Former Hitman Programmers Puzzled

Having grown tired of sneaking and taking out hits in Hitman, the programmers of the game formed The Game Equation to work on “high end” casual puzzlers, if any of that makes sense to anyone. Dubbed Deep Blue Sea, the game is now available on PC and Mac for $20.

“After working on top-rated shooters for years, we were ready to work in a smaller company and make smaller games. We started to notice how people with our background were making top hits in the casual games industry,” explains Brian Meidell, co-owner of the Copenhagen based company. “We realized that the high end of the casual games industry was within our reach, and that the shorter product cycles and smaller company setting was exactly what we wanted. These are games that remind us of the ones we played when growing up,” he smiles.

They have applied their experience and knowledge from their time on Hitman to create “tight” gameplay that is “totally smooth and responsive,” according to their press release. The company also contracted Rasmus Hartvig, a Danis composer, to create an integrated music and sound design for the game.

More information about the game can be found on its website.