An in-depth feature length documentary focusing on the human beings behind video games. Pixel Heart will show how the coolest creators from all around the world find their best ideas and how they become awesome games. New games that you’ll be invited to play at the end!

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WHY ANOTHER FILM ABOUT VIDEO GAMES?

The human aspect is at the heart of any video game

Because Pixel heart is about what is barely visible, even if it is the most important of video games creation: the human aspect. Behind any game, there are women and men finding inspiration in their everyday life, their passion for art, nature, science…Unfortunately, the video game world is overlooked by the mainstream media. In the best-case scenario, it is about the economic success, technical innovations, or the history of games. In the worst, video game is associated with of violence, addiction, social maladjustment…

Far from these clichés, our documentary film will show that artistry and passion are the basis of everything during the whole process of creating a video game.



12 games created during the film

Because Pixel Heart will go further than any movie before to let you experience this whole process : from the very beginning with brilliant creators and how they find their best ideas to the release of awesome news games created during the film ; games for you to play!



Because Pixel Heart will go further than any movie before to let you experience this whole process : from the very beginning with brilliant creators and how they find their best ideas to the release of awesome news games created during the film ; games for you to play! Worldwide video game

Because video game creation is not only a North America/Europa/Japan business. There are creators and studios that make awesome games all over the world. Pixel Heart will meet them. From San Francisco to Ghana to Chili, discover how different playing and making games can be depending on their place of birth.



A true epic film

Because Pixel Heart won’t tell the story as other documentary films do. You will follow Charles, a young French game creator, in his quest to meet 6 awesome creators all around the globe. His goal? To understand how they find their best ideas, and with their help, to create 12 new games during an incredible game jam. Adventure, tension, emotion, fun, Pixel Heart will be a true epic film!

FROM CREATORS TO GAMES

In this documentary, we'll take you through the whole process of creating a video game.

First, we’ll meet six awesome developers

Because six of the most brilliant creators are waiting for us!

Mark Healey, England, Media Molecule: Black & White, Little Big Planet.

Media Molecule: Black & White, Little Big Planet. Robin Hunicke, USA, Funomena: Les Sims, Journey.

Funomena: Les Sims, Journey. Eyram Tawia, Ghana , Leti Arts: Africa’s Legends.

, Leti Arts: Africa’s Legends. Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Japan: Rez, Lumines, Child of Eden.

Rez, Lumines, Child of Eden. Edmundo Bordeu, Chile , ACE Team: Rock of Ages, Zeno Clash.

, ACE Team: Rock of Ages, Zeno Clash. India, TBD.

This won’t be your typical boring series of portraits. Each video game creator will contribute to the creation of the Pixel Heart games with an item specifically created for it. How about music from Tetsuya Mizuguchi? Or a character sketch from Mark Healey? Or something typically Chilean from Edmundo Bordeu?

With these six items in hand, Charles will head back to France for the grand finale! The Pixel Heart Game Jam!

The Pixel Heart Game Jam

If you’ve heard of the Global Game Jam or the Ludum Dare, then you know more or less what to expect. We’ll gather a hundred game developers in Paris for 48 hours. They will be split up in 12 teams. You get the idea; each team will create a video game. But wait, there’s more! The basis for these video games will have to be the six items given by our creators! And no cheats, some of them will be there to get their hands dirty!

They will be helped by developers among the best in the world, working both on mainstream and indie titles. Many of them are already waiting for it, impatient as they are to take part in a purely creative process, far from what they are used to.

We see this Game Jam as a collaborative challenge on top of a competition. This will be a deeply emotional and intense 48-hour sprint.

And now, the icing on the cake: you can be part of it! If you feel you have what it takes, feel free to apply by emailing us. Or, you can also earn that through the awesome rewards associated to this project!

12 GAMES

At the conclusion of this Game Jam, we will have not one, not two, but TWELVE amazing new games!

Six of them will be playable directly on your computer. They will be available:

On our website

As a physical bundle, documentary film & games

As a dematerialized bundle

The six other games will offer a more interactive experience by using advanced hardware, such as the Oculus Rift, touch screen, motion controllers, ARG games…

They will be presented during a traveling exhibit.