Business veterans Davide Soliani and Christian Cantamessa have fashioned a brand new impartial sport improvement studio subbed Day 4 Night time. The studio has been established with funding acquired from Krafton and 1Up Ventures.
Co-founder Davide Soliani is finest recognized for his work because the artistic director on Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and its sequel Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. Previous to that, Soliani additionally labored on Past Good and Evil, the Rayman franchise, and extra. He left Ubisoft earlier this yr, in June.
Fellow co-founder Christian Cantamessa, in the meantime, served as co-writer and lead sport designer on the unique Pink Useless Redemption, having beforehand additionally labored on Manhunt, Manhunt 2, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In a while, he would go on to work with first-party Xbox studio The Initiative in a consulting position on the upcoming Excellent Darkish.
The duo are joined by fellow co-founders in govt producer Cristina Nava (Ghost Recon, Mario + Rabbids, Star Wars Outlaws), managing director Gian Marco Zanna (who was at Ubisoft for over 16 years till July earlier this yr), and design director Luca Breda (who spent over 13 years at Ubisoft).
Particulars are presently scant on Day 4 Night time’s first mission, however the studio describes it as “a wholly authentic sport”. The studio itself, in the meantime, says it’s centered “on originality and innovation” and “dedicated to creating new content material that pushes the boundaries of storytelling and sport design.”
“Once I first fell in love with video video games at the beginning of my profession, I noticed the ability of this new medium to inform tales by no means informed earlier than and create worlds that might remodel folks,” stated Cantamessa. “Day 4 Night time is a return to that modern spirit, to that innocence, to that unbridled creativity.”
“What we’re crafting at Day 4 Night time is a mirrored image of the whole lot I’ve ever wished to expertise as a participant – pleasure, journey, poetry, motion, surprise, and the pleasure of working with mates,” stated Soliani. “It’s a lullaby for my soul and a serenade to our trade, to the magic and the insanity of making worlds from nothing. It’s a narrative about triumphs, challenges, goals, to gentle the trail we stroll collectively.”