From the BAFTA-winning creators of Before Your Eyes, Los Angeles-based Nice
Dream Games is developing Goodnight Universe, an innovative narrative adventure
to release in 2025.
COPENHAGEN - April 4, 2025 - 5th Planet Games A/S (OAX: 5PG), the video game
financier behind hit games like Escape Academy, WrestleQuest, and Invincible
Presents: Atom Eve, is excited to join Skybound Games in financing the release
of Goodnight Universe.
In this narrative adventure from the makers of the BAFTA-winning Before Your
Eyes, you play as Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic
powers.
Developed by Nice Dream Games, Goodnight Universe releases later this year on
PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and recently announced, Switch 2.
The game will feature an immersive "face-tracking" mode, expanding on the
innovative use of camera-based technology that the Nice Dream Games team is
known for.
"Goodnight Universe presents such an incredibly unique story as players become a
baby with psychic powers," said Mark Stanger, CEO, 5th Planet Games. "The title
was met with positive reception at the 2024 Tribeca Games Festival, where the
team revealed an impressive lineup of voice talent. Nice Dream is effectively
building on the success of Before Your Eyes and we are thrilled to be working
with this talented team again to bring Goodnight Universe to narrative game
fans."
The leading voice cast of Goodnight Universe includes Lewis Pullman as the main
character Isaac, and Kerri Kenney-Silver, Al Madrigal, and Tessa Espinola as
Isaac's family. Timothy Simons and Sarah Burns are cast in supporting character
voice roles.
About 5th Planet Games
5th Planet Games is a video games financing and publishing company located in
Copenhagen, active in games across all global platforms and devices. It has a
long and successful history of working with established brands and strong IP.
Now, in partnership with Skybound Entertainment, the company has extended access
to compelling, global IP such as The Walking Dead, Invincible, and more.
About Skybound Games
Skybound Games publishes, produces and distributes video games across every
genre, including the blockbuster Telltale: The Walking Dead series, the BAFTA
Award-winning Before Your Eyes and the Tribeca Games Award winner, Goodnight
Universe. Skybound Games works with top gaming talent and fueled by the fan
fervor of its content library, creates engaging, engrossing and evergreen games
people love to play.
About Nice Dream
Nice Dream was founded by childhood friends and developers Graham Parkes and
Oliver Lewin, who served as writers and directors on Before Your Eyes, published
by Skybound Games. The studio is a natural progression for the duo, whose
talents have proven that gamers crave a unique form of storytelling that can
only be found through interactivity. For more information, visit
https://www.nicedreamgames.com/.