Cosmic Forces
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- 2008
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About Cosmic Forces
Cosmic Forces is an independent video game developer, publisher and interactive production company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Its work spans licensed entertainment properties, original independent games and interactive educational applications, with development across PC, consoles, mobile devices and virtual reality.
The company's creative origins date to 2008, followed by incorporation in New Mexico in 2012. Initially working in visual effects, computer animation and digital storytelling, it established its game development and publishing business through a 2014 licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Scholastic for R.L. Stine's Goosebumps franchise. That progression connects its background in screen production with its subsequent focus on interactive entertainment and adaptations of established intellectual property.
Licensed horror and cross-platform development
Released in October 2015, Goosebumps: Night of Scares brought the franchise to mobile and virtual reality as a survival horror game. Developed in collaboration with Free Range Games, it featured Jack Black voicing R.L. Stine and Slappy the Dummy. The title reached iOS, Android, Samsung Gear VR and Oculus platforms and achieved millions of downloads.
Cosmic Forces followed with Goosebumps: Dead of Night in June 2020. The first-person survival adventure expanded its work to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC through Steam. Alongside game development and publishing, the company's capabilities include multiplatform porting, intellectual property production and transmedia adaptation.
Independent publishing and interactive projects
Beyond licensed horror, Cosmic Forces publishes independent developers' work. In September 2026, it published a re-released edition of David Caldera's run-and-gun side-scroller Don't Be A Baby! on Steam. Its broader interactive portfolio also includes Poppy Cat Goes to the Market, a preschool Spanish-learning mobile application.
The studio also produces Game Gauntlet, combining an indie development accelerator, game jam and festival. This activity extends its role beyond individual releases into support for independent game development and the regional games community in the American Southwest.
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Founders and leadership
- Founder Ziad Seirafi, legally named Ziyad Seirafi-Najar, serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. Corporate filings also identify him as a director.
- Co-founder Sarah J. Seirafi is listed in corporate filings as Treasurer and Secretary.
- Before establishing the company, Ziad Seirafi worked as a Senior Digital Artist at Sony Pictures Imageworks, Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues. His individual film contributions include Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and The Golden Compass.
Operating model and developer support
- The studio's core leadership works with project contractors and event collaborators.
- Game Gauntlet provides funding, mentorship and showcase opportunities for independent developers. Its format combines a worldwide online simulation jam with a Santa Fe festival, supported through collaborations with regional technology partner Ideum and cultural venue partner Vital Spaces.
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Where Cosmic Forces is based
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Santa Fe office
HeadquartersAbout this office
Principal corporate office and operating base. The published address at 1704 Llano Street, Suite B, #235 is identified as a mailing and registered address; Vital Spaces is a community event venue partner.
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