Freebird Games

{{Infobox company

| name = Freebird Games

| logo = Freebird Games.webp

| type =

| foundation = 2007

| founder = Kan Gao

| location = Canada

| industry = Video games

| revenue =

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| homepage = {{URL|freebirdgames.com}}

}}

Freebird Games is a video game developer based in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://sciencefiction.com/2012/02/29/interview-with-kan-gao-creator-of-to-the-moon/|title=Interview With Kan Gao, Creator Of 'To the Moon'|date=29 February 2012|access-date=7 June 2016|first=Michelle|last=Ealey|website=Sciencefiction.com}} They have developed eight games. Their most prominent game, To the Moon, was nominated for Best Writing and Innovation Award for the Canadian Videogame Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.vg247.com/2012/03/27/sword-sworcery-assassins-creed-top-picks-for-canadian-videogame-awards/|title=Sword & Sworcery, Assassin's Creed top picks for Canadian Videogame Awards|publisher=VG24/7|date=27 March 2012|access-date=7 June 2016|first=Brenna|last=Hillier}}

History

Freebird Games' first game developed is Quintessence: The Blighted Venom, an episodic role-playing game, started as a personal project made by Chinese Canadian Kan "Reives" Gao, independently in the RPG Maker community. Later, the team expanded to include help from Jessica M. Vázquez, James Q. Zhang (retired), Gabriela Aprile, Lannie Neely III, and Laura Shigihara. Kan commissions various talents for resources and labor, but the majority of the work is completed by him as the only "official" developer. As a result of production difficulties after only eleven episodes were completed, the game was officially cancelled, leaving the latter three episodes unfinished.

Their second free game Do You Remember My Lullaby? was released on December 21, 2008. On June 20, 2009, they released a free demo of an upcoming release titled Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me.

= To the Moon and Sigmund Corp. franchise =

In 2011, shortly before the release of To The Moon, they released their first full game The Mirror Lied for free. It is described as an abstract short story. Their first commercial release to the first installment of Sigmund Corp Series, To The Moon, was released on November 1, 2011, was a commercial success and received positive reviews. To the Moon's two minisodes were released on late-2013 and early-2015, and its sequel, Finding Paradise, was released on December 14, 2017, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It has also released positive reviews. The third main game in the series, Impostor Factory, released on September 30th, 2021. The most recent game they have released, Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode, released on September 20th, 2024. {{Cite web|title=Impostor Factory on Steam|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182620/Impostor_Factory/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=store.steampowered.com|language=en}}

Games

class="wikitable" ! Release date !! Title !! Platforms !! Refs
2006-09 \| Quintessence: The Blighted Venom \|Microsoft Windows \| {{cite web\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623102804/http://freebirdgames.com/games/quintessence\|archive-date=2016-06-23\|url-status=dead\|url=http://freebirdgames.com/games/quintessence/\|title=Quintessence: The Blighted Venom\|publisher=Freebird Games\|access-date=7 June 2016}}
2008 \| Do You Remember My Lullaby? \| Microsoft Windows \| {{cite web\|url=http://freebirdgames.com/games/lullaby/\|title=Do You Remember My Lullaby?\|publisher=Freebird Games\|access-date=7 June 2016\|archive-date=11 June 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611151447/http://freebirdgames.com/games/lullaby/\|url-status=dead}}
2008 \| The Mirror Lied \| Microsoft Windows \| {{cite web\|url=http://freebirdgames.com/games/the-mirror-lied/\|title=The Mirror Lied\|publisher=Freebird Games\|access-date=7 June 2016}}
2009 \|Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me \|Microsoft Windows \|{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=23 June 2009\|title=Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me Topic\|url=https://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/4055/\|access-date=19 March 2021\|website=rpgmaker.net}}
2011 \| To the Moon \| Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS \| {{cite web\|url=https://freebirdgames.com/games/to-the-moon/\|title=To the Moon\|publisher=Freebird Games\|access-date=7 June 2016\|archive-date=4 November 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104025119/http://freebirdgames.com/to_the_moon/\|url-status=live}}
2013 \|Sigmund Minisode 1: A Holiday Special \|Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux \|{{Cite web\|last=Gao\|first=Kan\|date=2013-12-31\|title=(To the Moon) Holiday Special Minisode\|url=https://freebirdgames.com/2013/12/31/to-the-moon-holiday-special-releas/\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=Freebird Games\|language=en-US}}
2014 \| A Bird Story \| Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux \| {{cite web\|url=http://freebirdgames.com/games/a-bird-story/\|title=A Bird Story\|publisher=Freebird Games\|access-date=7 June 2016}}
2015 \|Sigmund Minisode 2 \|Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux \|{{Cite web\|last=Gao\|first=Kan\|date=2015-02-18\|title=Sigmund Minisode 2 released\|url=https://freebirdgames.com/2015/02/18/sigmund-minisode-2-released/\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=Freebird Games\|language=en-US}}
2017 \| Finding Paradise \| Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/to-the-moon-sequel-finding-paradise-officially-revealed/\|title=To the Moon sequel Finding Paradise officially revealed\|first=Andy\|last=Chalk\|website=PC Gamer \|date=12 January 2016\|access-date=13 June 2016}}{{Citation\|title=Finding Paradise - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT0uJCkZ1_U\|language=en\|access-date=2021-04-22}}
2021 \|Impostor Factory \| Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux \|{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/03/12/to-the-moon-developer-teases-new-murder-thriller-project-impostor-factory\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313073010/https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/03/12/to-the-moon-developer-teases-new-murder-thriller-project-impostor-factory\|url-status=live\|archive-date=March 13, 2019\|title=To The Moon Developer Teases New Murder Thriller Project Impostor Factory\|first =Imran\|last =Khan\|magazine=Game Informer \|date=12 March 2019\|access-date=1 May 2019}}{{cite web\|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182620/Impostor_Factory/\|title=Impostor Factory\|publisher=Freebird Games\|accessdate=8 August 2020}}
2023 \|Alternate Universe Playbook \|Microsoft Windows \|
2024 \|Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode \|Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux \|

class="wikitable"

! Release date !! Title !! Platforms !! Refs

2006-09

| Quintessence: The Blighted Venom

|Microsoft Windows

| {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623102804/http://freebirdgames.com/games/quintessence|archive-date=2016-06-23|url-status=dead|url=http://freebirdgames.com/games/quintessence/|title=Quintessence: The Blighted Venom|publisher=Freebird Games|access-date=7 June 2016}}

2008

| Do You Remember My Lullaby?

| Microsoft Windows

| {{cite web|url=http://freebirdgames.com/games/lullaby/|title=Do You Remember My Lullaby?|publisher=Freebird Games|access-date=7 June 2016|archive-date=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611151447/http://freebirdgames.com/games/lullaby/|url-status=dead}}

2008

| The Mirror Lied

| Microsoft Windows

| {{cite web|url=http://freebirdgames.com/games/the-mirror-lied/|title=The Mirror Lied|publisher=Freebird Games|access-date=7 June 2016}}

2009

|Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=23 June 2009|title=Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me Topic|url=https://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/4055/|access-date=19 March 2021|website=rpgmaker.net}}

2011

| To the Moon

| Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS

| {{cite web|url=https://freebirdgames.com/games/to-the-moon/|title=To the Moon|publisher=Freebird Games|access-date=7 June 2016|archive-date=4 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104025119/http://freebirdgames.com/to_the_moon/|url-status=live}}

2013

|Sigmund Minisode 1: A Holiday Special

|Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux

|{{Cite web|last=Gao|first=Kan|date=2013-12-31|title=(To the Moon) Holiday Special Minisode|url=https://freebirdgames.com/2013/12/31/to-the-moon-holiday-special-releas/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Freebird Games|language=en-US}}

2014

| A Bird Story

| Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux

| {{cite web|url=http://freebirdgames.com/games/a-bird-story/|title=A Bird Story|publisher=Freebird Games|access-date=7 June 2016}}

2015

|Sigmund Minisode 2

|Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux

|{{Cite web|last=Gao|first=Kan|date=2015-02-18|title=Sigmund Minisode 2 released|url=https://freebirdgames.com/2015/02/18/sigmund-minisode-2-released/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Freebird Games|language=en-US}}

2017

| Finding Paradise

| Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS

| {{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/to-the-moon-sequel-finding-paradise-officially-revealed/|title=To the Moon sequel Finding Paradise officially revealed|first=Andy|last=Chalk|website=PC Gamer |date=12 January 2016|access-date=13 June 2016}}{{Citation|title=Finding Paradise - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT0uJCkZ1_U|language=en|access-date=2021-04-22}}

2021

|Impostor Factory

| Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux

|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/03/12/to-the-moon-developer-teases-new-murder-thriller-project-impostor-factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313073010/https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/03/12/to-the-moon-developer-teases-new-murder-thriller-project-impostor-factory|url-status=live|archive-date=March 13, 2019|title=To The Moon Developer Teases New Murder Thriller Project Impostor Factory|first =Imran|last =Khan|magazine=Game Informer |date=12 March 2019|access-date=1 May 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182620/Impostor_Factory/|title=Impostor Factory|publisher=Freebird Games|accessdate=8 August 2020}}

2023

|Alternate Universe Playbook

|Microsoft Windows

2024

|Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode

|Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux

External links

[https://freebirdgames.com/ Official website]

References

Category:Video game companies established in 2007

Category:Canadian companies established in 2007

Category:Video game companies of Canada