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Ivy Road is an independent video game development company founded in 2021 by game developers Davey Wreden and Karla Zimonja with musician and sound engineer C418. The company is set to release their first game, Wanderstop, in partnership with publisher Annapurna Interactive in 2024.
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| Industry | Video games |
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| Founded | 2021 |
| Founders | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Wanderstop |
Number of employees | 18[1] |
| Website | ivyroad |
Formation and Wanderstop (2021–present)
editOn July 29, 2021, The Stanley Parable and The Beginner's Guide creator Davey Wreden, Cookie Clicker and original Minecraft composer Daniel Rosenfeld, known professionally as C418, and Gone Home artist Karla Zimonja revealed that they had founded a new independent game studio, Ivy Road, in partnership with Annapurna Interactive. They stated their intent to create a new video game with the company.[2] Their publishing agreement was one of many announced at Annapurna's showcase that day, with Ivy Road being one of three studios, including Outer Loop and No Code, and Canadian developer Jessica Mak announced to be partnering with Annapurna to create a game.[3] Studio co-founders Wreden, Zimonja, and Rosenfeld would release an official announcement video with Annapurna Interactive in which the earlier two co-founders were drinking tea and "joking around" about video games whilst Rosenfeld played an original piano piece in the background.[4]
During the Summer Game Fest 2024 showcase on June 7, the company's game was officially revealed as Wanderstop, a tea brewing simulator.[5] Described as "The Stanley Parable creator's take on Stardew Valley",[6] it is scheduled to be released later that year for PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows on Steam. The game was written and directed by Wreden with music by C418.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Meet Ivy Road". ivyroad.fun. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ Holt, Kris (July 29, 2021). "'Stanley Parable' and 'Gone Home' devs team up to form Ivy Road studio". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ Romano, Sal (July 29, 2021). "Annapurna Interactive to publish new games by Outerloop Games, Jessica Mak, Ivy Road, and No Code". Gematsu. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ Wen, Alan (July 30, 2021). "'Minecraft', 'Gone Home' and 'Stanley Parable' devs start new studio Ivy Road". NME. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ Castle, Katharine (June 7, 2024). "Stanley Parable and Tacoma creators fight back against onslaught of coffee games with tea-themed Wanderstop". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ Cryer, Hirun (June 7, 2024). "Wanderstop is The Stanley Parable creator's take on Stardew Valley". GamesRadar+. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ Morton, Lauren (June 7, 2024). "The Stanley Parable developer's next game is a cozy tea shop sim where you have some trauma to process, actually". PC Gamer. Retrieved June 7, 2024.