Kitfox Games is an indie game development studio based in Montreal, Canada. It was co-founded by Tanya X. Short, Jongwoo Kim, Xin Ran Liu, and Mike Ditchburn in June 2013.

Kitfox Games
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Founders
  • Tanya X. Short
  • Jongwoo Kim
  • Xin Ran Liu
  • Mike Ditchburn
Headquarters,
Canada
Number of employees
12 (2024)
Websitekitfoxgames.com

History

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According to Short, the founders never worked together before and knew each other as semi-acquaintances at a local independent developer meetup in Montreal. After forming a studio, the team participated in a game jam in which they created and submitted their jam entry Sculptorgeist, which became a winning finalist. Kitfox Games began development of their first game, Shattered Planet, as a procedural death labyrinth game. Shattered Planet was released on iOS and later Android, Microsoft Windows, and MacOS in 2014.[1][2]

In March 2019, Kitfox Games partnered with Bay 12 Games to be its publisher for the Steam and itch.io version of Dwarf Fortress. According to a frequently asked questions post, Kitfox Games would manage its relationship with Steam and contractors while Bay 12 Games co-creator Tarn Adams would handle the technical side of the game.[3]

As of 2024, their website lists 14 developers, 12 employees and two of the original co-founders – Tanya X. Short and Xin Ran Liu.[4]

Games published

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Year Title Developer(s)
2014 Shattered Planet Kitfox Games
2016 Moon Hunters Kitfox Games
2017 The Shrouded Isle Kitfox Games
2018 BadCupid Kitfox Games
2019 Fit for a King Kitfox Games
2019 Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind A Sharp
2020 Lucifer Within Us[5] Kitfox Games
2020 Ostranauts (early access) Blue Bottle Games
2021 Boyfriend Dungeon Kitfox Games
2022 Pupperazzi Sundae Month
2022 Dwarf Fortress Bay 12 Games
2023 Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out A Sharp
2024 Caves of Qud Freehold Games
TBA Loose Leaf: A Tea Witch Simulator Kitfox Games
TBA Streets of Fortuna Kitfox Games

References

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  1. ^ Czikk, Joseph (2014-04-08). "Kitfox Games Doesn't Want Its Titles to be Pushovers". BetaKit. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  2. ^ Starr, Michelle (2014-04-03). "Shattered Planet: towards the perfect procedural death labyrinth". CNET. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  3. ^ Hall, Charlie (2019-03-14). "The co-creator of Dwarf Fortress is getting older, but his work remains unfinished". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. ^ "Our Team". kitfoxgames.com/. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  5. ^ "Lucifer Within Us is Kitfox's new game about digital exorcism". VentureBeat. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-08-31.