Mapping a mystery
How do you design a world where the map is the puzzle? A walk from napkin sketch to playable archipelago, with all the dead ends left in.
Jul 2026 · 9 min read
The journal
Notes from
Notes from
inside the work
Dev diaries, patch notes, behind-the-scenes looks, and the occasional very serious opinion about coffee.
We’re hiring sound designers
Join the Lisboa team and give our worlds their voice. Remote-friendly, crunch-free, and the kettle is always on.
Jun 2026 · Open role
Lighting a world by hand
We borrowed a 1960s projector, a smoke machine and far too many evenings to work out how the Hollow should glow.
May 2026 · 6 min read
Release notes
Every change, in the open
“Sunlit Depths”
Balance tuning across the Meridian descent, faster fast-travel through the Old City, and 60-odd polish passes drawn straight from your reports.
Photo mode & accessibility pass
Free camera, depth-of-field and filters, plus scalable UI, full remapping and a new reduced-motion preset.
Closed test begins
Sign-ups open for the first wave of our community pre-alpha. Invites are landing in inboxes throughout the month.
The map that lies
First playable of the Knot’s cartography system — you can now mislead yourself in three dimensions.
The dispatch
One letter a month
Dev diaries, early builds and soundtrack demos, sent to 38,000 people who like being told what we’re up to. No noise, no tracking.