Novaquark

Novaquark is an independent French video game developer and technology studio focused on persistent virtual worlds, multiplayer systems and voxel-based creation. Founded in Paris in 2014 by AI researcher and roboticist Jean-Christophe Baillie, the company develops games and proprietary tools for PC and current-generation consoles.

Its early flagship project, Dual Universe, was a single-shard sci-fi MMORPG and sandbox built around player construction, emergent gameplay and a persistent shared universe. The game’s technology combined voxel construction, distributed physics and Continuous Single-Shard Cluster (CSSC) networking architecture to support large-scale online worlds. Following the game’s 2022 commercial release, Novaquark transitioned its editable engine technology into myDU, a standalone format for player-hosted and offline customizable worlds.

Technology and development capabilities

Novaquark’s work spans game production and technical development, including:

• Full-cycle game development, from concept and engine engineering to procedural art and production
• Voxel technology, persistent-world systems and user-generated-content tools
• MMORPG sandbox design, live operations and server infrastructure
• Procedural content generation using Unreal Engine workflows
• AAA action-adventure development in Unreal Engine 5

The studio is developing The Age of Bhaarat, a dark-fantasy action-adventure project rooted in ancient Indian mythology. The title is being produced in collaboration with Tara Gaming, bringing Novaquark’s procedural systems, environment-generation expertise and systems engineering to a new AAA franchise.

Studio history

Novaquark expanded its production capacity with a Montreal development branch in 2019. In 2021, Nouredine Abboud became CEO while Nicolas Granatino took the roles of President and Executive Chairman. The company remains independently held and venture-backed, with activity spanning game development, proprietary engine tooling and the maintenance of its myDU sandbox platform.

Through its combination of multiplayer infrastructure, voxel simulation and procedural world-building systems, Novaquark continues to develop tools and games designed around customizable, persistent interactive environments.