Wolfire Games

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Wolfire Games
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2003
FounderDavid Rosen
Headquarters
San Francisco Bay Area, California
,
US
Key people
David Rosen (CEO and lead programmer)
Jeffrey Rosen (president)
John Graham (COO)
Aubrey Serr (lead artist)
ProductsLugaru
Black Shades
Overgrowth
Receiver
Receiver 2
Number of employees
4[1]
Websitewolfire.com

Wolfire Games is an American independent video game development company founded by David Rosen. Wolfire Games develops video games for macOS, Windows, and Linux.[2]

History[]

David Rosen founded Wolfire Games in 2003 to organize his open source video game contest entries.[3] After graduating from Swarthmore College in 2008, he was joined by his twin brother, Jeff, and two friends. In 2010, Wolfire ran the first Humble Bundle, later spun off as a separate company.[citation needed]

The company was awarded 5th Best Indie Game by ModDB.[clarification needed][4]

The company operates a YouTube channel on which it releases game footage and highlights new features.[citation needed]

The company name was inspired by "Wolfenstein", a stray dog the Rosen brothers adopted in 1996 and named for the video game series.[5]

Games[]

  • GLFighters – 2001 – Mac OS 9[6]
  • Black Shades
    • Black Shades – 2002 – Linux, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Windows[7]
    • Black Shades iPhone – 2009 – iPhone[8]
  • Lightning's Shadow – 2003 – Mac OS 9[9]
  • Lugaru – 2005 – Linux, Mac OS X, Windows[10]
  • The Broadside Express – 2012 – Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (developed for the Humble Bundle Mojam using the Unity game engine)
  • Receiver – 2012 – Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (developed for the 2012 7dfps challenge using the Unity game engine)
  • Desperate Gods – 2012 – Mac OS X, Windows (developed for the 2012 Fuck This Jam challenge using the Unity game engine. Updates will continue after the challenge)
  • Low-light Combat – 2013 – Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (developed for the Humble Bundle Mojam 2 using the Unity game engine)
  • Overgrowth – 2017 – Windows, macOS, Linux[1]
  • Receiver II – 2020 – Windows, macOS, Linux

See also[]

  • Humble Indie Bundle

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Overgrowth – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Independent Video Games – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "College Corner: Interview with David Rosen, computer game-creator extraordinaire | Daily Gazette". Daily.swarthmore.edu. February 6, 2006. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  4. ^ "Overgrowth Voted 5th Best Indie Game on ModDB – Wolfire Games Blog". Blog.wolfire.com. March 1, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  5. ^ "The origin of Wolfire – Wolfire Games Blog". Blog.wolfire.com. April 15, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  6. ^ "GLFighters – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  7. ^ "Black Shades – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  8. ^ "Black Shades iPhone – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  9. ^ "Lightning's Shadow – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  10. ^ "Lugaru HD – Wolfire Games". Wolfire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.

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