when Mimi was a child, but the last time was twenty years before. They have lost contact since and Mimi has no memories left from this time. As she rediscovers the house and its surroundings, some sights or objects become doors to the past and lost memories come rushing back to her.
Each key memory will act as a jump back in time where you play as 12-year-old Mimi on the last summer she spent at her grandmother’s. You’ll go back and forth between adult and child Mimi, until the memories you have recollected allow you to eventually find out what happened on that last summer in Dordogne.
Collect your own memories
To recollect a memory, you’ll have to complete mini games. Each of them offers a pretext to move forward in the story: they will allow you to get closer to your grandmother, to meet and start a friendship with a little boy named Renaud, to interact with people at Sarlat’s market…
The actions you will be performing will take you exploring your beautiful and peaceful surroundings to collect photos, sounds and words that you’ll put together in a binder. As you assemble your findings, the binder will read as a reminiscence of your Summertime as a child.
Each player will take the photographs they want, choose the sounds and the words they want to collect, so you’ll really give life to your own binder and create your very own story to recall!
A game for the child in all of us
Dordogne has a universal appeal in that it deals with that nostalgic, foggy relationship we all have with our childhood. We want it to be a game about a part of life that any person can relate to. There are things that every child has done, like bathing in a river, throwing pebbles, climbing rocks, running around in nature. Dordogne is about these childhood moments.
But it is also about the human relations that shape our existence. We all have strong memories, good or bad, about important figures and interactions from when we were growing up. Dordogne is also about these relationships that mark us—of which our team wanted to keep the best, most positive impression, the one that we all long for and that can resonate within every player! Our playtests have shown how much everyone can relate to the game.
Depending on your story, you might get hooked instantly or it might take you a bit more time, but everyone found a little something that spoke to them and made them want to keep going with Mimi’s story!
Dordogne came out on June 13, join us in this heart-warming experience here!
Memory can be a fickle thing. For thirty-something Mimi, everything before her thirteenth birthday is a blank. What happened before that point is never really interrogated during Dordogne 's three-hour run time, but we do know her father is a stubborn old goat who cut ties with M
Memory can be a fickle thing. For thirty-something Mimi, everything before her thirteenth birthday is a blank. What happened before that point is never really interrogated during Dordogne's three-hour run time, but we do know her father is a stubborn old goat who cut ties with Mimi's really quite nice grandmother Nora after a summer she spent there as a shy, sheltered twelve-year-old. It's this summer that seems to be the cork in Mimi's memory bottle, and it's also the window in which Dordogne frames its sweet, coming of age tale. As Mimi in the present comes to terms with her grandmother's recent passing, the objects she finds in Nora's now-empty summer house trigger important flashbacks to that golden summer, and maybe also the answer to Mimi's apparent amnesia. Dordogne never demands very much of you during these sequences, but it does know how to luxuriate in life's little details, and find pleasure in a more leisurely lifestyle.
Hello everyone! We are thrilled to announce that Dordogne is out! ☀️🌊 Head straight to the radiant South of France for a nostalgic trip with Dordogne Launch Trailer. Animated watercolors run deep in Dordogne Dordogne is a unique, immersive narrative experience in gorgeous waterc
Hello everyone!
We are thrilled to announce thatDordogne is out!☀️🌊 Head straight to the radiant South of France for a nostalgic trip with Dordogne Launch Trailer.
Dordogne is a unique, immersive narrative experience in gorgeous watercolors. 🎨 Embark on a journey that will awaken your senses and evoke warm memories, playing as Mimi in search of her childhood memories.
Explore precious recollections and relive cherished moments with your grandmother. As past meets present, confront your adult choices with fond childhood memories to uncover lost family secrets. 🦋
Jump into the idyllic landscapes of Dordogne, brought to life in enchanting hand-painted watercolors. 🏞️ Catch the moments, the panoramas, the scents, the sounds, and the sensations. Recount these vivid memories in your journal as a recollection of Mimi’s family past that’s unique to your experience and a nostalgic, touching reflection of your journey. 📖
Discover how video games can tell the greatest stories with the wholesome experience Dordogne, out now on PC.
The colorful and delicate narrative adventure about childhood memories, love and family is available on Steam here
We're happy to release an enchanting Pre-Launch Trailer for our wholesome indie game Dordogne ✨ Meet Cédric Babouche in his hometown of Sarlat, Dordogne, the visual artist behind the game, in an intimate account of his personal history with the South-of-France setting of the game
We're happy to release an enchanting Pre-Launch Trailer for our wholesome indie game Dordogne ✨
Meet Cédric Babouche in his hometown of Sarlat, Dordogne, the visual artist behind the game, in an intimate account of his personal history with the South-of-France setting of the game and the hand-painted watercolor artistic direction used to give life to it.
Dordogne is a colorful and delicate narrative adventure about childhood memories, love and family that takes you to the radiant French countryside very soon—launching June 13. Watch the Pre-Launch Trailer and start remembering Dordogne now!
Dordogne is the brainchild of French visual artist Cédric Babouche. In today’s Pre-Launch Trailer, he shares his emotional connection to the game, an immersive adventure where you’ll explore the breath-taking landscapes of Dordogne, in the South of France. This region is as dear to Cédric Babouche as the hand-painted aesthetic of the game. All of its mesmerizing sceneries were made using the watercolor style and technique he has been honing for thirty years, since he was a child.
Enjoy the second track of the unique music composed by Supernaive, these introspective sounds support the nostalgic and heart-warming journey to Dordogne. This exclusive single is part of Dordogne’s OST that will be released along with the launch of the game.
Microsoft have announced what’s coming to Game Pass for the first two weeks of June, which includes games about cute childhood summers ( Dordogne ), a bunch of stacking dolls ( Stacking ), and a horrifying monster chasing you in the shadows ( Amnesia: The Bunker ). Something for
Microsoft have announced what’s coming to Game Pass for the first two weeks of June, which includes games about cute childhood summers (Dordogne), a bunch of stacking dolls (Stacking), and a horrifying monster chasing you in the shadows (Amnesia: The Bunker). Something for every type of person, then, from those that suffer from summertime blues to sun-loving extroverts.
The beautiful watercolour vistas of Dordogne have been on my radar for a while now , and happily developers Un Je Ne Sais Quoi have just announced exactly when we'll be able to smoosh our faces in its lovely, puzzle-y paint pot. It's coming to PC and consoles on June 13th, making
The beautiful watercolour vistas of Dordogne have been on my radar for a whilenow, and happily developers Un Je Ne Sais Quoi have just announced exactly when we'll be able to smoosh our faces in its lovely, puzzle-y paint pot. It's coming to PC and consoles on June 13th, making it the perfect palette cleanser to all the preceding not-E3 nonsense that will be taking place in the days beforehand. I recently played a short demo of Dordogne, and it really is as lovely as its gorgeous screenshots suggest. I'm looking forward to this one a lot.
Hello everyone, It is soon time to lose yourself in a unique narrative experience! Follow the story of Mimi, a young woman in search of her childhood memories that she has mysteriously forgotten... Dive into a nostalgic and heart-warming journey to Dordogne with the Release Date
Hello everyone,
It is soon time to lose yourself in a unique narrative experience! Follow the story of Mimi, a young woman in search of her childhood memories that she has mysteriously forgotten...
Dive into a nostalgic and heart-warming journey to Dordogne with the Release Date Reveal Trailer:
In an idyllic French countryside setting hand-painted in vibrant pastel watercolors, Mimi explores a world between childhood and adulthood.
Enjoy the first track of the unique music composed by Supernaive, these introspective sounds support the nostalgic and heart-warming journey to Dordogne.
This exclusive single is part of Dordogne’s OST that will be released along with the launch of the game.
Last night’s Nintendo Indie showcase gave us fresh looks at many exciting indies. Chief among them was Storyteller , a narrative-puzzle game we first saw ten years ago, and has now confirmed a release date of March 23rd. The game’s comic-strip puzzles let you remix classic storie
Last night’s Nintendo Indie showcase gave us fresh looks at many exciting indies. Chief among them was Storyteller, a narrative-puzzle game we first saw ten years ago, and has now confirmed a release date of March 23rd. The game’s comic-strip puzzles let you remix classic stories, like Dracula, using various props, verbs and nouns. A game for all the literary nerds out there.
Hello everyone! We are excited to announce a spring 2023 release window for the warm and colourful narrative adventure Dordogne ! Dordogne is a heartfelt story of childhood memories, love, and family, to a picturesque pastoral backdrop in southern France. Immerse yourself in this
Hello everyone!
We are excited to announce a spring 2023 release window for the warm and colourful narrative adventure Dordogne!
Dordogne is a heartfelt story of childhood memories, love, and family, to a picturesque pastoral backdrop in southern France. Immerse yourself in this poetic universe through our Watercolor Memories Trailer!
A new, French-infused creation comes to the indie world
Dordogne tells the story of Mimi, a young woman in search of her childhood memories that she has mysteriously forgotten. In an idyllic French countryside setting hand-painted in vibrant pastel watercolors, Mimi explores a world between childhood and adulthood, where one’s desires and regrets echo lost dreams and fears. A nostalgic and heart-warming journey.
Dordogne brings a homegrown taste of France as a wholesome experience which is sure to transport all types of players to a warm and peaceful place by the mighty Dordogne River. Artists from animation, film and video games work together to craft the sumptuous yet delicate aesthetic which makes it stand out, and everyone is super excited for the chance to show this very special piece to the world!
Hello! We're excited to invite you all to our second ever developer livestream! Our Creative Director Cédric Babouche is hosting and will be sharing some insights and commentary of an artwork piece for Dordogne and its implementation on the game. The livestream is happening this
Hello!
We're excited to invite you all to our second ever developer livestream! Our Creative Director Cédric Babouche is hosting and will be sharing some insights and commentary of an artwork piece for Dordogne and its implementation on the game.
The livestream is happening this Friday July 29th at 8AM PDT / 11AM EDT / 5PM CEST here on Steam and on Twitch. We hope to see you there! Bring a nice drink and your questions ːsteamhappyː
Hello! Today, we are popping in to share an exciting announcement and something we’ve been working on behind closed doors for a while now: Un Je Ne Sais Quoi is bringing Dordogne to Twitch! Tomorrow, Friday 8th July , will be our first ever livestream (on Twitch, YouTube and the
Hello!
Today, we are popping in to share an exciting announcement and something we’ve been working on behind closed doors for a while now: Un Je Ne Sais Quoi is bringing Dordogne to Twitch!
Tomorrow, Friday 8th July, will be our first ever livestream (on Twitch, YouTube and the Steam page) and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ve sorted the set-up and added some flair to our channel, so now all we have to do is go live!
Join us tomorrow from 5pm CEST / 11am EDT where we’ll be sharing a live developer commentary over some watercolour painting for Dordogne - a perfect opportunity to learn more about our colourful adventure or ask any questions you have!
But what can you expect otherwise from studio_jnsq’s channel?
Well, our Art Director, Cédric Babouche, will be hosting the streams – talking about his artistic process and all things Dordogne. He will also be sharing footage of his work on some of the gorgeous hand-painted watercolours that will be used within the game.
(Plus, we even have some live painting planned for future streams, which you won’t want to miss!) Overall, it will be a wholesome, relaxing, and art-filled time 🖌
And that’s all, for now!
We hope to see you in our live tomorrow, either on Twitch or here, and we can’t wait to chat ☕️
Hello! Welcome to Dordogne! Or, at least, our own interpretation of it through the eyes of Mimi in watercolour. If you’re reading this, perhaps it was precisely this visual style what got you hitting that wishlist button, eh? (If you haven’t yet though, please do! It really helps
Hello!
Welcome to Dordogne! Or, at least, our own interpretation of it through the eyes of Mimi in watercolour. If you’re reading this, perhaps it was precisely this visual style what got you hitting that wishlist button, eh? (If you haven’t yet though, please do! It really helps a lot 💛)
We want to share with you what’s the latest on the development of Dordogne at our game studio in France, Un Je Ne Sais Quoi (for non-francophones, click here if you’re unsure on how to pronounce our name, it’s missing the “un” bit but that’s as good as our searching got).
Not long ago we showed a speedpainting video segment to open the Wholesome Direct 2022. This video shows you the process of how the environments and objects in Dordogne are created and features music by the French band Supernaive, who are composing the soundtrack of the game. Enjoy:
The entirety of Dordogne is hand-painted in watercolour by our Art Director Cedric Babouche and he is doing more than 150 watercolours for the game. He is so passionate about art that, in his words, he loves painting with all his heart and he’ll probably die with brushes on his hand. A bit of a dark turn for a wholesome work but we’ll take it, Cedric! Shifting to something less grim, Cedric is inspired by his own daughters, who he uses as references for Mimi’s journey through her grandmother’s house, capturing the playful spirit of a child. We hope a lot of you are able to connect with that!
Supernaive is an eclectic band that mixes electronic, RnB, and pop rock. Two brothers from Paris and with a heavy influence and vibe from Japanese aesthetics infuse their music with character and personality that sets them apart, also using old instruments unearthed from the graveyard of the analog synthesis for a unique sound. We’re proud to have them onboard for Dordogne, and in the video above you can hear some of their work for the game. We’re also pleased to say that an album with the game’s music will be available, more details later.
Dordogne is coming early in 2023 and we’re hitting the development milestones to reach our goal on time! Some things have changed since the first time we showed the game back in 2020, but it’s been for the better. For example, we improved the way the water looks now, featuring nicer reflections. Have a look above!
At the moment, we have a first iteration of the game’s first five chapters running and looking good! We’re working on polishing this slice of the game, and we’ll be starting work on the following chapters in July. We can’t say how many chapters there will be in the game just yet, but let’s just say there’s plenty more you haven’t seen! Most of what we’ve shown is from the game’s first prototype and from the demo we recently showed at PAX, so we’re quite excited to be unveiling a bit more soon.
Making games is tough, as you know, and many unexpected things can always happen, but we found in Focus Entertainment the best partners for this journey who are supporting our vision to share this story while we take care of the wellbeing of our team. Who would’ve thought that Mimi and Amicia from A Plague Tale could end up being related in any way!
Thanks so much for reading all the way through! Please let us know if you have any questions and we’ll try to answer them if within our abilities. Don’t forget to wishlist and follow Dordogne on Steam if you haven’t, and follow on socials for frequent content drops.
