FACTSHEET
Based in Portland, OR USA
Founding date:
June 17, 2015
Website:
rosecitygames.com
Business contact:
hello@rosecitygames.com
DESCRIPTION
Rose City Games is the developer and publisher of Floppy Knights (2022), developer of The World Next Door (2019), and publisher of Garden Story (2021). Founded by indie game community organizers Will Lewis and Corey Warning in 2015, the Portland-based studio works to develop new IP and partner with other talented makers to tell stories through games. Their mission is to make visually distinctive worlds and heartwarming stories, prioritizing hard work, authenticity, and creativity.
Rose City Games has produced a game jam event for Cartoon Network, helped launch Headmaster for PlayStation VR, activated the local development scene by organizing the Portland Indie Game Squad. Their first original title was The World Next Door, released in March 2019.
HISTORY
Early History
Founded in 2015, Rose City Games formed from an initial gig organizing a game jam for Cartoon Network. With the studio’s experience in Portland’s indie game community and game jam culture, Corey and Will realized collaborating with passionate local game developers was key to formally introducing themselves and others to the game industry at large.
After working with various projects in VR development, AR development, games marketing, and tabletop production, the studio’s deep knowledge of the games ecosystem and its talented creators prompted a partnership with VIZ Media which resulted in their first title: The World Next Door.
Recent
The studio released Floppy Knights in May 2022 and published Garden Story in 2021, a game by Picogram, a local indie developer.
Rose City Games continues to work with partners to develop new IPs, publish indie games, and further explore ways to create kind communities in the industry, and looks forward to share more news on those projects in the future.
SELECTED ARTICLES
The Oregonian
"Rose City Games Just Signed a Major Deal and Announced Its First Original Title"
Intel Innovators
“Rose City Games | Intel Innovators Documentary”
PC Gamer
“Super cute town adventure, Garden Story, harvests a publisher”
Cliqist
“Developer-Artist Picogram Talks Community and More in Garden Story”
AWARDS
Floppy Knights
Indiecade 2020 - Nominee
Garden Story
LudoNarraCon 2020 - Official Selection
Wholesome Games Direct 2020 - Featured Title
PAX South 2020 - Official Selection
PAX East 2020 - Official Selection; Indie Mega Booth
The MIX E3 2019 - Official Selection
Seattle Indies Expo 2019 - Official Selection
The World Next Door
Game Dev World Championships 2019 - 3rd Place
PAX East 2019 - Official Selection; Indie Megabooth
The MIX 2019 - Official Selection
Dreamhack Atlanta 2018 - Best Action/Adventure Game
SXSW Gaming 2019 - Gamer’s Voice Awards
Terminus, Atlanta - Golden Joystick Finalist
PAX West 2018 - Official Selection; Indie Megabooth
LOGOS
CONTACT
Inquiries
hello@rosecitygames.com