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Developer:
Fnife Games
Based in Ōtautahi, NZ

Founding date:
May 2022

Website:
fnifegames.com

Social:
twitter.com/ fnifegames
instagram.com/ fnifegames
tumblr.com/ fnifegames

Projects:
ShelfLife: Art School Detective
Small Town Emo
OverNight (collab. w/ Hessel Bouma)

Contact:
info@fnifegames.com


 

Description

Fnife Games are a small Ōtautahi-based indie video game studio, focused on creating fun LGBTQIA+ narrative projects. Their core team functions like a collective, combining skills from eclectic artistic backgrounds including graphic design, sculpture, kids TV, bedroom pop and comics to deliver fresh ((queer)) gaming experiences!

History

Fnife Games spawned out of a collective formed by Co-Founders Nate Tamblyn and Thomas Barrer, and their creative collaborators. Originally teaming up to make music videos for indie bedroom pop act “Pickle Darling” in 2018, this collaboration soon transmogrified into the radical desire to make accessible interactive experiences through a queer artistic lens.

The drive to make validating LGBTQIA+ games (and the need for an annoying, semi SEO-friendly name) ultimately led to the official founding of “Fnife Games” in May 2022. With support from the New Zealand Film Commission and the New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence, Fnife have been able to journey into the world of indie game development with a focus on making entertaining narrative projects that centre queer characters and themes.

Check out our titles below:

 
 

 

Videos


☝️ ShelfLife Teaser, Youtube


☝️ Small Town Emo Teaser, YouTube

 

Shelflife: Art School Detective images:

🡾 download all ShelfLife images 💼




Achievements & Exhibitions

  • ⭐ IGDA Queer Indies Showcase - International Game Developers Association, 2023

  • ⭐ SXSW Sydney Games Showcase - South By Southwest Sydney, 2023

  • 🥉 Winners of ‘Narrative’ and ‘Representation’ at New Zealand Games Festival - NZGDC, 2023

  • 🍊 Awarded Whakawhanake Te Ao Niko Interactive Fund - New Zealand Film Commission, 2019 - 2023

  • ⭐ Pride at Play Exhibition - Presented in association with St Kilda Film Festival, supported by Monash University Art, 2023

  • ⭐ Contributor to Queer Games Bundle - itch.io, 2023

  • ⭐ Exhibitor at ChromaCade - Chromacon Indie Arts Festival, 2019



Team & Collaborators

Thomas Barrer
Artist, Narrative Designer, Co-Director

Nate Tamblyn
Narrative Designer, Co-Director

Sam Baker
Programmer

Lukas Mayo
Composer

Hessel Bouma
Artist

Jack Clark
Programmer

Sean Lewis
Producer

Contact

Inquiries
info@fnifegames.com

Twitter
twitter.com/fnifegames

Instagram
instagram.com/fnifegames

Tumblr
fnifegames.tumblr.com

Web
fnifegames.com