German Netflix game "Shadow and Bone: Enter the Fold" survives the series

Netflix may have cancelled "Shadow and Bones" and its spin-off in mid-November, but the "Grishaverse" lives on in a Netflix-exclusive mobile game. "Bone: Enter the Fold is twice German: by Chimera Entertainment in Munich with sound design by AudioCreatures in Berlin.

Although Bone: Enter the Fold didn't come out of nowhere, it may have been overshadowed by other news. Less than two weeks after the game hit smartphones under the Netflix licence, the streaming service cancelled the third season of the series on which the game is based. According to the streaming service, the series had not been watched enough. Netflix also cancelled the planned spin-off "Six of Crows", based on the same book series by author Leigh Bardugo.

The fact that the game Enter the Fold was released despite the abrupt end of the film universe is interesting for the German-speaking industry for another reason. The licensed title was developed in Munich by Chimera Entertainment. "Shadow and Bone: Enter the Fold was an incredible project. It was a privilege to bring such a rich and popular IP to life for the world's most popular streaming service. We're very proud of the work we've done and the game we've created - millions of people around the world can enjoy something we've made, and that's always a wonderful feeling," said Christian Kluckner, Managing Director of Chimera Entertainment.

The resource management narrative game was announced at Netflix Geeked Week as part of the Summer Game Fest in June 2022.

The sound for the game also comes from a German company: AudioCreatures from Berlin. Markus Zierhofer, CEO of AudioCreatures, is pleased with the result. "Working with Chimera Entertainment on 'Shadow and Bone' was an inspiring journey through the world of Grisha. It was important for us to capture the essence of the series in audio, to immediately draw the player into the world of Shadow and Bone. For the background music, we used some of the existing music from the series and adapted it to suit the scene, character or storyline, so that it followed the player's flow. This allows the player to experience some familiar pieces from the series in a new way within the game. For the sound design, after extensive research, we also tried to match the sounds to the atmosphere of the world in the context of the game style to create a consistent and immersive auditory experience. The visually stunning cutscenes in particular gave us a great deal of pleasure in creating the soundtrack.

Netflix has not yet released any figures on the success of Enter the Fold.

But the future is not entirely uncertain: Kluckner has already hinted at what's next for Chimera when asked. "We are also incredibly excited about our next project: a beautiful PC and console strategy game called Songs of Silence. Inspired by Art Nouveau and scored by Hitoshi Sakimoto, Songs of Silence is a landmark project for Chimera.