Factsheet

Description

Developer:

REDFOX Game Studio Limited

Based in Auckland,

New Zealand

Founding Date:

February 1st, 2016

Website:

redfoxgamestudio.com

Press / Business contact:

info@owairakasoft.com

Social:

Facebook

Twitter

Releases:

Solitaire Classic

Pixeljima 1942

Address:

REDFOX Game Studio

2/3 Palomino Drive

Henderson

Auckland 0612

Phone:

+64 21 952 680

REDFOX is an indie publisher of digital games across smartphone and tablet.

History

Early history

Initially the studio started in February 2016 with Stephen McIntyre and Regan McManaway both working part-time on a puzzle game called Anchor Drop. We learned a lot from that game. We set out on our vision to create “one million smiles per day”.

Solitaire

The next game was solitaire - an "evergreen" game as part of our portfolio approach. Solitaire is a very popular segment (the leading solitaire on iOS having 150 million downloads and 50 billion plays). The studio took on interns, a UX designer, social media experts, and a part time programmer.

A forced change of middleware and the team consequently learning a new tool-stack and language delayed the release of solitaire.

It completed closed beta testing, the back end was productionised and it went live on iOS and Android stores in October 2017. Solitaire was way more successful than Anchor Drop, but still not "the hit" we are continuing to work towards.

PIXELJIMA™ 1942

Pixeljima (a retro, pixelart, 1942-style shooter) was the next game to release. The name is a portmanteau of “Pixel” (as a nod to the pixel art days when the classic 1942 game was released) and “The Battle of Iwo Jima” which was a major carrier battle in WWII.

MECHA NATION®

Mecha Nation is a physical card game that is super fun to play, easy to pick up, but has great strategic depth. We can’t wait to get this as a finished product into gamers’ hands.