Draft:Rhinotales Gamedev Studio
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Rhinotales is an independent video game development studio founded in 2017 in Kazakhstan by Artyom Slessarenko, Daniil Kodubenko, and Dmitriy Savchenko.
Origin
The company headquarters is located in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The studio gained recognition for its debut title, She Sees Red, an interactive thriller that allowed players to influence the outcome of a cinematic story. Originally intended as a free demo, the project evolved into a minimal-budget commercial release during development. In just ten months, Rhinotales assembled a team of over 130 people across Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, the United States, and Russia, and released the game in 22 languages on multiple platforms.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-20 |title=Schlocky 'Night Trap' to absurdly fun 'Kimmy Schmidt': 8 defining interactive TV games |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-05-20/interactive-tv-kimmy-schmidt-reverend-night-trap-russia-game |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=John |date=2019-08-02 |title=Buried treasure: Unearthing the hidden indie gems from beneath the sea of games |url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2019/8/2/20750163/new-games-2019-what-to-play-pc-she-sees-red-break-the-game-heroes-of-myth-download |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}
Game development
Since 2019, Rhinotales has been developing Critical Shift, a turn-based tactical role-playing game (RPG) with science-mystic setting.
Rhinotales is actively involved in the development of Kazakhstan's gamedev ecosystem. In 2023, the studio represented Kazakhstanat the TechCrunch{{Cite news |title=Казахстанские стартапы выставили в павильоне для инвесторов из Кремниевой долины |url=https://forbes.kz/articles/kazahstanskie_startapyi_vyistavili_v_pavilone_dlya_investorov_iz_kremnievoy_dolinyi |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240526053528/https://forbes.kz/articles/kazahstanskie_startapyi_vyistavili_v_pavilone_dlya_investorov_iz_kremnievoy_dolinyi |archive-date=2024-05-26 |access-date=2025-05-02 |work=Forbes.kz |language=ru-RU}} conference in the United States.
The team also serves as mentors at the Gamedev Center of [https://astanahub.com/ Astana Hub], Kazakhstan's leading IT innovation HUB.
The studio is considered a pioneer{{Cite news |title=Кино и деньги. Как казахстанский бизнесмен инвестировал в съёмку триллера, где всё решает зритель |url=https://forbes.kz/articles/ona_serditsya_kak_sozdavali_pervyiy_v_sng_interaktivnyiy_triller |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240821055056/https://forbes.kz/articles/ona_serditsya_kak_sozdavali_pervyiy_v_sng_interaktivnyiy_triller |archive-date=2024-08-21 |access-date=2025-05-02 |work=Forbes.kz |language=ru-RU}} in the regional interactive storytelling genre and was the first in the CIS region to release an interactive thriller.
Games
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!Year !Title !Platforms !Notes |
| 2019
|She Sees Red |[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1081510/She_Sees_Red__Interactive_Movie/ PC], PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Nintendo |Interactive thriller |
| 2025 (TBA)
|Critical Shift |PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X |Turn-based tactical RPG in science mystic setting |
References
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External Links
- [https://rhinotales.com Official Website]
- Social media: [https://www.instagram.com/rhinotales.team/ Instagram official], [https://www.youtube.com/@Rhinotales_team YouTube official], [https://www.tiktok.com/@rhinotales.com TikTok official], Facebook official
https://www.facebook.com/rhinotales - Critical Shift Discord Server