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Main project
Grimward
Grimward is an open-world voxel sandbox RPG where you play as a goblin in a procedurally generated fantasy universe. Explore unique biomes, discover rare resources, develop specialized professions, and build your own colony.
Welcome to Pandora Interactive
Independent French video game studio founded in 2022 in Tours and based in Chinon. Pandora Interactive creates ambitious, immersive game worlds built around deep systemic design.
Pandora Interactive
An independent studio built around a clear ambition.
Founded in 2022 in Tours, Pandora Interactive is an independent French studio dedicated to creating ambitious and immersive video game worlds. The studio was originally created to develop Neon 2225, a cyberpunk science-fiction project centered on a complex futuristic world.
Given the technical and creative scale of Neon 2225, development was paused so the studio could gain more experience and consolidate its skills through a more accessible universe to produce. This reflection gave birth to Grimward, now the heart of the studio's development.
Pandora Interactive is currently composed of Itsnelys, founder and lead developer of the studio, supported by two external consultants who contribute occasionally in specialized areas.
2022Founded in Tours
2024Moved to Chinon
1 + 2Founder and consultants
C++Proprietary engine
Game systems
A world that drives the experience
Every material, creature, and region has its own characteristics, feeding a living economy based on crafting, trade, and exploration. In Grimward, the player is not guided by a story: the world itself leads the experience.
Progression & freedom
Forge your fate in a living world.
Grimward is built around deep progression, combat, and customization systems. The player is not simply watching a narrative unfold: they shape their role, settlement, resources, and relationship with a world that reacts to their choices.
Our philosophy
Build living, rich, and lasting worlds.
Our ambition is to design emergent experiences where every game system contributes to immersion. Exploration, economy, crafting, progression, and survival should not be separate layers, but parts of one coherent world.
The world must be understandable, believable, and rich enough to generate its own gameplay situations.
The player should choose their path while still facing the constraints, dangers, and opportunities of the universe.
Resources, professions, trade, combat, and colony-building must interact to create a living economy.
A small team requires clear choices, solid documentation, and realistic priorities.
Since 2026, the studio has been developing its own C++ engine to control the specific needs of its projects.
A good game should make players want to return because its world continues to promise something.
Our history
A progressive evolution, from Neon 2225 to Grimward.
Founded in Tours
Pandora Interactive was born with the ambition to develop independent games driven by strong worlds.
First project
The studio started an ambitious cyberpunk project, later paused to strengthen its technical and creative experience.
Moved to Chinon
The relocation to Chinon marked a new stage in the studio's organization.
Core development
Grimward became the main project: an open-world fantasy sandbox RPG centered on player freedom.
Proprietary engine
The studio is developing its own C++ game engine to keep full control over its technology.
Contact
Get in touch with the studio.
For professional inquiries, collaborations, or contact regarding Pandora Interactive and Grimward, you can write to the studio.