Freebird Games Explained

Freebird Games
Foundation:2007
Founder:Kan Gao
Location:Canada
Industry:Video games
Homepage:www.freebirdgames.com

Freebird Games is a video game developer based in Canada.[1] They have developed eight games. Their most prominent game, To the Moon, was nominated for Best Writing and Innovation Award for the Canadian Videogame Awards.[2]

History

Freebird Games first game developed is Quintessence: The Blighted Venom, an episodic role-playing game, started as a personal project made by Chinese Canadian Kan "Reives" Gao, independently in the RPG Maker community. Later, the team expanded to include help from Jessica M. Vázquez, James Q. Zhang (retired), Gabriela Aprile, Lannie Neely III, and Laura Shigihara. Kan commissions various talents for resources and labor, but the majority of the work is completed by him as the only "official" developer. As a result of production difficulties after only eleven episodes were completed, the game was officially cancelled, leaving the latter three episodes unfinished.

Their second free game Do You Remember My Lullaby? was released on December 21, 2008. On June 20, 2009, they released a free demo of an upcoming release titled Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me.

To the Moon and Sigmund Corp. franchise

See main article: To the Moon. In 2011, shortly before the release of To The Moon, they released their first full game The Mirror Lied for free. It is described as an abstract short story. Their first commercial release to the first installment of Sigmund Corp Series, To The Moon, was released on November 1, 2011, was a commercial success and received positive reviews. To the Moon's two minisodes were released on late-2013 and early-2015, and its sequel, Finding Paradise, was released on December 14, 2017, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It has also released positive reviews. Freebird's latest game, Impostor Factory, released on September 30th, 2021.[3]

Games

Release date Title Platforms Refs
2006-09Quintessence: The Blighted VenomMicrosoft Windows[4]
2008Do You Remember My Lullaby?Microsoft Windows[5]
2008The Mirror LiedMicrosoft Windows[6]
2009Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to MeMicrosoft Windows[7]
2011To the MoonMicrosoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS[8]
2013Sigmund Minisode 1: A Holiday SpecialMicrosoft Windows, OS X, Linux[9]
2014A Bird StoryMicrosoft Windows, OS X, Linux[10]
2015Sigmund Minisode 2Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux[11]
2017Finding ParadiseMicrosoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS[12]
2021Impostor FactoryMicrosoft Windows, OS X, Linux[13] [14]
2023Alternate Universe PlaybookMicrosoft Windows

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview With Kan Gao, Creator Of 'To the Moon'. 29 February 2012. 7 June 2016. Michelle. Ealey. Sciencefiction.com.
  2. Web site: Sword & Sworcery, Assassin's Creed top picks for Canadian Videogame Awards. VG24/7. 27 March 2012. 7 June 2016. Brenna. Hillier.
  3. Web site: Impostor Factory on Steam. 19 March 2021. store.steampowered.com. en.
  4. Web site: Quintessence: The Blighted Venom. Freebird Games. 7 June 2016.
  5. Web site: Do You Remember My Lullaby?. Freebird Games. 7 June 2016. 11 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611151447/http://freebirdgames.com/games/lullaby/. dead.
  6. Web site: The Mirror Lied. Freebird Games. 7 June 2016.
  7. Web site: 23 June 2009. Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me Topic. 19 March 2021. rpgmaker.net.
  8. Web site: To the Moon. Freebird Games. 7 June 2016. 4 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104025119/http://freebirdgames.com/to_the_moon/. dead.
  9. Web site: Gao. Kan. 2013-12-31. (To the Moon) Holiday Special Minisode. 2021-06-21. Freebird Games. en-US.
  10. Web site: A Bird Story. Freebird Games. 7 June 2016.
  11. Web site: Gao. Kan. 2015-02-18. Sigmund Minisode 2 released. 2021-06-21. Freebird Games. en-US.
  12. Web site: To the Moon sequel Finding Paradise officially revealed. Andy. Chalk. PC Gamer . 12 January 2016. 13 June 2016.
  13. To The Moon Developer Teases New Murder Thriller Project Impostor Factory. https://web.archive.org/web/20190313073010/https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/03/12/to-the-moon-developer-teases-new-murder-thriller-project-impostor-factory. dead. March 13, 2019. Imran. Khan. . 12 March 2019. 1 May 2019.
  14. Web site: Impostor Factory. Freebird Games. 8 August 2020.

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