game design and consultancy

Abstract Machines specializes in Cybergothic mystery-adventure and strategy games. Scripts are based upon tales from the dark-side of artificial intelligence and biomechanical systems, exploring the convergence of ancient horrors with near-future fictional technologies.

Our unique system of games fiction and design integrates all dimensions of computer gaming (story, character, puzzles, objects, and game-play) within a thematically and functionally coherent digital labyrinth.

Alongside the production of scripts, Abstract Machines is also well-placed to offer high quality games consultancy, evaluation, and criticism. It conducts pure and applied research in the fields of games-design theory and games-culture analysis, bringing rigorous conceptual tools to bear upon a variety of issues involving games systems, markets, trends, and technologies.