No Code (company)
{{Short description|Scottish video game developer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = No Code
| logo = No Code logo.svg
| industry = Video games
| founded = 2015
| founder = Jon McKellan
| hq_location_city = Glasgow
| hq_location_country = Scotland
| website = http://www.nocodestudio.com/
}}
No Code is a British video game developer based in Glasgow, Scotland. The company was founded in August 2015 by Jon McKellan and Omar Khan. They are best known for creating Stories Untold (2017) and Observation (2019).{{cite web |title=Observation and Stories Untold Developer’s Mysterious New Game Has Plenty of Potential |url=https://gamerant.com/no-code-observation-stories-untold-new-game-potential/ |website=GameRant |access-date=16 April 2025}}
History
No Code was founded in 2015 by Jon McKellan and Omar Khan. McKellan previously worked on Alien: Isolation along with Creative Assembly. One year after the creation of Alien: Isolation, McKellan left Creative Assembly and created No Code along with Khan.
No Code's first order of business was porting the iOS game, Lub vs Dub, to Android platforms. One year later, they created Super Arc Light for Android, and later Windows. Super Arc Light was nominated for two TIGA awards.{{Cite web |title=No Code nominated for 2 (Two!) TIGA Awards |url=http://www.nocodestudio.com/development-updates/2016/9/23/no-code-nominated-for-2-two-tiga-awards |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=No Code |date=23 September 2016 |language=en-US}}{{cite web |title=2016 winners - TIGA |url=https://tiga.org/awards/previous-winners/2016-winners |website=TIGA |access-date=16 April 2025}}
Another year later, and No Code released The House Abandon on itch.io for Ludum Dare 36, where it received positive reviews. According to McKellen, "Fast forward another 64 hours (after development started) and we submitted the final game with 15 seconds to spare before the cut off deadline."{{Cite web |title=The House Abandon |url=http://www.nocodestudio.com/development-updates/2016/9/5/the-house-abandon |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=No Code |date=5 September 2016 |language=en-US}} The same year, No Code received a deal with Devolver Digital, who then published Stories Untold - of which The House Abandon is the first chapter - which received very positive reviews. In 2019, Observation was released, which was also published by Devolver Digital.{{cite web |title=Playing Observation has made me question my treatment of rogue AIs |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/no-code-observation-preview |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |access-date=16 April 2025}}{{cite web |title=Stories Untold is a compilation of unsettling tales |url=https://checkpointgaming.net/news/2020/01/stories-untold-is-a-compilation-of-unsettling-tales/ |website=CheckpointGaming |access-date=16 April 2025}}
In October 2022, it was announced that No Code would be developing a Silent Hill game called Silent Hill: Townfall, with the help of Annapurna Interactive.{{Cite web |last=McWhertor |first=Michael |date=2022-10-19 |title=Konami's most mysterious new announcement: Silent Hill: Townfall |url=https://www.polygon.com/23413553/silent-hill-townfall-konami-annapurna-interactive-no-code |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}{{cite web |title=Silent Hill f and Townfall Should Be the Ying to Each Other’s Yang |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/silent-hill-f-and-townfall-should-be-the-ying-to-each-other-s-yang/ar-AA1wozzM?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 |website=MSN |access-date=16 April 2025}}
Games
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Platform(s) !Publisher !Ref. |
| 2015
|Lub vs Dub |Self-published |
| 2016
|Super Arc Light |Android |Indie Champions |
| 2016
|House Abandon |Self-published |
| 2017
|macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
| 2019
|Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |Devolver Digital |
| {{TBA}}
|{{TBA}} |{{Cite web |title=Announcing SILENT HILL: TOWNFALL |url=http://www.nocodestudio.com/development-updates/2022/10/20/announcing-silent-hill-townfall |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=No Code |date=20 October 2022 |language=en-US}}{{cite web |title=Silent Hill: Townfall Gets First New Update in Nearly 2 Years |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/silent-hill-townfall-konami-annapurna-update/ |website=Comicbook.com |access-date=16 April 2025}} |
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