Charles Gaudron - Game Designer
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Soul Bubbles (NDS, EIDOS, 2008)
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| Nominated for "Best Debut" at GDC Awards 2009 (USA) |
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| Nominated for "Best Handheld Game" at BAFTA 2009 (UK) |
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| Won "Best Handheld Game" and "Grand Prize" at FJV 2008 Milthons Awards (France) |
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| Game Rankings score: 78.38% |
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| "The purest gaming experience we've had for a long while. (...) It's beautiful, it's elegant, it's clever - if you don't like this game, you're dead inside. (...) Our favourite DS game of the year." |
| Nintendo Official magazine / Review: 93% |
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| "Soul Bubbles has a compulsive quality to it - no doubt exacerbated by its gorgeous aesthetic design and beautiful ambient score. (...) Mekensleep may well have hit upon the DS's very own answer to LocoRoco." |
| Edge magazine / Preview |
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| "Soul Bubbles is perfect for the DS and has a great sense of style, humour and accessibility for all gamers. This could definitely be a cult hit. (...) gorgeous graphics and a definite 'aww' factor." |
| Gamesmaster magazine / Preview |
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| "Impressive (...) This is a great idea done very well - the controls are well-realised, the puzzles fiendish and the whole greatly entertaining to play (...) This looks very good for the DS, with greatly entertaining bubble physics and a lovely, earthy colour palette" |
| IGN UK / Review: 8.4/10 |
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| "The level design and general polish is up there with Nintendo's own products. (...) The art style is highly seductive. (...) Bitter experience often stops us from making early recommendations when it comes to third-party DS games, but with Soul Bubbles we have no hesitation" |
| Games TM / Preview |
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| "Look incredible, it has a personality (...) It even has physics that defy what we've come to expect from Nintendo's handheld" |
| nRevolution magazine / Review: 9/10 |
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| Pictures of Soul Bubbles' team at the FJV Milthons Awards in 2008 : |
Charles Gaudron, Thomas Volbrecht, Omar Cornut, Olivier Lejade, Laurent Lavigne, Jean-Louis Delmotte
Jean-Louis Delmotte, Charles Gaudron, Thomas Volbrecht, Olivier Lejade, Laurent Lavigne
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