Every story begins with a grain of sand.
Interactive comic novels, forged in Dubai.
Illustrated stories you read panel by panel — and change with every choice.
Read it. Choose it. Change it.
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You read.
Full-screen panels, speech balloons and music. Like a comic, but on your phone or computer.
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You choose.
At key moments the story stops and asks what you would do.
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The story changes.
Your choices change scenes, characters and how they remember you.
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You come back.
Different routes lead to different endings. Find them all.
Later that afternoon…
Play the demo
A one-minute story with four endings. Your first choice is waiting.
Next in the forge
Our first comic novels are in production. Each one will appear here as soon as we announce it.
At sunset, the forge is lit.
From sand to steel
Every DuneForge story goes through the same four stages.
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Sand
An idea worth telling: a world, a hero, a question without an easy answer.
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Ink
Script, branching map and storyboards. Every route is drawn before a panel is finished.
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Fire
Art, colour, music and animation. The pages are heated until they glow.
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Steel
Playtests, polish and release. A story strong enough to carry your choices.
Night falls over the dunes.
Meanwhile, in Dubai…
A studio between the desert and the city
DuneForge is an independent studio based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. We write, draw and build interactive comic novels — stories with the craft of comics, the depth of novels and the freedom of games. Our worlds grow from desert legends, future cities and the people who live between them.
What we believe
- Story first. Every feature serves the plot.
- Art worth framing. Every panel should hold up as a poster.
- Choices that matter. No fake branches.
- Made in Dubai, for readers everywhere.
Join the forge
We’re looking for people who think in panels.
- Comic and concept artists
- Writers and narrative designers
- Game developers
- Composers and sound designers
