Will and Dain: Creative Entrepreneurship in Practice

Aug. 20th, team

Creative Entrepreneurship in Practice
The entrepreneurs behind Philly creative agency, Cipher Prime, have one goal: “Do what we love.” I visited William Stallwood and Dain Saint, founders of Cipher Prime, in their South Philly office to learn more about the company and the entrepreneurs. They have their own definition of the ‘creative entrepreneur’ and we captured [...]

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Top 5 - Browser Games

Aug. 20th, team

“Now #2, a game like no other- it’s called Auditorium, and it’s made by a Philadelphia-based company called Cipher Prime. The concept will sound very abstract- you move light particles around the screen using various modifiers, and you try to get the stream of light particles to hit vessels on the screen. When you do [...]

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Communication Arts: Auditorium

Aug. 20th, team

This debut project from Philadelphia-based Cipher Prime introduces the creative group to a Web audience. Designed to take people back to a child-like style of play, it’s a puzzle that couples simple objectives with visual and audible feedback. With no wrong way to play—each puzzle can be solved in multiple ways—the objective is to orchestrate [...]

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A Closer Look at your Final Four Developers

Jun. 30th, team

June 30, 2009

For these developers, it has been a long arduous process to get here.
Getting past the judging panel and surviving the weeks of elimination were certainly tough.
The final four developers are a varied bunch, coming from all around the world. From single developers, to a two-man team from the city of brotherly love, to [...]

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Congrats to the Winners

Jun. 22nd, team

June 22, 2009
It looks like the judges and the community agree!
We are proud to announce that Auditorium has been awarded the 2Bee Games Grand Prize! This of course means that Cipher Prime will receive $10,000 in prize money, and start negotiations for a publishing deal!
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Auditorium – A musical, light show of a puzzle game

Jun. 17th, team

Jun 17, 2009
Auditorium is a fun, browser-based game that involves multiple senses and your brain! Part symphony, part visual art work, and part puzzle, Auditorium combines a lot of great elements to make a complete game.
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IGDA Philadelphia: New Studios Meeting Recap

Jun. 17th, team

June 17th, 2009 | Ian Perera
The Philadelphia IGDA Chapter’s June meeting was a great success with over 35 professionals, students, media and interested parties attending the event. The meeting was kicked off by the chapter’s four coordinators covering chapter updates and business.
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Are games art?

Jun. 13th, team

June 13th, 2009
The debate surrounding the question “Are games art?” could be abbreviated if skeptics simply played a round Auditorium … The principle of Auditorium is very simple: you’ll need to use different force fields to help redirect a particle stream over containers distributed about the screen, charging them with energy. Auditorium is as easy [...]

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Love and Money: May Edition

May. 22nd, team

May 22nd, 2009 | Anthony Carboni
… we’ve got the guys from Cipher Prime, the creators of the awesome Auditorium. You might remember that the beta version of this game was a pick on Free Indie Rapid Fire a little while back. Check out the newly completed version: http://www.playauditorium.com
We want to thank them for supporting [...]

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Cipher Prime’s light-symphony puzzler Auditorium goes commercial

Feb. 5th, team

February 5, 2009
One of the games that unfortunately fell through the cracks in the first months of Offworld was Cipher Prime’s liquid musical puzzler Auditorium, but with the developer just announcing the release of a full commercial version, I can happily correct that oversight.
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