Pistol Shrimp
Pistol Shrimp Games is a game company created by Fred Ford, Ken Ford, Paul Reiche and Dan Gerstein after leaving Toys For Bob in 2021.[1]
The main goal of the company was the creation of the sequel to the original Star Control series - Free Stars: Children of Infinity.[2] The development started in 2021, with the creation of the company. They couldn't leave the name "Star Control" because the rights to this name belongs to Stardock.[3]
In order to create awareness of the franchise's new name, Pistol Shrimp released The Ur-Quan Masters as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters for free on Steam on February 19, 2024.[4]
Pistol Shrimp also created an engine called "Simple" for the development of their new game. The engine is designed specifically for "Free Stars" game series.[5]
Paul Reiche and Ken Ford left Pistol Shrimp summer 2023.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Sinclair, Brendan (October 3, 2023). "Pistol Shrimp and the importance of owning what you make". Game Industry. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ 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". PC Gamer. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Hutchinson, Lee (June 12, 2019). "Stardock and Star Control creators settle lawsuits—with mead and honey". ArsTechnica. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (February 12, 2024). "PC sci-fi classic Star Control returns as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters". Polygon. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Pistol Shrimp. "Simple - A downloadable game engine for Windows". itch.io. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Gerstein, Dan (Summer 2023). "Bidding Adieu to Paul and Ken". Pistol Shrimp. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
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