Factsheet

Developer:
Paranoid Productions
Based in Seattle, Washington, USA

Founding date:
April, 2014 or April 1994 (depending)

Website:
paranoidproductions.com

Press / Business contact:
paranoid@paranoidproductions.com

Social:
twitter.com/richardrouseiii

Releases:
The Church In The Darkness

Phone:
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Description

Paranoid Productions is a small, independent game developer dedicated to making rich gameplay experiences which tackle unique subjects and tell stories in ways only games can. The company is owned and run by veteran developer Richard Rouse III, who assembles a team of collaborators for each project. We like taking risks on subject matter and empowering players to have a big impact on the stories in our games.

History

The First Two Games

Paranoid Productions was started about twenty years ago, when we shipped two games for PC and Mac, an open-ended RPG Odyssey - The Legend of Nemesis, and a squad-based military shooter Damage Incorporated. Some might call these "indie games," but no one used that term back then.

The Middle Time

Paranoid Productions went into hibernation when Richard went off to work as a design and creative director at AAA studios (including Microsoft, Ubisoft, Midway) for 15 years. Richard worked on everything from heading up The Suffering horror games, to recent console action games like Sunset Overdrive and Quantum Break, to projects in the Rainbow 6 and State of Decay franchises.

And That Brings Us To Now

Wanting to get back to more unique and unconventional games, in 2014 Richard started Paranoid Productions up again and began work on an action-infiltration game set inside a cult in the 1970 - The Church in the Darkness. Working with Richard are veteran collaborators from past projects (particularly The Suffering) as well as people who are newer to game development. We are targeting Steam and consoles, and the game is planned for release in 2018.

Projects

Videos

Interview with Indie Games Level Up YouTube

Richard's Short Talk "What My Parents Taught Me About Game Design" YouTube

Images

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There are far more images available for Paranoid Productions, but these are the ones we felt would be most useful to you. If you have specific requests, please do contact us!

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Awards & Recognition

    Team & Repeating Collaborator

    Richard Rouse III
    Director / Owner

    Contact

    Inquiries
    paranoid@paranoidproductions.com

    Paranoid Productions Mailing List
    paranoidproductions.com/mailinglist

    Twitter
    twitter.com/richardrouseiii

    Dev Blog - Tumblr
    churchinthedarkness.tumblr.com

    Web
    paranoidproductions.com

    The Church in the Darkness Twitter
    twitter.com/churchdarkness

    The Church in the Darkness Facebook
    facebook.com/churchinthedarkness

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