Geoffroy Vincens

@geoffroy.nova-box.com

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Writer, musician, master of the Dark Arts. Partner & Founder at @nova-box.com since 2007. IGF finalist, twice. I sometimes post in (approximative) English et parfois en français. 🎮📝 https://nova-box.com 🎶🎸 asunder.bandcamp.com

Photogramme du film "Possession" (Zulawski, 1981), montrant Sam Neill et Isabelle Adjani en discussion houleuse, assis sur la même banquette de café mais à deux tables différentes.
Photogramme tiré du film de Julio Medem "Los amantes del Círculo Polar".
Transistor game poster
Galerie of video game covers made on my9games.com, featuring in no particular order: Dragon's Dogma, Zelda: A Link to the Past, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Dark Souls 3, Kentucky Route Zero, Fable II, Year Walk, Disco Elysium and Indika.
Along the Edge est une expérience narrative qui parle de reconstruction. Du poids du passé. De la difficulté d’avancer, de grandir, sans se renier. Il ne promet pas le bonheur. Il parle d’équilibre. De la nécessité d’accepter ses peurs sans les laisser décider à notre place. On ne guérit pas en effaçant ce qui a été. On avance en choisissant, encore et encore, la personne que l’on décide de devenir.
What truly distinguishes Along the Edge is the way it treats player agency not merely as branching paths, but as a tool for shaping identity. Decisions influence how Daphné responds to others, how she processes trauma, and how she positions herself within the small community she encounters. These choices accumulate gradually, affecting relationships, career directions, and even how Daphné carries herself visually, reinforcing the idea that personal growth or withdrawal is rarely defined by a single moment. The narrative resists simple morality, often presenting options that feel emotionally honest rather than clearly right or wrong. As a result, the player is encouraged to reflect on intent and consequence, making each playthrough feel like a distinct interpretation of the same life rather than a checklist of alternate endings.
Movie frame of David Bowie in "The Man who fell to Earth", sat in a futurist blue chair with a phone in front of him and televisions stacked in the background.
Screenshot of the Steam page of the game "Echoes" by Nova-box, showing that 100% of the 10 reviews are positive.
Illustration from the game Across the Grooves, where Alice, the protagonist, is going through a crate of vinyl records in a music shop.
Cover art for Across the Grooves OST, depicting sirens soaring in the sky.
Screenshot of my first five purchases on Steam, dated in 2012 : Dear Esther, The Walking Dead, The Secret World, Wallet Credit for 10€ and in game money for Secret World Legends.
Capture d'écran du site des pétitions de l'assemblée nationale, montrant le nombre actuel de signataires contre la loi écocidaire dite "Duplomb" (715 589 signataires / 500 000).
Isabelle Adjani looking painfully at the camera in the movie Possession (Zulawski).
Tainted Grail: the Fall of Avalon video game key art
A Dark Song movie poster
Positive Steam review for Nova-box's Game Echoes. Text of the review: "I have no idea why this title is so obscure! It's a very good lovecraftian mystery novel from a wonderful Novabox! You never know... Anyway, it's very captivating, the music is chill as usual, the story is full of twists, the graphics very basic but nevertheless stylish (apart from the main character having 6 fingers sometimes, but who says it's not an effect of his special condition though, hmmm). It would benefit from more manageble saves system and the tree of endings to check if you gathered them all, but even without it, it's a very solid story - and this is precisely what we're looking for in visual novels."
Screenshot from Soulframe "Prelude" showing the player avatar looking a woman in a medieval garb and plate armor and a stag with luminescent horns in glade with a bed of red flowers.
Composite picture of multiple Nova-box games key art, showing the four protagonists of these games
My Steam 2024 recap spider graph.
Illustration of a vampire, with the mention of the TOP 5 artists of 2024 for Julien in the top right corner.
Aquarelle portrait illustration of woman looking hauntingly in the distance, with the title "Top 5 2024" written at the bottom.
Discord post from the "Steamy" bot, showing a notification for a new positive game recommendation on Steam.
Screenshot of the game "Partouche Poker Tour" on Nindendo DS, showing a stylised poker table.
Key art of the game Across the Grooves, showing a woman (Alice, the protagonist) listening to music on headphones, superimposed on a vinyl turntable.
Gif of Jean-Pierre LĂ©aud in the movie Out 1, going down the street in Paris in the 1970's, reciting a riddle to himself.
Picture of Geoffroy Vincens at the Spawn festival in AngoulĂŞme
A smiley red ball in water with the text: "Tell us a true, one-sentence story from your life that absolutely opens more questions than it answers and demands further context."
Illustration from End of Lines video game, where Sam is petting a scruffy dog.
Vue de salle informatique de la médiathèque de Mérignac, avec les jeux Nova-box installés sur un ordinateur.