Former Niantic builders Alexia Mandeville and Bo Boghosian introduced the opening of recent indie developer Bodeville Games. Per Boghosian’s web site, the studio is “the belief of our dream of constructing video games with full inventive freedom.”

Most new studios open already having secured hundreds of thousands in funding, or as a subsidiary of a bigger company. But Bodeville is self-funded between its two founders, stated Boghsian, which implies the 2 can be “beginning small.” 

“The two of us will attempt to make a whole sport and handle the enterprise on the identical time. […] By self-funding, we’re beholden to no one however ourselves (for higher or worse!),” admitted Boghosian. “But we hope the story and soul will nonetheless shine by.”

Prior to this, each Mandeville and Boghosian labored at Pokémon Go maker Niantic. Boghosian was a software program developer and departed in April of this yr. 

Meanwhile, Mandeville served as a lead designer on Peridot, the studio’s first authentic augmented actuality since its 2012 sport Ingress. She left Niantic this previous August. 

According to Mandeville, a number of narrative-driven titles are in improvement at Bodeville. 

I’ve been quiet after leaving Niantic, nevertheless it’s time…

🍹ANNOUNCING A NEW INDIE GAME STUDIO ☂️

We’re at the moment engaged on a few narrative-driven video games!
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