Cipher Prime
Cipher Prime is a 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).
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | William "BJ" Stallwood, Dain Saint |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, PA , USA |
| Products | Auditorium, Fractal, Pulse, Splice, Shimsham, Intake, Monster Want Burger, Tailwind: Prologue, Jawns, Lineweight |
| Services | Video game development |
| Website | Official site |
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.