Kitfox Games
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2013 |
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Headquarters | , Canada |
Number of employees | 12 (2024) |
Website | kitfoxgames.com |
Kitfox Games is an indie game development studio based in Montreal, Canada. It was co-founded by Tanya X. Short, Jongwoo Kim, Xin Ran Liu, and Mike Ditchburn in June 2013.
History
[edit]According to Short, the founders never worked together before and knew each other as semi-acquaintances at local independent developer meetup in Montreal. After forming a studio, the team participated in a game jam in which they created and submitted their jam entry Sculptorgeist which became a winning finalist. Kitfox Games began development of their first game Shattered Planet as a procedural death labyrinth game. Shattered Planet was released on iOS and later Android, Microsoft Windows, and MacOS in 2014.[1][2]
In March 2019, Kitfox Games partnered with Bay 12 Games to be its publisher for the Steam and itch.io version of Dwarf Fortress. According to a frequently asked questions post, Kitfox Games would manage its relationship with Steam and contractors while Bay 12 Games co-creator Tarn Adams would handle the technical side of the game.[3]
As of 2024, their website lists 14 developers, 12 employees and two of the original co-founders – Tanya X. Short and Xin Ran Liu.[4]
Games published
[edit]Year | Title |
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2014 | Shattered Planet |
2016 | Moon Hunters |
2017 | The Shrouded Isle |
2018 | BadCupid |
2019 | Fit for a King |
2020 | Lucifer Within Us[5] |
2021 | Boyfriend Dungeon |
2022 | Pupperazzi |
2022 | Dwarf Fortress |
2023 | Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out |
References
[edit]- ^ Czikk, Joseph (2014-04-08). "Kitfox Games Doesn't Want Its Titles to be Pushovers". BetaKit. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ Starr, Michelle (2014-04-03). "Shattered Planet: towards the perfect procedural death labyrinth". CNET. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (2019-03-14). "The co-creator of Dwarf Fortress is getting older, but his work remains unfinished". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Our Team". kitfoxgames.com/. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ "Lucifer Within Us is Kitfox's new game about digital exorcism". VentureBeat. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-08-31.