Английская Википедия:Deck Nine

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Idol Minds, LLC (doing business as Deck Nine or Deck Nine Games since 2017) is an American video game developer based in Westminster, Colorado. The studio was founded in April 1997 by Mark Lyons and Scott Atkins and developed games exclusively for PlayStation consoles until 2012. Subsequently, it shifted to mobile games among other things before rebranding as "Deck Nine" in May 2017 to develop narrative-driven games. Lyons serves as president and chief technology officer of the company.

History

Idol Minds was founded by programmer Mark Lyons and artist Scott Atkins. They had previously worked for Sony Interactive Studios America in San Diego and, after Lyons moved to Colorado with his family, established Idol Minds on April 1, 1997, in Boulder, Colorado. In November 2007, the studio released ragdoll physics-based game Pain, which was among the most-downloaded games on PlayStation Network of 2008. In October 2009, Idol Minds reportedly made 26 of its 46 employees redundant. One source attributed the layoffs to budget cuts by Pain publisher Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), which was Idol Minds' only source of funding. At E3 2011, SCE announced Ruin, a "Diablo-style action role-playing game" developed by Idol Minds and SCE's San Diego Studio. After the game was renamed Warrior's Lair, Idol Minds was taken off the project in April 2012 (Warrior's Lair was canceled by Sony in July 2013). Later in 2012, Idol Minds shifted its focus onto mobile free-to-play games. In August 2015, Idol Minds launched a crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter for photo safari game Shutterbug, seeking Шаблон:US$ in funding (The project was canceled after raising $2,973 in ten days).

On May 31, 2017, Idol Minds announced that it would focus on narrative-driven games with brand and trade name "Deck Nine", an homage to 1983 video game Planetfall. It built toolset StoryForge for creating these and was developing a project in a "critically acclaimed franchise". During E3 2017, publisher Square Enix announced Deck Nine was developing Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, a prequel to 2015's Life Is Strange. The game's first episode was announced for release in August 2017. In September 2018, Deck Nine announced it was working with Square Enix on a new project. In March 2021, Square Enix announced Life Is Strange: True Colors and the Life Is Strange Remastered Collection (containing remasters of Before the Storm and the original Life Is Strange), both developed by Deck Nine, for release in September 2021. The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) supported Deck Nine with $2.5 million job-growth incentive tax credits and via the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media (COFTM), the production of True Colors with $150,000 phased film incentives in 2017 and 2018. In December 2021, Telltale Games announced to be co-developing The Expanse: A Telltale Series with Deck Nine during The Game Awards 2021. Life Is Strange Remastered Collection was released in February 2022. In May 2023, Deck Nine reportedly laid off 30 employees.

Games developed

As Idol Minds

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
1998	Cool Boarders 3	PlayStation	989 Studios
	Rally Cross 2
1999	Cool Boarders 4
	Supercross Circuit		989 Sports
2000	Cool Boarders 2001	PlayStation, PlayStation 2	Sony Computer Entertainment
2003	My Street	PlayStation 2
2005	Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
2007	Pain	PlayStation 3
2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	PlayStation 2	Activision
2012	Ratchet & Clank Collection	PlayStation 3	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Linked Together	iOS	Idol Minds
2013	Ratchet: Deadlocked (HD Edition)	PlayStation 3	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Phrazzle	iOS, Android	GameFly
2014	Tales of Honor: The Secret Fleet		Mobage
	Qube Kingdom

As Deck Nine

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher(s)
2017	Life Is Strange: Before the Storm	Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	Square Enix
2021	Life Is Strange: True Colors	Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2022	Life Is Strange Remastered Collection	Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox One
2023	The Expanse: A Telltale Series	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S	Telltale Games

External links

• Шаблон:Official website