Folklore Fishing
Quay Games is a studio based in Cardiff, Wales with team members having links across the UK and abroad including Yorkshire, London, and America. We met through the monthly game development meet-ups in Cardiff and became closer through various game jams that proved our strength as a team. An in-person jam required us to pitch our game at the end of the week which allowed us to see the potential in the project and led to us attending the Founders Academy course at Tramshed Tech which helped us think through the logistics of starting a studio.
The Starter Fund will evolve what has so far been almost entirely volunteer work into real job roles, ensuring industry-standard quality and allowing professionals to be properly paid for their work. It will bring vital legitimacy to the studio and future endeavours.
Key features
- All mechanics will work through audio cues, meaning the entire project is completely blind-accessible
- Unique and intuitive fishing with a loop of catching and selling
- Professional voice acting
- A focus on Welsh mythology and culture
- Haptic feedback with controller support
- Handcrafted visual style
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We applied to the Starter Fund as we will benefit from the direct mentoring which will bridge gaps of expertise we don’t yet have when it comes to a first release, and as the money will validate volunteer work and encourage work of a higher standard across every area. We have full confidence in the team and the extra support we will receive will only reinforce the core that is already there and allow the beginning stages of starting-up to be easier and much less daunting. The opportunity is an invaluable catalyst which will give our team the drive and focus to turn the steady formation of an exciting studio into a quicker reality.
