March 9, 2021 -- WINGS Interactive is supporting diversity in the games industry by funding projects from Female and Gender-Diverse teams. With the first batch of titles announced in 2020, their mission continues with the addition of 4 new projects: BUTTON CITY from Subliminal Games; ILLUMINARIA from Selva Interactive; THE FERMI PARADOX from Anomaly Games; and KABARET from Persona Theory Games.
“We are proud to work with such talented developers who are bringing some truly unique games to the market, and we are excited to continue our mission to support creations by those typically overlooked for funding,” shares Audrey Leprince, co-founder of WINGS.
WINGS invests in excellent games made by teams with strong diversity, where women and developers from marginalized backgrounds hold key creative, technical or business positions. With only 22% of game creators identifying as women, and less than 1% of Venture Capital funds going to female founders, WINGS believes that supporting the success of diverse teams will lead to more unique ideas coming to life, new voices being heard, and new games catering to a wider variety of tastes.
Driven by a selection committee of outstanding women game developers, WINGS is currently funding games up to $500k and is an alternative to publisher relationships. The focus at WINGS is on helping developers build a sustainable studio with a developer-first approach, using terms that ensure developers get revenue share from the first dollar, have complete creative and business control, own their IP rights, publishing rights and more. WINGS keeps the process of getting funded as simple as possible, and strives to support developers in any area they need help with, in particular with business development and platform relationships. You can see the full roster of WINGS funded games at wingsfund.me/games.Discover the latest games supported by WINGS:
Button City - Subliminal Games
Button City is a colorful low poly adventure game about cute animals who must save the arcade from being torn down. Enter a diorama world from Subliminal Games and play as Fennel the fox as you explore, play exciting arcade games, and meet cute animal friends: the demo is available now on Steam. Subliminal is an independent game studio based in New Mexico, USA and co-founded by Shandiin and Ryan Woodward to create games with an eye for aesthetics and a feel for fun.
Demo or Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1273750/Button_City/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ButtonCity
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ButtonCity
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ButtonCity
The Fermi Paradox - Anomaly Games
The Fermi Paradox is a narrative space simulation game for PC and MAC where the player is asked to care for and watch over all civilizations. What if we finally reached life in other galaxies? What if alliances were forged, new life forms nurtured and innovation left unchecked? But what if, in the end, we failed to learn from our mistakes. Play out the fate of an evolving galaxy, as centuries-old interstellar civilizations collapse, survive and thrive. Joerg Reisig leads a diverse team of experienced game developers at Anomaly Games, based out of Germany and working together on The Fermi Paradox since 2017.
Press Kit: http://fermi-paradox.com/press/index.php
Twitter: http://twitter.com/FermiGame
Facebook: http://facebook.com/FermiParadoxGame
Kabaret - Persona Theory Games
Kabaret is an interactive narrative game filled with mythical Southeast Asian folklore, with colorful characters to meet in a mysterious world. Currently in the prototype phase, players assume the role of Jebat, a young man cursed into a monster after making an unfortunate mistake. Persona Theory Games is an indie studio based in Malaysia, founded in 2017 by lead programmer Saqina Latif with a focus on experimental narrative games.
Demo or Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1525580/Kabaret/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/personatheorymy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/personatheory/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/personatheory/
Illuminaria - Selva Interactive
Illuminaria is a strategy and resource management game where you take the role of a powerful A.I. and command a swarm of advanced robots to build, explore, and save the world from destruction. Illuminaria offers innovative structure building as players discover ruins, mine and use over 20 different resources, and build an army of golems to destroy the darkness. Created by Selva Interactive, a Guatemalan studio founded by Alhvi Balcárcel with a focus on games with interesting mechanics & simple interfaces.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/selvaint
About WINGS Interactive:
WINGS is an investment fund focused on indie games by teams in which women and marginalized genders developers have key positions. Our investment decisions are driven by a selection committee of outstanding women game developers. We focus on high potential games that will be successful on the market. To apply visit wingsfund.me, and explore the full roster of WINGS funded games at wingsfund.me/games. WINGS is also the presenter of Elevate, an annual 14-week global online incubator for indie game developers. For more information please contact contact@windsfund.me