Matelotes | Digital productions ARTE
Matelotes
A game project developed by the studio La Poule Noire
The king’s chicken has disappeared. You set out to find her aboard a ship with a crew of female sailors. You must manage the ship, plan the route and stopovers, where the feisty female sailors will face new encounters and challenges. But be careful: your ship is competing against other factions… Manage a crew that leaves a bit to be desired Some unscrupulous folk might call your crew a lost…
Available on these platforms
Technical Info & Short Credits
- Format
- Video games
- Producer
- David Duriot
- Developer
- Clément Duquesne
- Art Director
- Amélie Guinet
- Technical Director
- Adrien Marchand
- Creative Director
- Fiona Rosette
- Technical Lead
- Rudy Pons
Credits
La Poule Noire is a cooperative composed of video craftsmen and craftswomen all working remotely. The project is to emancipate itself from the unhealthy dogmas of the industry and prove that a game can be created without crunches and delays. We want to integrate a comic dimension into our games to make fun of fashionable social phenomena
Unique features

Set sail for Sauzic
An ancient kingdom where no one has ever managed to draw a map!

Unexpected encounters
Influence major political crises (or neighborhood squabbles)

Manage a crew...
... that isn't exactly competent
Press
https://rpgamer.com/2026/08/matelotes-coming-to-steam-early-access-early-next-year/
—-RPGamerhttps://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/forget-the-odyssey-matelotes-is-a-goofy-rpg-adventure-about-searching-the-world-for-a-stolen-chicken-and-im-all-in/
—-Gamesradarhttps://gamespace.com/all-articles/news/check-out-matelotes-whimsical-medieval-roguelite-rpg/
—-Gamespace