Pistol Shrimp Games Explained

Pistol Shrimp Games is a video game studio created by Fred Ford, Ken Ford, Paul Reiche and Dan Gerstein after leaving Toys for Bob in 2021.[1] The company was started on April 5, 2022.[2]

History

In 2017, Fred Ford, Paul Reiche, Ken ford and Dan Gerstein decided to start developing Ghosts of the Precursors, the sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters.[3] [4] Due to disagreements between the trademark owner of Star Control and the ownership of the intellectual property within the games previously sold under the trademark, game development was halted. When a settlement was reached, development continued in the fall of 2020.[5]

The main goal of the company was the creation of , the sequel to the original Star Control series.[6] The development started in 2021, with the creation of the company. They could not use the name Star Control because the rights to the name belong to Stardock.[7]

The studio was created on April 5, 2022.

In order to create awareness of the franchise's new name, Pistol Shrimp released The Ur-Quan Masters as for free on Steam on February 19, 2024.[8]

Pistol Shrimp created an engine called Simple for the development of their new game, taking as basis other game engine called Godot.[9] [10]

Paul Reiche and Ken Ford left Pistol Shrimp summer 2023.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sinclair . Brendan . October 3, 2023 . Pistol Shrimp and the importance of owning what you make . April 29, 2024 . Game Industry.
  2. Web site: Gerstein . Dan . April 5, 2022 . Announcing Pistol Shrimp Games . Pistol Shrimp.
  3. Web site: Reiche . Paul . Our Story . Pistol Shrimp Games.
  4. Web site: Wood . Austin . October 11, 2017 . 25 years later, Star Control 2 is getting a direct sequel . PC Gamer.
  5. Web site: I Seriously Considered Adding A Cow To This Image . Dogar And Kazon . June 17, 2021 . Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III .
  6. Web site: Chalk . Andy . April 20, 2024 . The long-awaited sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters hits its crowdfunding target in less than four hours, and they're not kidding about that $4.4 million stretch goal . April 29, 2024 . PC Gamer.
  7. Web site: Hutchinson . Lee . June 12, 2019 . Stardock and Star Control creators settle lawsuits—with mead and honey . April 29, 2024 . ArsTechnica.
  8. Web site: McWhertor . Michael . February 12, 2024 . PC sci-fi classic Star Control returns as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters . April 29, 2024 . Polygon.
  9. Web site: Pistol Shrimp . Simple - A downloadable game engine for Windows . April 29, 2024 . itch.io.
  10. Web site: Gerstein . Dan . September 20, 2024 . No Longer Waiting for Godot . Pistol Shrimp Games.
  11. Web site: Gerstein . Dan . Summer 2023 . Bidding Adieu to Paul and Ken . April 29, 2024 . Pistol Shrimp.

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