Description
We are a group of passionate Polish developers who love to create games! We want our projects to provide entertainment for both the players and ourselves. In our games, we focus primarily on originality and unique mechanics.
History
Some of us have been making games together since high school, but the history of DVD Unicorns began in earnest in 2020 when, faced with a pandemic and forced isolation, we decided to create a game that would help us and our players forget about the reality around us for a while. This is how the idea for Evergreen-an arcade-adventure game based on the principles of slow gaming-was born. Working on this project, although entirely remote, allowed us to get to know each other better as a team and shape DVD Unicorns as we know it today. The world we created at Evergreen was a great springboard for us and a form of contact with nature (albeit only the digital kind) during the pandemic. Our work was recognized at the 13th edition of the ZTGK Challenge, where we won first place in the Game Design category. This win gave us even more motivation to act.
In 2021, as part of a project organized by the Faculty of Technical Physics, Informatics and Applied Mathematics (FTIMS) of the Lodz University of Technology, we started working on a cooperative puzzle game called Bytebond. We wanted to create a game that would not only be a puzzle game for players, but also a way to spend time together with loved ones. We are currently still developing this project. Working on Bytebond is, above all, great fun for us. Coming up with new puzzles and testing levels together gives us a lot of joy. At the same time, this is our biggest project so far, which is slowly starting to become more than just another student project.
In November 2023, our team officially started a company DVD Unicorns sp. z o.o. in order to finish the Bytebond project and release it as a commercial product. Since then, we've released a public demo on Steam and are currently working towards realising our dream of finishing a fun and high-quality game for the world to enjoy.
Projects
Videos
Bytebond YouTube
Evergreen YouTube
Images
There are far more images available for DVD Unicorns, but these are the ones we felt would be most useful to you. If you have specific requests, please do contact us!
Logo & Icon
Awards & Recognition
- "Bytebond - Best Gameplay - Game Access Conference." - Brno, May 28, 2022
- "Bytebond - Winner of the Game Design category - ZTGK Challenge." - Lodz, June 24, 2022
- "Bytebond - Special awards from CD Projekt RED, 11 Bit Studios, Pixel Perfect Dude and Digital Dragons." - Lodz, June 24, 2022
- "Evergreen - Winner of the Game Design category - ZTGK Challenge." - Lodz, June 24, 2021
Selected Articles
- "The game "Bzzz! - Together in Power" from Lodz University of Poland won the Best Gameplay category."
- Lodz University of Technology, Article - "Lodz University of Technology students bring back success from Czech Republic!"
- Eska Lodz, Article - "Lodz University of Technology students awarded for the game "Bzzz! - Together in Power""
- RMF24, Article - "Lodz students win international Best Gameplay award."
- Science In Poland, Article
Team & Repeating Collaborator
Mateusz Majchrzak
Level Designer
Filip Mazurek
Technical Artist
Filip Izydorczyk
3D Artist
Jagoda Gradek
3D Artist
Karolina Zaborowska
3D Artist
Jakub Berut
Gameplay Programmer
Michał Potakowski
VFX Artist
Laura Zajączkowska
Legal
Contact
Mail
dvd.unicorns.contact@gmail.com
Facebook
http://facebook.com/DVDUnicorns
Twitter
https://twitter.com/Bytebond
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