Wishlist Legend of Baboo
Istanbul, since 2006
Permanent Way is an independent game and animation studio. We started as a video game developer and grew an animation department alongside it; the two now share one pipeline.
We have shipped 20 games to the domestic market and 12 internationally, and our films have been recognised at festivals from Cannes onward. The thread through all of it is the same: the myths of Mesopotamia and Persia, told for people who have never heard them.
Mehran’s lion crest, Sepehr’s island, the carved city of Petra — they come from stories our grandparents told. We build them so they can be walked through, fought in, and watched at ninety minutes a sitting.
Ideas come first. We build the tools to serve them, not the other way round.
Small teams that can change direction in a week, not a quarter.
We hire for craft and curiosity, then get out of the way.
Games and films are how we retell the stories we grew up with.
Permanent Way founded in Istanbul as a game development studio.
The first catalogue wave ships: Murder in Tehran’s Alleys, Qajary Cat, Alimardan.
The Legend of Sepehr wins Best Animation Film at the Cannes World Film Festival.
The Land of the Magnates released.
Blood of Mehran launches on Steam.
The Legend of Baboo in production with Midwest Games.
Press, publishing, partnerships, or you'd like to work here.
