Unfold Games

Unfold Games is an independent video game developer and publisher founded in late 2015 by composer and developer Wlad Marhulets. Based in Los Angeles with a distributed remote team, the studio creates artistic, narrative-driven games for PC and console platforms.

Its debut title, DARQ, is a 2.5D psychological-horror puzzle-platformer in which players manipulate gravity and physics while navigating a lucid nightmare. Marhulets developed the game over nearly four years as a solo project before its PC release in 2019. The game later expanded with the free DLC chapters The Tower and The Crypt, followed by Complete and Ultimate editions for PC and consoles.

Development approach

Unfold Games combines game development with in-house creative disciplines including:

• Game, level, and narrative design
• Unity development and self-publishing
• Original music composition, orchestration, and sound design
• Audio implementation with FMOD
• 3D modelling, texturing, and stylized character work using tools including ZBrush and Blender

The studio’s work focuses on atmospheric psychological horror, physics-driven puzzle mechanics, and stylized simulation gameplay. It handles creative direction, game writing, audio engineering, music scoring, voiceover direction, digital distribution, and community management alongside development.

Current work

The studio is developing Bloody Hell Hotel, a comedic first-person vampire hotel-management simulation and dungeon-crawler RPG announced in 2022. The project represents Unfold Games’ expansion from the solo production model behind DARQ into a larger “AA” development team supported by remote artists, animators, and engineers.

Unfold Games remains privately held and independent. Its catalogue spans PC storefronts and console platforms including PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, with DARQ serving as the studio’s established debut franchise.