thought experiment see chinese room . the chinese room type private industry video game industry founded 2007 ; 9 years ago 2007 headquarters brighton england united kingdom key people dan pinchbeck jessica curry products dear esther korsakovia amnesia a machine for pigs everybody s gone to the rapture website thechineseroom.co.uk the chinese room formerly thechineseroom 1 is a british independent video game development studio best known for working on experimental first person games such as the half life 2 mod dear esther and co developing its full fledged remake . the company originated as a mod team for half life 2 based at the university of portsmouth in 2007 and is named after john searle s chinese room thought experiment . contents 1 development history 1.1 mods 1.2 games 2 list of video games 3 references 4 external links development history edit mods edit the chinese room s first three projects were two mods for half life 2 named antlion soccer and dear esther and a doom 3 mod titled conscientious objector . the modding project was backed by the arts and humanities research council . of these dear esther became a cult hit . in 2009 the chinese room developed korsakovia which was a survival horror mod . 2 3 games edit after korsakovia the chinese room worked with robert briscoe to develop a remake of dear esther this time as a full fledged video game title distributed through valve corporation s steam distribution service . this stand alone version of the mod received several igf nominations such as the seamus mcnally grand prize excellence in visual arts and audio and the nuovo award . 4 it finally won for excellence in visual art. 5 the remake featured improved graphics but was based on the same engine as the previous mods source . the game was released in early 2012 and recouped its 55 000 investment in less than six hours of release when 16 000 copies of the game were sold . 6 one week after launch the game reached 50 000 copies sold . 7 in february 2012 the chinese room announced that they began development on amnesia a machine for pigs a survival horror game and indirect sequel to amnesia the dark descent . this project was produced by the makers of the original game frictional games . 8 9 it was later released on 10 september 2013 . 10 the chinese room also began work on their newest title everybody s gone to the rapture alongside the development of amnesia a machine for pigs . 11 initially developed on pc the team was afraid it would not receive enough funding from fans . they instead partnered with sony computer entertainment s santa monica studio to produce the game . it was re revealed at gamescom 2013 during sony s conference as a playstation 4 exclusive . the title was finally released on 11 august 2015 . 12 list of video games edit year title 2008 conscientious objector mod 2008 dear esther mod 2008 antlion soccer mod 2009 korsakovia mod 2012 dear esther remake 2013 amnesia a machine for pigs 2015 everybody s gone to the rapture tba total dark 13 references edit curry jessica 11 june 2013 . welcome to the new us . thechineseroom.co.uk . retrieved 24 july 2013 . burch anthony 25 september 2009 . korsakovia is like the silent hill sequel that never was . destructoid . retrieved on 9 march 2012 . rps 21 september 2009 . an esther binge korsakovia . rock paper shotgun . retrieved on 9 march 2012 . polson john . procter lewie . 20 february 2012 . road to the igf thechineseroom s dear esther . gamasutra . retrieved on 9 march 2012 . niedringhaus melissa 8 march 2012 . independent games festival announces fourteenth annual awards winners . warpzoned . retrieved on 9 march 2012 . 18 february 2012 . half life 2 dear esther build recoups development investment in few hours . game bandits . retrieved on 9 march 2012 . chapple craig 27 february 2012 . dear esther surpasses 50 000 sales . develop online . retrieved on 9 march 2012 . chalk andy 23 february 2012 . frictional confirms amnesia a machine for pigs . the escapist . retrieved on 9 march 2012 . birch aaron 23 february 2012 . amnesia a machine for pigs announced . den of geek . retrieved on 9 march 2012 . so the secret is out amnesia a machine for pigs is set for ... . twitter.com . retrieved on 28 august 2013 . pinchbeck dan 11 june 2013 . welcome to the new us . the chinese room . retrieved on 31 august 2015 . pinchbeck dan 11 june 2015 . everybody s gone to the rapture comes to ps4 august 11th 2015 . playstation . retrieved 11 june 2015 . jarvis matthew 27 july 2016 . the chinese room working on most mechanically focused game to date . develop . retrieved 27 july 2016 . external links edit official website v t e video games developed by the chinese room dear esther korsakovia amnesia a machine for pigs everybody s gone to the rapture retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the chinese room & oldid 742493296 categories companies based in hampshirebritish companies established in 2007video game companies of the united 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