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Arsene Game Studio

ARSENE GAME STUDIO ISTANBUL → EVERYWHERE EST. MMXX

We steal the hours you meant to spend sleeping.

NOW SHOWING

  • NOCTURNE — IN DEVELOPMENT
  • KESTREL PROTOCOL — CLOSED PLAYTEST
  • SALTWATER SAINTS — ACT I DEMO
  • GILDED HOLLOW — PRE-PRODUCTION
  • PAPER MOON — OUT NOW ON PC

No. 01 / THE HEISTS

The Heists

No. 01 / THE LINEUP

Five suspects. One studio.

No. 02 / THE LETTER

The Letter

Dear reader,

We started in a flat above a ferry pier with one laptop between three people and a rule we still keep: nothing ships that we would not sit up at night to play ourselves.

The player is the mark, never the victim. A good heist leaves them richer: a story they will tell, a trick they will try to copy, a night they will not want back.

Quiet systems, loud moments. We build the machinery first, in the dark, and only then decide where to point the light.

Istanbul taught us that every street has two names and every door has a second key. Our games are built for the whole world, but they are picked from here.

Credit the crew. Every name that touched the work goes on the poster, in the same size.

Yours, after midnight,

No. 03 / THE HOUSE

Who pulled the job.

ROLE NAME KNOWN FOR YEARS
Creative director Defne Arslan The first job 06
Lead engineer Kerem Yıldız Quiet systems 06
Art director Lina Marchetti Faces as voids 04
Narrative lead Selin Kaya The wrong shore 03
Producer Tomasz Nowak Shipping on time, once 02
Community Ece Demir Reading every letter 01
  • We ship what we would play.

    Taste is the only spec that survives contact with a deadline.

  • The player is the mark, never the victim.

    No dark patterns, no loot you did not earn.

  • Quiet systems, loud moments.

    Build the machine first; aim the light later.

  • Credit the crew.

    Every name, same size, on the poster.

No. 04 / JOIN THE CREW

Join the crew

We are hiring accomplices.

You will own the guard AI that remembers last night. C++ or C#, shipped at least one thing you still like.

Apply

Shaders that look like paper and run on a phone. You know what a halftone is and why it should never be a texture.

Apply

Write a ferryman who lies for a living. Turkish and English, both at a level that can carry a joke.

Apply

Read every letter; answer most of them. You will run the playtests and keep the rival crews civil.

Apply

No. 05 / CORRESPONDENCE

Say hello

Dear Arsene,

My name is , I write from about .

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