On May 31, 2017, Idol Minds announced that it would focus on narrative-driven games with the trade name "Deck Nine". This name was chosen as an homage to the 1983 video game "Planetfall". The company created the "StoryForge" toolset and was developing a "brand new addition to a critically acclaimed franchise". During E3 2017 the publisher Square Enix announced Deck Nine was developing ', a prequel to 2015's "Life Is Strange". The first episode of "Before the Storm" was released in August 2017. In September 2018, Deck Nine announced it was working with Square Enix on a new project. The studio is developing ' and the "Life Is Strange Remastered Collection" (containing remasters of "Before the Storm" and the original "Life Is Strange"), which were announced by Square Enix in March 2021 and are scheduled for release in September 2021. The "Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade" (OEDIT) supported Deck Nine with $2.5 million job-growth incentive tax credits and via the "Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media" (COFTM), the production of "True Colors" with $150,000 phased film incentives in 2017 and 2018.