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Juice
A hand drawn first person slaughterer following a ravenous Monster vs a lone survivor in this ultra violent dual narrative about the end of the world!
Work
2024-XX - JUICE
2024-XX - Flawless Abbey - Art Direction
2023-XX - Regular Home Renovation Simulator - Art Direction
2023-XX - Saenct
11.11.24 - The Zium Exposition - Untitled Garden
08.09.22 - Cartomancy: Tarot Game Anthology - No. 13
05.20.22 - Dread X Collection 5 - Resver
12.03.21 - starweaver / Dolby Atmos - Level & VFX Art
12.01.21 - Haunted PS1 - Madvent Calendar II - Day 24
08.19.21 - Super Rare Mixtape Vol. 1 - Becalm
07.23.21 - Nodomus
04.03.21 - Ae
03.17.21 - Adios - Art Direction + Environment, Level & Concept Art
01.23.21 - Fiction #F3F
12.01.20 - Haunted PS1 - Madvent Calendar - Day 23
10.20.20 - ▲■● / Asus ROG - Art Direction + Level & VFX Art
09.19.20 - That Feeling Blue
07.03.20 - Iron Man VR / Camouflaj + Marvel - Environment, Concept & VFX Art
04.13.20 - Carcavas
02.06.20 - Haunted PS1 - Demo Disc - Ode to a Moon
02.02.20 - Endzone / Verizon + NFL - Art Direction + Level, VFX & UI Art
12.31.19 - Meditations - Becalm
07.04.19 - Ode to a Moon
01.17.19 - Becalm
08.31.18 - The Zium Museum - That Feeling Blue
08.14.18 - Again
07.26.18 - The Sands of Voltark
06.23.18 - Nightline
03.01.18 - 0°N 0°W
05.14.17 - Story of a Line
01.15.15 - Dream.Sim
Exhibition
2024 - Tokyo Game Show, Tokyo
2024 - Guerrilla Collective, Summer Games Fest, LA
2024 - PAX East, Boston
2024 - ‘Hyperarchitecture’, LikeLike, Pittsburgh
2023 - ‘Fall Curation’, Gallery AFK, Pittsburgh
2021 - ‘A Colorfiction Mixtape’, LikeLike, Pittsburgh
2021 - Indiepocalypse #19
2020 - Cineteca Bologna, Archivio Videoludico
2020 - The Overkill 2020
2020 - PAX East, Boston
2019 - Museum of Science and Industry, BitBash, Chicago
2019 - Feral Vector, Official Selection , Hebden Bridge
2019 - Leftfield Collection, EGX Rezzed, London
2019 - Indie Megabooth, PAX EAST, Boston
2019 - Ludicious, Official Selection, Zurich
2018 - EGLX, Toronto
2018 - GDEX, Columbus
2018 - PlayNYC, New York City
2018 - Bibliothèque de Vienne, Vidéoludique
2018 - Dreamhack, Official Selection, Austin
2018 - PAX East, Boston
2017 - EGX, Birmingham
2016 - The Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York City
Awards
2019 - Verizon 5G NFL Mobile Gaming Challenge Award
2019 - ‘Best Style’ Nomination, Bit Awards
2019 - ‘Innovation in Gaming’ Nomination, Ludicious
2019 - ‘Best of 2018’, Save or Quit
2019 - PAX East Oculus Developer Grant
2018 - ‘Best Videogame Soundtracks of 2018’, A Closer Listen
2018 - ‘Best Sound’ Nomination, GDEX
2018 - ‘Best Arthouse’, Dreamhack Austin
Reviews & Press
10.19.24 - PCGamesN, “The best Steam Next Fest demos for October 2024”
10.18.24 - FingerGuns, “15 Games From the Steam Next Fest to Check Out”
10.15.24 - Demo Disc, “The Next Fest Thing - Day 1”
04.11.24 - SideQuesting, “Juice (hands-on preview)”
03.31.24 - Classic Gaming Brothers, “Episode 226 - Post-Pax Pod!”
05.30.23 - WhyNow Gaming, “Why developers love Brutalist architecture”
08.09.22 - PC Gamer, “Read your future with 22 videogame interpretations of the Tarot”
06.22.22 - GameSpot, “The Best Games You Might Have Missed During Summer Game Fest 2022”
06.13.22 - IGN, “Future of Play Direct 2022: Everything Announced and Revealed”
06.11.22 - Rock Paper Shotgun. “An August release date is on the cards for virtual tarot reader The Cartomancy Anthology”
06.07.22 - TechRaptor, “A Happy Fun Time With Dread X Collection 5”
03.10.22 - Bloody Disgusting, “New ‘Dread X Collection 5’ Trailer Spotlights Six Games [Video]”
01.14.22 - Rock Paper Shotgun, “Why all the best game developers play Tarot”
11.01.21 - Polygon, “Halloween might be over, but these games keep Spooky Season going”
07.28.21 - DreadXP, ”NODOMUS a Lonely Antithesis to Light”
02.15.21 - PC Gamer, “Nightline is a dreamy game about taking a subway train to nowhere”
01.27.21 - Hyperhype, “Viaje a las profundidades de un género en alza”
06.22.20 - DreadXP, “If You Miss Silent Hill, Here’s Five Horror Games From EEK3 That Should Fill the Void”
02.10.20 - Fanbyte, “The Best Bit of The Haunted PS1 Demo Disc is a Spooky, Psychedelic Maze”
02.06.20 - Polygon, “17 free horror game demo collection is a throwback to the PS1 era”
02.06.20 - GamesRadar+, “The Haunted PS1 Demodisk 2020 isn't actually a disk but it is very haunted”
12.03.19 - PC Invasion, “The atmospheric Ode to a Moon receives a new trailer”
07.29.19 - Indie Games Plus, “‘Ode to a Moon’ Follows a Photographer into a Town Consumed”
07.18.19 - Markiplier, “3 Scary Games #25”
07.08.19 - Jacksepticeye, “My Inner Demon”
07.07.19 - PC Gamer, “Odd indie horror game Ode to a Moon has a demo”
07.06.19 - Eurogamer, “La demo gratuita di Ode To A Moon ci immerge in un curioso thriller psichedelico”
07.05.19 - Alpha Beta Gamer, “Ode to a Moon – Beta Demo”
07.05.19 - Rock Paper Shotgun, “Ode To A Moon's free demo is uncannily psychedelic”
07.04.19 - Hardcore Gamer, “Ode to a Moon Warps Onto Steam”
07.04.19 - EGM Now, “Analog Horror: Why Tapes Are Such Fertile Ground for Video Game Scares”
05.17.19 - Indie Game Website, “Indies Are Looking To Gaming’s Past To Build A Retro Future”
04.24.19 - Itch.io Recommends, “Fresh releases, hidden gems, and an upcoming hit”
01.25.19 - Vice, “Becalm's Kaleidoscopic Reality Helped Me Find Peace in My Own”
01.19.19 - Rock Paper Shotgun, “Go for a tranquil sail in the appropriately-named Becalm”
01.17.19 - Cultured Vultures, “Take A Meditative Boat Ride In Colorfiction’s Becalm”
12.30.18 - Big Boss Battle, “Free Games of the Fortnight”
12.17.18 - Indie Bytes, “A Meditative Floatabout”
12.15.18 - Rock Paper Shotgun, “Priceless Play - 15 December 2018”
12.13.18 - Itch.io Recommends, “Specific games for specific people”
10.30.18 - OnlySP, “Colorfiction Interview l Experimenting With Traditionalism”
10.17.18 - Rock Paper Shotgun, “Ode To A Moon is a psychedelic horror adventure "inspired by actual events"“
10.16.18 - Tech Raptor, “Colorfiction Announces Surreal Horror Game Ode to a Moon”
10.16.18 - Destructoid, “Ode to a Moon will send you on a cosmic-horror trip”
10.16.18 - Factor News, “Maximilian Arocena compose l'ode là du réel”
10.16.18 - Culture of Gaming, “Ode To A Moon Looks Like Stranger Things on an Acid Trip… and we love it“
10.16.18 - Dual Shockers, “Ode to a Moon is a Mysterious Horror Title Based on True Events”
10.16.18 - OnlySP, “Colorfiction Releases Moody New Trailer for Ode to a Moon”
10.16.18 - Hardcore Gamer, “No Monsters but a Broken Reality in Ode to a Moon Reveal Trailer”
09.08.18 - Everybody’s Talking at Once, “Singing Dunes and Wandering Creatures, with Max Arocena”
09.08.18 - Tech Raptor, “The Non-Fiction Behind Colorfiction's Virtual Vacation Simulator 0°N 0°W”
08.09.18 - Indie Hangover, “Interview: Max Arocena of Colorfiction”
08.14.18 - Rock Paper Shotgun, “Free games of the week - August 18th 2018”
06.25.18 - OnlySP, “Take the Train Journey of a Lifetime in Nightline”
06.25.18 - ARGonaut, “Nightline: Endstation Sehsucht”
06.30.18 - Gamin.me, “Инди-подборка затейливая”
07.01.18 - Game Jam Curator, “Procedural Generation Summer Jam 2018: Treasure Chest #64”
09.08.18 - Everybody’s Talking at Once, “Singing Dunes and Wandering Creatures, with Max Arocena”
03.05.18 - Rock Paper Shotgun, “Getting lost by degrees in 0°N 0°W”
03.01.18 - Hardcore Gamer, “Review: Zero North Zero West”
03.01.18 - God is a Geek, “0°N 0°W Review”
03.01.18 - Venture Beat, “0°N 0°W is a psychedelic stroll that meanders through space-time”
03.01.18 - Game Skinny, “0°N 0°W (Zero North Zero West) - The Intersection of Surreal and Unconventional”
01.25.18 - PC Invasion, “The bizarre worlds of exploration game 0°N 0°W are coming in March”
01.25.18 - Indie Game Website, “Unique, colourful lucid explorer provides enthralling exploration”
01.25.18 - God is a Geek, “0°N 0°W is a kaleidoscopic and atmospheric experience straight from your dreams”
01.25.18 - ComicBuzz, “Colorfiction ‘s 0°N 0°W – Releases March 1st”
01.25.18 - Hardcore Gamer, “Walk Between Worlds With 0°N 0°W Release Date Trailer”
01.25.18 - Gamespew, “Upcoming Exploration Game 0°N 0°W is One Hell of a Trip”
01.25.18 - Only SP, “Experience Inter-Dimensional Surrealism in 0°N 0°W Later This Year”
01.25.18 - Critical Hit, “Go walkabout in trippy indie title 0°N 0°W”
01.25.18 - Dual Shockers, “Colorfiction’s Mysterious Indie 0°N 0°W Coming March, Teaser Trailer is Just as Surreal”
01.25.18 - Gaming Trend, “Take a trip (in more ways than one) when 0°N 0°W heads to PC this March”
01.17.18 - PC Gamer, “0°N 0°W lets you wander dimensions, develop a hangover”
01.14.18 - Hardcore Gamer, “Screenshot Saturday Featuring Day of Destruction, Lingotopia, Many More”
01.08.18 - Hyper X Gaming, “The Screenshot Saturday showcase - January 8”
01.07.18 - PCGamesN, “Indies In Development: This week’s most promising picks from #ScreenshotSaturday”
12.11.18 - Culture of Gaming, “What is Zero North Zero West?“
12.09.17 - Shindig, “0°N 0°W will take players on a ‘multidimensional walkabout’”
12.08.17 - Checkpoint, “0°N 0°W launches mysterious new trailer”
12.07.17 - Gaming Trend, “Surreal exploration game 0°N 0°W to debut on PC early next year”
12.07.17 - Hardcore Gamer, “A New Dimension of Inexplicable Color in First 0°N 0°W Trailer”
10.02.17 - The Geek Show, “ZeroNorthZeroWest Indie Game Interview (EGX 2017)”
09.27.17 - Bear vs. Grenade, “All the best bits of EGX 2017 (in under 6 minutes)”
09.27.17 - Console Toi, “EGX 2017 : Nos 13 coups de coeur du salon”
09.21.17 - Cultured Vultures, “0°N 0°W: Inside Colorfiction’s Acid Fever Dream World”
04.29.15 - Sufficiently Human, “Notes on Dream.Sim: The Darkness Cycle”
04.28.15 - Sufficiently Human, “Notes on Dream.Sim: The Lightness Cycle”
01.29.15 - Abnormal Mapping, “A&I: Healing, and Dreaming”
01.14.15 - RockLeeSmile, "Indie Impressions - Dream 1”
