Santa Ragione Games

Santa Ragione is an Italian micro game design studio based in Milan. There are three main contributors: Pietro Righi Riva and Nicolò Tedeschi, who founded the studio together in 2010, and Paolo Taje who is the lead programmer. They are doing rather well and have won numerous awards. Their video game FOTONICA in particular did very well. They also created the international indie game event LUNARCADE.

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According to their website, they like making games that focus on “achieving a visceral response from the player”, such as through the desolate landscapes of MirrorMoon EP, the extreme speeds in the game FOTONICA, or the controversial political narrative in Wheels of Aurelia

Wheels of Aurelia: A game about a road trip around Italy in the 1970s, where you talk to people you pick up along the way. Very narrative based, but allows for driving which is very distracting.

FOTONICA: somewhat typical arcade game style but with very trippy/unique visual elements that almost made me feel dizzy. It is very simple to learn, quite hard to play.

MirrorMoon EP: A space exploration game that is very puzzle-based. The graphics are very clean and aesthetically pleasing, and it has a unique game element of having a smaller planet be the mirror of the one you are standing on.