Kitfox Games is an

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based in

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. It was co-founded by

Tanya X. Short Tanya X. Short is an American video game designer. She is a co-founder of Kitfox Games, an independent video game studio in Montreal, Canada. She was lead designer for titles including '' Shattered Planet'' (2014) and '' Moon Hunters'' (2016). In ...

, Jongwoo Kim, Xin Ran Liu, and Mike Ditchburn in June 2013.

History

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 ''Shattered Planet'' is a roguelike role-playing video game developed by Kitfox Games. The player assumes the role of a clone who is tasked with researching and cataloging alien wildlife. The iOS version was released on March 27, 2014. The Android ...

'' as a procedural death labyrinth game. ''Shattered Planet'' was released on

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and later Android, Microsoft Windows, and

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in 2014. As of 2019, the studio had eight employees. In March 2019, Kitfox Games partnered with

Bay 12 Games Tarn Adams (born April 17, 1978) is an American computer game programmer, best known for his work on '' Dwarf Fortress.'' He has been working on the game since 2002 together with his older brother Zach. He learned programming in his childhood, an ...

to be its publisher for the

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and

itch.io Itch.io (stylized as itch.io) is a website for users to host, sell and download indie games. Launched in March 2013 by Leaf Corcoran, the service hosts over 500,000 games and items (assets, ebooks, music) . Itch.io also allows users to host ...

version of ''

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''. 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 Tarn Adams (born April 17, 1978) is an American computer game programmer, best known for his work on ''Dwarf Fortress.'' He has been working on the game since 2002 together with his older brother Zach. He learned programming in his childhood, an ...

would handle the technical side of the game.

Games published

References

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