About Fallen Dahu · Nyon, Switzerland
An independent Swiss game studio built around personality, play and the belief that a stronger local industry is something we make together.
Who we are
Fallen Dahu is an independent game studio founded in Switzerland in 2025. We are a small team of passionate creators who make games and teach game development, and who deeply value mentorship, experimentation and craft.
Our visuals and worlds are inspired by the games we grew up with and continue to love, always shaped by our own sensibilities. We aim to bring a part of ourselves into everything we create, through distinctive gameplay systems and expressive visual identities.
A bunch of weird animals with questionable habits but complementary skills. Somehow, this chaotic synergy manages to produce something. Don’t ask how, we’re not sure either.
Founder · Game direction, code & production
Imagine stuff and make it work
His troubled mind keeps spawning ideas that somehow make sense. Writes lore, designs worlds, breaks engines, then fixes them out of guilt. Runs the herd on pizza, spreadsheets, and sheer stubbornness.
50% vision, 50% improvisation.
Co-founder · Art direction
Make stuff look cool and pretty
Has the impossible job of decoding the panda’s “drawings” and turning them into actual art. Somehow transforms “a vibe” and three circles into stunning characters. A true magician… probably a cursed one.
Not founders, but on every climb.
UI/UX design · Independent
You click on his stuff
Made our logo, saved our retinas, and occasionally reminds us what “readable” means. Speaks fluent button, slider, and hex code. Still suspiciously calm while the rest of us panic.
VFX & tech art · Independent
Make shiny boom boom stuff
Makes things explode, sparkle, and dissolve in ways the engine never agreed to. Arrived with a Swiss Game Awards nomination under one arm and a particle cannon under the other. Warning: may add glow to anything left unattended.
Specialists we bring in, project by project.
3D art
Make stuff with volume
Takes Swan’s flat drawings personally. So personally that he gives them a third dimension. Sculpts chalets, cliffs, and suspicious mushrooms until the mountain feels real enough to climb. Occasionally emerges from the topology mines to ask what “low poly” means to us, emotionally.
How we work
These are the working principles behind the games we choose, the way we collaborate and the studio we want to become.
We prioritize fun, satisfying gameplay built around challenge, impactful visual feedback and meaningful player experiences.
We prototype early and iterate quickly to test ideas, surface risks and refine core features through constant feedback.
Building and engaging communities is central to our studio, both through our games and our active involvement in the Swiss video game ecosystem.
A declaration for our local industry
A healthy Swiss games industry needs more than successful releases. It needs places to learn, honest knowledge-sharing, first credits and bridges between schools and production.
Fallen Dahu commits to teaching game development, mentoring emerging creators, collaborating with Swiss schools and opening real production work to interns and independent specialists wherever a project allows.
We will share useful lessons, stay present in the local community and help experience circulate. A game can succeed or fail. The knowledge, confidence and working relationships around it should keep climbing.
