Peek behind the scenes of CIPHER ZERO.

CIPHER ZERO is a minimalist logic game that began as CIPHER, a Ludum Dare #45 entry in October 2019.

Since then, the game has been developed into a fully-featured title where you travel through a world that reacts to your evolving comprehension and mastery...

While we constrained ourselves to incredibly minimal communication within the title, we wanted to share a few stories and techniques we employed for a few artistic and technical executions in the game.

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Assembling the score from bits and pieces

From short loops to sprawling, evolving compositions.
Bringing life to an empty world

Ian and Annie discuss the subtle animations that spark familiarity, but maintain stillness in the spaces you explore.
Drawing nostalgia

Referencing for the Art of CIPHER ZERO

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