In a word, that was the motivation behind the formation of Mekensleep.
Enough me-too products endlessly attempting to reproduce last year's successes.
Enough market forecast studies asserting their vapor-based certitudes.
Enough dysfunctional teams trying to tackle overambitious projects.
Enough lousy publishing deals where authors lose not just their creations, but their very souls.
We had had enough, and we wanted to do something about it.

Mekensleep is our answer.
A small team, a smart team, intent on making a difference in the fields of gaming and social software.
Here, we believe in originality. We believe in hard work. We believe in ourselves. Sometimes, we even believe in taking risks!
For these reasons, we have decided keep creative control by self-financing our productions.
Fiercely independent, we will succeed or fail by our own hand.
We know the odds are against us. But we are prepared to take that chance.

Olivier Lejade - Founder & Creative Director
Prior to founding Mekensleep, Mr Lejade was the co-founder and CEO of Nevrax, the company that pioneered the use of Free Software in massively multiplayer online gaming. While there, he found himself confronted head-on with the difficulties of pushing a new model - that of an independent, Free Software-based online entertainment service provider - through antiquated structures. Ultimately, he decided to transfer his vision to a leaner, faster and more modular company.

Philippe Nouhra - Production Advisor
After leading the game design team on Ryzom - Nevrax's first Persistent World - Mr Nouhra is now in charge of Mekensleep's development team. Previously a project manager at Cryo and Kalisto, he brings to Mekensleep over ten years of experience in the gaming industry.

Loic Dachary - Technical Director & Community Liaison
Having launched the first French search engine and having run one of the largest virtual hosters in Europe, Mr Dachary is no stranger to the demands of maintaining a high-availability online service. He is a leading force of the GNU project and has during the past thirteen years contributed to many Free Software projects, in addition to co-founding FSF Europe and FSF France.

Philippe Lamoureux - Technical Art Director
During the ten years he spent at Cryo as Technical Art Director, Mr Lamoureux had extensive opportunity to dissect every 3D authoring tool available. As much a coder as an artist, he uses his considerable body of knowledge to oversee the art assets production at Mekensleep.