Other Tales Interactive

Other Tales Interactive is a Danish-Swedish independent game developer and publisher founded in November 2016 by Tanja Lind Tankred and Mira Dorthé. Its work centres on experimental storytelling, atmospheric worlds and puzzles that explore different ways for players to experience a narrative. The studio combines game design, writing, illustration and audio across cooperative adventures, interactive short stories and alternate reality games.

Asymmetrical play is a defining part of its work. Rather than giving every player the same information, its cooperative design asks participants to exchange observations and piece together a shared understanding. Alongside these social experiences, the studio develops solo games using hand-drawn imagery and compact, picture-book-like storytelling.

Games and storytelling

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two, released in March 2019, grew from the founders’ research into two-player narrative experiences. Each player uses a separate device and sees different clues. Progress depends on describing those clues aloud and communicating information that the other player cannot see. The game has appeared on PC, mobile devices, macOS and Nintendo Switch.

Miniatures: A Story Collection, released in November 2024, takes a different approach: four hand-drawn, point-and-click vignettes exploring childhood memories. Its short-story format extends the studio’s interest in narrative experimentation beyond cooperative puzzles into individual interactive experiences.

The studio’s third announced project, what-if, was unveiled in 2026 and remained upcoming at the research date. Described as a guided alternate reality game, it combines digital detective puzzles with storytelling across media.

Independent development

Other Tales Interactive operates across Denmark and southern Sweden, with a Copenhagen base and a creative workspace established in Malmö in 2024. Coffee Stain Studios became a minority investor in January 2018. The investment is non-controlling, and the studio continues to operate independently under its founders rather than as a Coffee Stain development branch.