Paul Cuisset signing books on the MO5.COM stand at Paris Games Week 2018, accompanied by Patricia, his wife and collaborator.

A talented programmer, Paul Cuisset got his start in video games in the 80s and founded the iconic company Delphine Softwarein 1988 with Paul de Senneville. The first masterpiece to emerge from this studio was undoubtedly Time Travellers which Paul Cuisset directed alongsideÉric Chahi.

After publishing Another Worldhe writes and programmes Flashbackreleased in 1992, whose international reputation made it the best-selling French video game in history, according to the Guinness Book of Records. This reputation enabled him to take charge of Shaq Fu in 1994, followed by a sequel to Flashback the following year, Fade to Blackone of the very first third-person action games.

This was followed by the Moto Racer as well as Darkstone. Delphine Software closed its doors in 2004, along with its subsidiary Adeline created by Frédérick Raynal. Paul Cuisset founded the company VectorCell with Lexis Numérique, for which he is designing Mister Slime in 2008 and  Amy.