Our Story

We're a small team with a big belief: that games can be fun, immersive AND inspire people. Here's how who we are and want to do.

Root Motion Studios

We foster discovery, nurture curiosity, and fight inaction and apathy through engaging and atmospheric worlds that appeal to our taste for exploration and our need for connection.

We envision a world where no change feels too small and no one feels powerless to make a difference, where play inspires action, curiosity leads to compassion, and entertainment and real-world impact are inseparable.

“We create immersive, quirky and atmospheric games rooted in the workings and wonders of the real world, designed to turn players into participants for the causes we are passionate about. We explore how play can inspire action, compassion, curiosity, and learning, while sharing tools and knowledge for those who want to go further and make a difference in the real world. ”

What We Believe

Fun first, always

We make games, not lectures. The experience has to captivate before it can inspire. Without it, no one sticks around long enough to care about the cause underneath. Also, we do like a bit of craziness and humour in our coffee.

Creative Fearlessness

We value creativity and refuse to let anyone be afraid of it. Our teammates wield their creative edge like a proud construction hammer. We embrace the weird to craft captivating worlds that draw players deep into their wonders, and through them, into the real-world causes at their heart.

Radical Transparency

We show exactly how we give back to the causes we support with our revenues. Internally, we share what we earn as a company, as founders, and as employees. No competition among us. No brutal discrepancies between salaries and benefits.

No violence please

Roots and water don’t need to destroy to change everything around them. We do the same. We know that life is hard, often brutal and merciless. But it’s also resilient, adaptive, and full of wonders. We choose to depict those wonders and inspire through them.

Action over Theory

We don't hold two-hour meetings about whether the door is green or blue. We build, we test, we iterate. We value a memorable dish with a punch, over a highly polished lukewarm soup. And we expect the same from our players. Our games don't just raise awareness, they open clear paths to real-world action.

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Meet the Team

CM

Clémence Maurer

Creative Director

Senior World Designer, worked on Deus Ex and Subnautica 2. Water is life!

JF

Poolpee Champagne

Lead Husband

The handsomest and bestest of men

M&M

Mouton et Mitaine

Cats

Lots of hair everywhere, Poop, Purrs, and Love. And also vomit, because some cats do not believe in chewing before swallowing...