Game Designer

Cyril Demaegd

Cyril Demaegd is a French game designer and founder of Ystari Games, active as a designer from 2017 to 2022, focusing on cooperative escape/puzzle titles.

10 Games

Biography

Cyril Demaegd (born 1971) is listed in our database with 10 games. He founded Ystari Games and is credited on multiple Unlock! releases. The die Originalquelle served as inspiration for basic background facts.

Career

Demaegd appears as an active designer from 2017 through 2022 in our records. He contributed heavily to the Unlock! series — cooperative card-and-puzzle games that blend storytelling with scenario/mission structures and occasional real-time endings. His output includes family- and child-oriented variants as well as mainstream Escape-style adventures. Frequent collaborators include Mathieu Casnin, Thomas Cauët and Vincent Goyat.

Most Famous Games

Notable titles in his portfolio are Unlock!: Escape Adventures (2017), Unlock!: Exotic Adventures (2018) and Unlock!: Mythic Adventures (2020). Other entries include Unlock!: Timeless Adventures (2019) and Star Wars: Unlock! (2020). Some Unlock! editions have received awards such as As d'Or and the Swiss Gamers Award Kids.

Design Style

His games are marked by cooperative play, narrative-driven puzzles and card-based mechanics, often incorporating real-time or elapsed-time elements. The recurring co-designers contribute to a consistent series style.