Company:Lazy Bear Games
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| Industry | Video games |
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| Founded | 2012[1] |
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| Headquarters | , Lithuania |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | lazybeargames |
Lazy Bear Games is a video game development company based in Vilnius, Lithuania, founded by Russian video game developers Nikita Kulaga and Svyatoslav Cherkasov in St.Petersburg, Russia.[2][3] The company frequently collaborates with tinyBuild and Uroboros Games.[4]
History
Lazy Bear Games was founded as GameJam (Or "Game Jam Studio") in 2010 and produced games under that name from 2010 till the studio was renamed Lazy Bear Games in April 2015.[1] Although, their first three games developed in 2010 to 2012 were either cancelled or transferred to another company. They co-developed the story-driven city builder Fairy Kingdom HD for mobile platforms with the company Game Garden in 2012–2013. In 2013, they entered a "Next Castle Party 2013" contest where they worked on an arcade 2D MOBA/platformer called Rabbit Must Die for one week, and won two awards in two categories - best eSports game and audience award. It ran on the Web browser plugin, Unity Web Player.[5] They were working on a management sim with a fighter/brawler theme and mechanism called VHS Story in 2014. However, it was only available in an alpha, online version at GameJolt.[6] Then when they were renamed to "Lazy Bear Games", they also renamed the game VHS Story to Punch Club while continuing work on it and released it later in 2016.[7][8]
Games
Releases under "GameJam" label
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Developer(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairy Kingdom HD[9] | 2012-2013 | iOS, Android, Amazon | Game Garden, GameJam (Co-dev) | City builder City-building game |
| Rabbit Must Die[9] | 2014 | Unity Web Player (Browser) | GameJam | MOBA, Platformer Platform game |
Releases as Lazy Bear Games
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punch Club[10] | 2016 | Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4 | Boxing match sporting management simulation |
| Graveyard Keeper[11] | 2018 | Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux, PlayStation 4 | Graveyard-themed management simulation video game |
| Swag and Sorcery[4] | 2019 | PC, iOS[12] | Self-parody role-playing simulation |
| Punch Club 2: Fast Forward[13] | 2023 | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox One | MMA match sporting management simulation |
| Bandle Tale, A League Of Legends Story | 2024 | Nintendo Switch, PC | Management simulation In association with Riot forge |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reiger, Nick de (31 August 2018). "Indie Corner: Graveyard Keeper". https://www.gamingboulevard.com/2018/08/indiecorner-graveyard-keeper/. "The studio was founded six years ago by two friends as Game Jam Studio and changed its name to Lazy Bear Games in April 2015."
- ↑ "Interview: Trading Blows, Remembering The 80s/90s With The VHS Story Creators". 2015-02-07. https://www.siliconera.com/2015/02/06/interview-trading-blows-remembering-the-80s90s-with-the-vhs-story-creators/.
- ↑ Stevenson, Leo (2019-03-31). "Graveyard Keeper is coming to Switch" (in en-AU). https://powerup-gaming.com/2019/03/31/graveyard-keeper-is-coming-to-switch/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wilde, Thomas (19 May 2019). "Review: 'Swag and Sorcery' from tinyBuild is a lot of things, but mostly it's about the grind". https://www.geekwire.com/2019/review-swag-sorcery-tinybuild-lot-things-mostly-grind/.
- ↑ "Competitive work (for 1 week) - Rabbit Must Die". http://62806.selcdn.ru/devcup/ea68135c445b5fbf4d9fc9c18fc4bec7/index.html.
- ↑ "VHS Story (alpha)". Game Jolt, Inc. https://gamejolt.com/games/vhs-story/27346.
- ↑ "VHS Story's About page". WordPress. http://vhs-story.com/en/aboutgame/.
- ↑ "Punch Club (ex VHS Story) - forum thread". 9 March 2014. https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=39323.0.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "GameJam's Projects page" (in ru). http://www.gamejam.ru/projects.html.
- ↑ Comments: 3, nintendaan |. "Punch Club will be arriving on North American 3DS eShop next week" (in en-US). https://gonintendo.com/stories/271653-punch-club-will-be-arriving-on-north-american-3ds-eshop-next-week.
- ↑ "Graveyard Keeper Alpha Launch Trailer and Release Date" (in en). https://www.trueachievements.com/n32779/graveyard-keeper-alpha-launch-trailer-and-release-date.
- ↑ Gregson-Wood, Stephen. "Swag and Sorcery is a streamlined RPG from the makers of Punch Club that's heading for iOS in January" (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/081796/swag-and-sorcery-is-a-streamlined-rpg-from-the-makers-of-punch-club-thats-heading-for-ios-in-january/.
- ↑ Nichiporchik, Alex. "Punch Club's guide to Pixel Art" (in en). https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AlexNichiporchik/20161205/286829/Punch_Clubs_guide_to_Pixel_Art.php.
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