Santa Ragione

Factsheet

Developer:
Santa Ragione
Based in Milan, Italy

Founding date:
June 21, 2010

Website:
santaragione.com

Press / Business Contact:
info@santaragione.com

Social:
Twitter
Tumblr
Facebook
Skype

Releases:
FOTONICA (PC)
EFTAIOS
Milky Way Prince
Saturnalia
Milano Game Festival
Triennale Game Collection 2
Triennale Game Collection
Wheels Of Aurelia (PC)
Wheels Of Aurelia (mobile)
FOTONICA (mobile)
MirrorMoon EP

Address:
Via Serbelloni 4
20122, Milan
Italy

Phone:
Not Available.

Description

Santa Ragione is an Italian game design studio founded by Pietro Righi Riva and Nicolò Tedeschi in 2010, creators of FOTONICA, MirrorMoon EP, Wheels of Aurelia, and Saturnalia. Santa Ragione’s games focus on achieving a visceral response from the player, whether through the desolate landscapes of MirrorMoon EP, the uncompromising, vertigo-inducing speeds of FOTONICA, the controversial politics in Wheels of Aurelia, or the claustrophobic, ever-changing scenographies of Saturnalia. The studio has a unique, experimental approach to accessibility that encourages exploration and personal interpretation, to achieve depth. Santa Ragione's ambitions are to influence game design through new genres and to continue the tradition of Italian design.

History

Founded in 2010 by longtime friends Pietro Righi Riva and Nicolò Tedeschi, Santa Ragione is a design studio dedicated to developing games and video games. That year, they developed and published the board game Escape From The Aliens In Outer Space in over fifteen countries. The game was nominated for the prestigious Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming. In 2011, the studio launched the award-winning video game FOTONICA for PC and created the international indie game event LUNARCADE. In 2012, they released a music game for Pitchfork Media. In 2013, they launched MirrorMoon EP, a finalist at the Independent Games Festival award for innovation. In 2014, a redesigned version of FOTONICA for iOS received critical acclaim. In 2016 and 2017, they published their first narrative game Wheels of Aurelia across all platforms, including mobile and consoles. Since 2019, the studio has been co-producing and publishing the work of up-and-coming Italian authors, such as Lorenzo Redaelli's Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star. Saturnalia, a third-person horror adventure, was released in 2022 to critical acclaim. In 2024, they received the Excellence in Narrative award at the 2024 Independent Games Festival for Mediterranea Inferno, the latest game from director Lorenzo Redaelli.

Projects

• FOTONICA (PC)
• EFTAIOS
• Milky Way Prince
• Saturnalia
• Milano Game Festival
• Triennale Game Collection 2
• Triennale Game Collection
• Wheels Of Aurelia (PC)
• Wheels Of Aurelia (mobile)
• FOTONICA (mobile)
• MirrorMoon EP

Team & Repeating Collaborators

Pietro Righi Riva
Co-Founder, Studio Director

Nicolò Tedeschi
Co-Founder, CFO

Marina Rossi
Producer, Freelancer

Stefano Sanitate
Gameplay Design and Implementation, Freelancer

Alberto Putignano
Gameplay Design and Implementation, Freelancer

Riccardo Reina
QA and Narrative Design, Freelancer

Luca Francesco Rossi
Graphic Design, Freelancer

Michael Manning
Music and SFX, Freelancer

Nicolò Sala
Music, Freelancer

Contact

Inquiries
info@santaragione.com

Twitter
twitter.com/santaragione

Facebook
facebook.com/santaragione

Web
santaragione.com