Company:Rainbite
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | October 2016 |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of employees | 3 |
| Website | rainbite |
Rainbite (Pty) Ltd is an independent video game developer founded in Auckland, New Zealand by Thomas Butler, Jared Trail and Daniel Airey. Rainbite is best known for creating the action-adventure video games Reverie and Trigger Witch.
Video Games
Rainbite was founded in October 2016 by Butler, Trail and Airey as software programming students at Media Design School in Auckland. Rainbite staff developed their first video game Reverie for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and later the Nintendo Switch.[1] Social media promotion kept the marketing budget to "zero dollars", instead engaging with Twitch streamers and passionate users of the PlayStation Vita library to build a fanbase.[1][2]
On 11 June 2019, Rainbite's next game Trigger Witch was announced with a gameplay trailer during the Kinda Funny Showcase, describing it as a twin-stick, action/adventure game set in an odd open world with a 2020 release date for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.[3][4] Rainbite conducted a brief interview about Trigger Witch with gaming news publication GameNewsAus in May 2021.[5] Trigger Witch released on PlayStation and Xbox platforms on July 28, 2021, followed by the Nintendo Switch the following day, receiving mostly positive reviews.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Puttin' In Work podcast: Episode 73 - Rainbite (Thomas Butler and Jared Trail)". https://puttin-in-work-with-jono-pech.pinecast.co/episode/8e06631939f848c3/episode-73-tom-butler-and-jared-trail-rainbite-.
- ↑ Jono Pech (27 June 2018). "The Story Behind Reverie & Marketing An Indie With Zero Budget". OK Beast. https://www.okbeast.com/2018/06/27/the-story-behind-reverie/.
- ↑ Brad Lang (27 June 2018). "E3 2019–All the indie games revealed during Kinda Funny Games' Showcase". Critical Hit. https://www.criticalhit.net/gaming/e3-2019-all-the-indie-games-revealed-during-kinda-funny-games-showcase/.
- ↑ Ben Williams (12 June 2018). "Kinda Funny Games Showcase featured 63 indie games". Keen Gamer. https://www.keengamer.com/articles/news/kinda-funny-games-showcase-features-63-new-indie-games/.
- ↑ Brown, Ben (2021-05-30). "Trigger Witch Interview" (in en). https://www.gamenewsaus.com.au/post/trigger-witch-interview.
- ↑ "Trigger Witch for PS4 Reviews". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/trigger-witch.
- ↑ "Trigger Witch for Nintendo Switch Reviews". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/trigger-witch.
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