14 years after 'Blocks That Matter', we still love using tetromino shapes in our games. In the demo of 'Looking for Fael', you can see a lot of them. store.steampowered.com/app/2521170/...

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William recently worked on KarmaZoo (Pastagames) and Beyond Good and Evil 2 (Ubisoft). But his bigger commitment in gamedev is still Swing Swing Submarine. He lives for small teams and puzzle games. Check William's links: bento.me/randotwino

Meet the Looking for Fael devteam! 10/10 👔🧩 William David (aka @randotwino.bsky.social) - Management & Design William is the co-designer of all prototypes that gave shape to the game. He then built the team, the budget and keeps on creating its levels and puzzles.

Rudy worked on 'Just Dance 2014', 'Ghost Recon Wildlands' (Ubisoft) and 'To Hell With The Ugly' (La Poule Noire). He is also really into tabletop role-playing game and he plays Magic. This is what programmers do. Check Rudy's cooperative La Poule Noire: www.lapoulenoire.fr

Meet the Looking for Fael devteam! 9/10 🛠️ Rudy Pons - Programming Rudy joined the team at the start of production phase and is simply doing everything he can for our twisted puzzles to exist. It feels like magic. This is what programmers do.

As a solo dev, Thomas created 'Worlds' and 'The End of Dyeus', along with smaller free games like 'Redorahn'. He is now working on his third commercial game, a 2D action / adventure game inspired by 80s RPGs. Check Thomas' website: www.curious-planet.com

Meet the Looking for Fael devteam! 8/10 🛠️🧩 Thomas Ducourant (aka CuriousPlanet) - Programming & Design Thomas was the programmer and co-designer of all prototypes that gave shape to the game. His love of stick insects seeped into every nook and cranny of Faël's apartment.

Yann recently worked on 'Stray' (Blue Twelve), 'Exographer' (SciFunGames) and 'Stuck in Time' (Housemade Inc.). He also creates audio tools, live performances, short films, books and many different kind of art projects. Check Yann's webpage: www.nurykabe.com

Meet the Looking for Fael devteam! 7/10 🎵 Yann van der Cruyssen (aka @morusque.bsky.social) - Music Yann is back in the Swing Swing Submarine team! He has carte blanche to compose the game's music and take you on a journey to unknown worlds. And there are many.

Clothilde also worked on 'Caravan Sandwitch' (Studio Plane Toast) and programmed cool game jam projects with her sister. You'll hear her creations in many other french productions in the coming years (but we can't say too much). Check Clothilde's webpage: www.clothildeschulz.com

Meet the Looking for Fael devteam! 6/10 🎧 Clothilde Schulz - Sound Design Sound is such an important aspect in a video game. Clothilde is the one who creates and implements all the "whoosh", "craaack" and "flibidiii" that you will hear while playing.

Nicolas is extremely versatile, both technically and artistically, and he helped us create several prototypes. He also works on secret game projects and prestigious vaporwares. Check Nicolas' Linkedin page: www.linkedin.com/in/...

Meet the Looking for Fael devteam! 5/10 🧩 Nicolas Georget (aka George Lucas) - Game Design The multiple versions of Faël's apartment are parts of a labyrinth that Nicolas helped design. It's been a while since we've seen him... Maybe he got lost in it too.

Léonard worked on 'Legend of Keepers' (Goblinz Studio), 'Sandwalkers' (Goblinz Studio) and 'Ruggnar' (Sword N' Wands). He is also a sci-fi and fantasy novels writer. Check Léonard's webpage: sites.google.com/vie...

Meet the Looking for Fael devteam! 4/10 ✒️ Léonard Bertos (aka @leonardbertos.bsky.social) - Narrative Design Who, what, how, why? Leonard knows all the answers, because he is the one who writes them all. And it will be up to you to discover Faël's story.

Sébastien also worked on the game series 'A Fisherman's Tale' (InnerspaceVR) and VR animated short 'Kidnapped in Vostok' (Les Astronautes). And he's working on his own game projects. Check Sébastien's Linkedin page: www.linkedin.com/in/...

Meet the Looking for Fael devteam! 3/10 🎨 Sébastien Picard - 3D Animation Faël is missing, right, but you can see his silhouette in our teaser trailer thanks to Sébastien. He created Faël's 3D model and gave him life. You might meet him in the game too. Who knows?

Clément also worked on the documentary film 'Narbo Martius, la fille de rome' and the videogame project 'Opportunity' (Dimanche Corp.). And he's writing his own super secret narrative racing game. Check Clément's portfolio: clen.artstation.com/

Meet the Looking for Fael devteam! 2/10 🎨 Clément Sipion (aka @clen3d.bsky.social) - 3D Modeling Plants, chairs, strange devices, moss, desks, even stranger devices : Clément creates many props and gameplay assets. We always need more of them.

Benoît also worked on Haven (The Game Bakers) and Tinykin (Splashteam). When he doesn't work on videogames, he draw comics and illustrations. Check Benoît's portfolio: beloup.artstation.com/

Meet the Looking for Fael development team! 1/10 🎨 Benoît Leloup (aka @beloup.bsky.social) - Art Direction From concept arts to 3D models, level art and marketing assets, Benoît defines and works on all visual aspects of the game.

Looking for Fael teaser was released a week ago. Have you watched it? 📺 www.youtube.com/watc... 🤔 Most of you described it as “intriguing” which is the best compliment you can give to our cryptic puzzle game. That’s what we wanted to communicate: 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪 and 𝕨𝕖𝕚𝕣𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤.

🔗 Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2521170/... 📺 Watch the teaser video: youtube.com/watch?v=hBQr...

This week, we've announced 'Looking for Fael', our new cryptic 3D puzzle adventure game, to be released in 2025. Faël got lost in his own apartment. Weird, huh? He really needs your help to find his way home. (more info and links below 👇)

👁️ Yes, the rumor is true: our tiny game studio Swing Swing Submarine will attend #gamescom2024 this august! There's a little surprise that we are cooking since years, and we cannot wait to tell you more. 🤫 Spoiler: it might be related to this apartment. See you in a few weeks!

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🗳️ Later this year, we will announce our new game. And we would love to do it not living in a country ruled by cynical bankers and/or xenophobes. On June 30 and July 7, during french elections, please vote wisely.

✍️ Hi, this is William writing! Here are the traditional year-end announcements from Swing Swing Submarine. But first, let's celebrate with this gorgeous illustration specially created by @beloup.bsky.social, art director of our next game. More about this below 👇