Close to the Sun
Platforms: Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4Genres: Genres · Adventure · 1st-person · Real-time · Graphic adventure · Puzzle elements · Direct control · Detective / mystery · Horror
“The present is theirs; the future is mine.” – Nikola Tesla It’s 1897. Deep in international waters, the Helios stands still. Dark clouds loom overhead as unforgiving waves crash against the hull....
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Cast & Crew · 122 people
- Carlo Ivo Alimo Bianchi· CEO & Founder
- Sonia Tatti· CFO
- Eleonora Lucheroni· Marketing Manager, Communication Manager
- Roberto Semprebene· General Manager
- Federico Belingheri· Art Director
- Carl Joel Nicholai Hakalax· Game Designer
- Fabrizio Marocchino· Technical Designer
- Francesco Cafarella· Assistant Game Designer
- Jem Alexander· Screenwriter
- Fabio Suriano· Graphics Programmer
- Michele D'Antimi· Game Programmer
- Sergio D'Innocenzo· Animator
- Adrian Sroka· Concept Artist
- Jort van Welbergen· Additional Concept Artist
- Valerio Villani· Character Artist
- Antonio Navarra· 3D Artists
- Carlo Giovanni Sagrestani· 3D Artists
- Giacomo Gibellato· 3D Artists
- Gennaro Maria Di Lucia· 3D Artists
- Tommaso Ferroni· Additional 3D Artists
- Matteo Cappelli· Additional 3D Artists
- Aleksandar Pavlovic· Additional 3D Artists
- Andrea Remini· Music & Effects
- Peter Morris· Managing Director
- Tom Sichel· Project Manager
- Samantha Moran· Casting and Booking Agent
- Emily Moment· Voice Actress - Rose Archer
- Siddy Holloway· Voice Actress - Ara Archer
- Rachel Marquez· Additional Voice Actress - Ada
- Jannik Archer· Voice Actor - Nikola Tesla
- Wolf Kähler· Voice Actor - Aubrey
- Piotr Baumann· Voice Actor - Ludwig
- Philip Weiss· Managing Partner
- Kornelija Amic· Office / Accounting
- Daniela Weiss· Controlling
- Christian Schrod· Project Management
- René Dose· Mocap Supervisor & Project Management
- Felix Lang· Mocap Operator & Rigging
- Christian Dreher· Mocap Solving
- Ildiko Preszly· Mocap Actress
- Michael Clauder· Mocap Actor
- Diana Küppers· Animators
- Joel Fisher· Animators
- Daniel Lange· Animators
- Alina Gottbrecht· Animators
- Dimitri Joseph· Setrunner & Animator
- Sebastian Torngren· Setrunner
- Giorgio Xhaxho· Knowledge Development Coordinator
- Giulia Avalli· Concept Artist & ZBrush Artist
- Marco Sassi· Zbrush Artist & Texture Artist
- Riccardo Grippo· 3D Artist
- Gabrielle Votta· Texture Artist
- Leo Zullo· Managing Director
- Jason Harman· Operations Director
- Kevin Leathers· Senior Producer
- Achim Heidelauf· Creative Producer
- Kimberley Caseres· Producer
- Jon West· Associate Producer
- Alasdair Hibberd· Product Manager
- Neil Broadhead· Communications Manager
- Anastasia Denisova· Russian PR
- Matthew Punter· Lead QA
- Sam Dearing· QA Testers
- Luke Shead· QA Testers
- Matthew Kaptur· QA Testers
- Matthew Sides· QA Testers
- Codrin-Ionel Axinte· QA Testers
- Michael Tronnolone· QA Testers
- Sonia Heidelauf· German Translation
- Neil Dickens· Senior Graphic Designer
- Mauro Zullo· Business Development Manager
- Aaron Cooper· Influence Relations
- Mei Iszatt· Financial Controller
- Gareth Williams· Chief Operating Officer & GDC MVP
- Tom Sargent· Senior Publicity Manager
- Jeane Wong· Principal & Co-founder
- Tom Loske· Senior PR Consultants
- Aleksandra Ptasinska· Senior PR Consultants
- Dieter Marchsreiter· Managing Director
- Patrick Stude· Junior PR Consultants
- Natalia Dabrowska· Junior PR Consultants
- Clément Colaneri· Reset Public Relations
- Elodie Lam· Reset Public Relations
- Lili Fanni Támas· Cinematic Director
- Lorenzo Weck· Localization Manager
- Kai Schmitz· SFX Engineer DE / IT / ES / FR
- Lo Rivera· Ada Archer
- Erik Schäffler· Aubrey, Artistic Directors
- André Beyer· Ludwig
- Lara Trautmann· Rose Archer
- Marc Seidenberg· Nikola Tesla
- Robin Beckmann· Recording Engineer
- Georg Hach· Artistic Directors
- Caroline Pascal· Ada Archer
- Martial Le Minoux· Aubrey
- Patrice Baudrier· Ludwig
- Céline Melloul· Rose Archer
- Pierre Tessier· Nikola Tesla
- Chiara Francese· Ada Archer
- Aldo Stella· Aubrey
- Oliviero Corbetta· Ludwig
- Renata Bertolas· Rose Archer
- Claudio Beccari· Nikola Tesla
- Beatriz Llaneza Mielgo· Ada Archer
- Roberto Encinas Duval· Aubrey
- Jose Maria Moscoso Cortiñas· Ludwig
- Olga Velasco· Rose Archer
- Eduardo Del Hoyo· Nikola Tesla
- Adam Scott-McGuinness· 'Close to the Sun' song
- Madeleine Becker· 'Close to the Sun' song
- Phil Threlafall· 'Close to the Sun' song
- Adam Dempsey· 'Close to the Sun' song
- Ivo Caré· Special Thanks
- Gabriele Arcuri· Special Thanks
- Claudio Menna· Special Thanks
- Massimo Cappelli· Special Thanks
- Stefano Mizio· Special Thanks
- Paolo Bucciol· Special Thanks
- Thomas Iacchetti· Special Thanks
- Lavinia Suriano· Company Babies
- Leonardo Sagrestani· Company Babies
- John McGuinness· In loving memory of
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