Dreamloop Games
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Corporation | |
Industry |
Video games Interactive entertainment |
Founded | 2014 |
Founders | Hannes Väisänen, Joni Lappalainen, Steve Stewart |
Headquarters | Tampere, Finland |
Key people |
Joni Lappalainen (Co-Founder, CEO) Steve Stewart (Co-founder, CMO/Creative Director) Hannes Väisänen (Co-Founder, CTO) |
Products | Challengers of Khalea (PC/Mac) |
Number of employees | 8 (2015) |
Website | http://www.dreamloop.net/ |
Dreamloop Games Ltd., known as Dreamloop, is a Finnish video game developer based in Tampere, Finland.[1] The company was founded in August 2014 by current Chief Executive Officer Joni Lappalainen, current Chief Technical Officer Hannes Väisänen, and current Chief Marketing Officer/Creative Director Steve Stewart.[2] All three founders previously worked together at Fragment Production, where Stewart served as Marketing Director.[3] Dreamloop currently employs 8 people, and is led by its co-founders.[4] In late 2015 Dreamloop began actively campaigning to reform Finnish laws surrounding Crowdfunding.[5][6] In 2015 Dreamloop launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance production of their upcoming game Challengers of Khalea, but funding was unsuccessful.[7]
Games
In November 2015, Dreamloop released the arcade shooter Stardust Galaxy Warriors for PC.[8] The game features 1-4 player local co-op multiplayer, and has been received well by both critics and the Steam community. [9] In April 2016, in an interview on PopGeeks.net, Dreamloop Games announced that it would bring Stardust Galaxy Warriors to consoles.[10] Stardust Galaxy Warriors currently maintains a 93% positive rating on Steam. [11]
Dreamloop is currently in production of the tactical role playing game Challengers of Khalea.[12] Initially imagined as a combination of multiplayer online battle arena and turn-based tactics genres, a change of direction in early 2016 led the title to transform into a tactical turn-based role playing game, heavily inspired by the Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics titles.[13] The visuals were heavily inspired by both comic book art and Art Nouveau, in order to create an entirely unique 2D representation for storytelling, akin to various Japanese role-playing game titles.[14] Challengers of Khalea is expected to be released in November 2016.[14]
References
- ↑ "Dreamloop Games - operations - Fonecta Finder". En.finder.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ "About us - Dreamloop Games". Dreamloop.net. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ "About us - Dreamloop Games". Dreamloop.net. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ "Designer team - Dreamloop Games". Dreamloop.net. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ "Tamperelainen pelifirma vetoaa presidentti Niinistöön: "Lainsäädäntö estää suomalaisten menestyksen" | Yle Uutiset". Yle.fi. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ "Pelinkehittäjä pyytää presidentiltä: Kickstarter potkimaan Suomessakin!". V2.fi. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
- ↑ "Challengers of Khalea by Dreamloop Games". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ Valve (2015-11-11). "Stardust Galaxy Warriors". steampowered.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
- ↑ Metacritic (2015-11-10). "Stardust Galaxy Warriors". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
- ↑ Luke Luby (2016-04-05). "Interview: Stardust Galaxy Warriors' Dreamloop Games". PopGeeks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
- ↑ Valve (2015-11-11). "Stardust Galaxy Warriors". steampowered.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
- ↑ Priestman, Chris (2015-11-11). "Challengers Of Khalea Transforms Turn-Based Arena Combat Into A Ruthless Sport". Siliconera.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ Luke Luby (2016-04-05). "Interview: Stardust Galaxy Warriors' Dreamloop Games". PopGeeks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
- 1 2 "Kuinkas sitten kävikään? - Kotimaisen pelistudion Kickstarter-keräys tyssäsi, mutta peli saadaan silti tehtyä!". Tilt.fi. Retrieved 2016-02-02.