Rayane Rahal
Co-founder · Development and strategy
He codes the game and runs the studio: partnerships, funding, trade shows and admin.
An independent video game studio, in Cannes.
ReyDio Games is two founders and a first game, Synthopolis. We created the studio in 2025 in Cannes, on the French Riviera (Côte d’Azur), with a simple idea: make games that are beautiful, fair, and run on everybody’s PC.
The founders
Eliott Bouchonnet
Co-founder · Art direction and communication
He gave Synthopolis its brutalist watercolour and its ink line, works on the game design and leads the studio’s communication.
What guides us
Creative
Synthopolis looks like no other FPS: brutalist concrete, watercolour washes, ink outlines. We prefer a strong art direction to the race for photorealism.
Accessible
Eight gigabytes of RAM and an integrated graphics chip are enough. The game is free and translated into 13 languages, from Arabic to Korean: neither the age of your PC nor your language decides whether you play.
Low-impact
Most of the environmental footprint of digital technology comes from manufacturing devices. A game that runs on a PC from 2013 pushes nobody to buy a new one. This site follows the same rule: light, with no advertising trackers.
Honest
We sell outfits, never victory. No predatory mechanics, no attention traps. Games made by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts.
Rooted in the South of France
We work in Cannes, supported by a regional ecosystem on the French Riviera: Ville de Cannes, Université Côte d’Azur, Pépite, rising SUD, GameSud, ISART Digital. We met our first players at the Festival International des Jeux in Cannes.
Distinctions
- 2026Winners of the Prix Pépite.
- 2026Selected by rising SUD for the France Pavilion at Gamescom, in Cologne.
- 2026Kickstarter funded at 128% by 38 backers.
- 2025Winners of the Prix Fondation UniCA, Entrepreneurship category.
- 2025Admitted to the Excellence track of the Pépite scheme.
Where we have played
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AnimazurCineum, CannesComing up
3rd edition, at the Cineum. ReyDio Games stand, Synthopolis playable on site.
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GamescomCologne
France Pavilion with rising SUD, hall 3.2, stand B015. Playable all week.
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FLIPParthenay
The 40th anniversary of the Festival Ludique International de Parthenay. Playable for twelve days.
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Play Azur FestivalNice
9th edition, at the Palais des Expositions. Pop culture and video games on the French Riviera.
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Festival International des JeuxCannes
39th edition, at the Palais des Festivals. The games event in our home town.
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Festival International des JeuxCannes
38th edition, over 110,000 admissions. Our first public showing of Synthopolis.
They support and guide us
Questions about the studio
Where is the ReyDio Games studio based?
In Cannes, in the Alpes-Maritimes, on the French Riviera (Côte d’Azur), in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region (Région Sud) in the South of France. The studio is part of the Riviera video game ecosystem, with the support of the Ville de Cannes, Université Côte d’Azur, rising SUD and GameSud.
Who founded ReyDio Games?
Rayane Rahal (development and strategy) and Eliott Bouchonnet (art direction and communication), in 2025.
What games does ReyDio Games develop?
Synthopolis, a competitive parkour FPS, free on Steam and in early access since 26 March 2026. We are dreaming up other games, all set in the same narrative universe.
Is ReyDio Games an eco-conscious studio?
We do not claim any label, but we make one concrete choice: our games target modest setups. Synthopolis runs with 8 GB of RAM and an Intel HD 4600 graphics chip, released in 2013. Since manufacturing devices accounts for most of the environmental footprint of digital technology, a game that pushes nobody to change computer is a lower-impact game.
How are ReyDio Games’ games accessible?
Synthopolis is free, translated into 13 languages and playable on modest PCs. Its monetisation is purely cosmetic: no purchase gives any advantage in the game.
Where can I meet ReyDio Games?
At trade shows: the Festival International des Jeux in Cannes (2025 and 2026), Play Azur in Nice, FLIP in Parthenay, Gamescom in Cologne in August 2026 and Animazur at the Cineum in Cannes on 17 and 18 October 2026. And all year round on our Discord.
Is ReyDio Games hiring?
Not right now. Unsolicited applications are still welcome at contact@reydiogames.com.
Want to join us?
We are not hiring right now. But if you want to make video games on the French Riviera, write to us: we read everything.