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About

Who is the Nivalis Nights developer?

Nivalis Nights is developed by ION LANDS, the independent studio that made Cloudpunk, and published by 505 Games. The studio describes it as “a unique cyberpunk slice-of-life sim, in development at ION LANDS, the team that brought you Cloudpunk”.

Nivalis Nights | Official Release Date TrailerION LANDS · 2:05The trailer that revealed the new name and the launch date.

At a glance

DeveloperION LANDS, the makers of Cloudpunk (see the Cloudpunk connection)
Publisher505 Games
Studio headMarko Dieckmann
EngineNot announced (profiled with Unity’s tools)
ComposerHarry Critchley
Wishlists1 million before launch

What engine does it use?

The engine has not been formally announced, but the team tunes performance in the Unity Profiler: “The Unity Profiler has been essential in our optimization process, as it lets us track exactly how CPU, GPU, and memory are used.” On the look: “Although the world is built entirely from voxels, it does not use a traditional voxel engine.”

That matters mostly for two questions: whether your PC can run it (the requirements page) and whether it can be modded (the mods page, where the studio’s answer is that modding tools are out of scope for now).

Who writes it

The lead writer also wrote Cloudpunk, and names another writer on this one: “The Shadows of Doubt writer, Stark, worked on this with me.” The story itself is covered on the story page.

In the studio head’s words

“You start with a single noodle stand and expand to restaurants, bars and nightclubs, making deals, farming your ingredients, fishing down by the docks”

Marko Dieckmann, ION LANDS

“We like to explore the day-to-day life in this world.”

Marko Dieckmann, ION LANDS

From reveal to launch

  1. 2021. First shown as Nivalis, a slice-of-life sim set in the city of Cloudpunk.
  2. 2022. A proper look at the PC Gaming Show, with 505 Games as publisher.
  3. 2023. The first playable demo, at the WASD show.
  4. 2024. A glimpse of the game at the Taipei Game Show.
  5. 2025. Voice casting, with “over 6,000 entries currently under careful review” at the time.
  6. 2026. A new name and a date after a legal matter was settled, then the Convergence Showcase, a Q&A video series and a million wishlists. The name change page has the detail.

Official channels

The official places to follow the game:

The Discord server runs under the ION LANDS name, and questions from its members feed the studio’s Q&A posts. For bugs after launch, go to 505 Games support.

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