Kitfox Games

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Kitfox Games
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2013 (2013)
Founders
  • Tanya X. Short
  • Jongwoo Kim
  • Xin Ran Liu
  • Mike Ditchburn
Headquarters,
Canada
Number of employees
12 (2024)
Websitekitfoxgames.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

According to Short, the founders never worked together before and knew each other as semi-acquaintances at a 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

Year Title Developer(s)
2014 Shattered Planet Kitfox Games
2016 Moon Hunters Kitfox Games
2017 The Shrouded Isle Kitfox Games
2018 BadCupid Kitfox Games
2019 Fit for a King Kitfox Games
2019 Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind A Sharp
2020 Lucifer Within Us[5] Kitfox Games
2020 Ostranauts (early access) Blue Bottle Games
2021 Boyfriend Dungeon Kitfox Games
2022 Pupperazzi Sundae Month
2022 Dwarf Fortress Bay 12 Games
2023 Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out A Sharp
2024 Caves of Qud Freehold Games
TBA Loose Leaf: A Tea Witch Simulator Kitfox Games
TBA Streets of Fortuna Kitfox Games

References

  1. ^ Czikk, Joseph (2014-04-08). "Kitfox Games Doesn't Want Its Titles to be Pushovers". BetaKit. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  2. ^ Starr, Michelle (2014-04-03). "Shattered Planet: towards the perfect procedural death labyrinth". CNET. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  3. ^ Hall, Charlie (2019-03-14). "The co-creator of Dwarf Fortress is getting older, but his work remains unfinished". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. ^ "Our Team". kitfoxgames.com/. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  5. ^ "Lucifer Within Us is Kitfox's new game about digital exorcism". VentureBeat. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-08-31.