Company:Pistol Shrimp Games

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FoundedApril 5, 2022; 4 years ago (2022-04-05)
FoundersFred Ford, Ken Ford, Paul Reiche, Dan Gerstein
Websitepistolshrimpgames.com

Pistol Shrimp Games is a video game studio created by Fred Ford, Ken Ford, Paul Reiche and Dan Gerstein after leaving Toys for Bob in 2021.[1] The company was started on April 5, 2022.[2]

History

In 2017, Fred Ford, Paul Reiche, Ken Ford and Dan Gerstein decided to start developing Ghosts of the Precursors, the sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters.[3][4] Due to disagreements between the trademark owner of Star Control and the ownership of the intellectual property within the games previously sold under the trademark, game development was halted. When a settlement was reached, development continued in the fall of 2020.[5]

The main goal of the company was the creation of Software:Free Stars: Children of Infinity, the sequel to the original Star Control game series.[6] The development started in 2021, with the non-official creation of the company. They could not use the name Star Control for a sequel, because the rights to the name belong to Stardock.[7]

The studio was officially created on April 5, 2022.[2]

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.[8]

Pistol Shrimp created an engine called Simple for the development of their new game, taking as basis other game engine known as Godot.[9][10]

Paul Reiche and Ken Ford left Pistol Shrimp summer 2023.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (October 3, 2023). "Pistol Shrimp and the importance of owning what you make". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/pistol-shrimp-and-the-importance-of-owning-what-you-make. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gerstein, Dan (April 5, 2022). "Announcing Pistol Shrimp Games". https://pistolshrimpgames.com/2022/04/announcing-pistol-shrimp-games/. 
  3. ↑ Reiche, Paul. "Our Story". https://pistolshrimpgames.com/our-story/. 
  4. ↑ Wood, Austin (October 11, 2017). "25 years later, Star Control 2 is getting a direct sequel". https://www.pcgamer.com/25-years-later-star-control-2-is-getting-a-direct-sequel/. 
  5. ↑ Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III (June 17, 2021). "I Seriously Considered Adding A Cow To This Image". Dogar And Kazon. https://www.dogarandkazon.com/blog/2021/6/17/i-seriously-considered-adding-a-cow-to-this-image. 
  6. ↑ 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". https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-long-awaited-sequel-to-the-ur-quan-masters-hits-its-crowdfunding-target-in-less-than-four-hours-and-theyre-not-kidding-about-that-dollar44-million-stretch-goal/. 
  7. ↑ Hutchinson, Lee (June 12, 2019). "Stardock and Star Control creators settle lawsuits—with mead and honey". https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/06/stardock-and-star-control-creators-settle-lawsuits-with-mead-and-honey/. 
  8. ↑ McWhertor, Michael (February 12, 2024). "PC sci-fi classic Star Control returns as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters". https://www.polygon.com/24070632/star-control-free-stars-ur-quan-masters-steam-release-date. 
  9. ↑ Pistol Shrimp. "Simple - A downloadable game engine for Windows". https://pistolshrimp.itch.io/simple. 
  10. ↑ Gerstein, Dan (September 20, 2024). "No Longer Waiting for Godot". https://pistolshrimpgames.com/2023/09/no-longer-waiting-for-godot/. 
  11. ↑ Gerstein, Dan (Summer 2023). "Bidding Adieu to Paul and Ken". https://pistolshrimpgames.com/2023/09/uqm2-update-summer-2023/. 



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