Hanako Games
{{Short description|British video game development company}}
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Hanako Games is an independent video game development company founded by Georgina Bensley that creates fantasy and anime-inspired PC games, mostly involving female protagonists.
Their website includes free demos and wallpapers for their games, including Fatal Hearts, Cute Knight, Summer Session, and Science Girls. Hanako Games is an affiliate of Winter Wolves, Tycoon Games and sakevisual.
In 2015, Hanako Games founded the games publisher called Hanabira. This publisher launched its first game called Sword Daughter on January 5, 2015. The game story was originally based on a gamebook of the Dragontales series written by Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz which was first published in the 1980s. In 2016, the game A Littly Lily Princess was also released under the Hanabira label. It is a visual novel game with simulation elements and is based on the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}
History
Founder Georgina Bensley released a text adventure game in 2000 under the name Papillon. She created another game after 5 years (2005) called Cute Knight. This might not be Hanako Games's first release, but it was the first to be redistributed by other companies.{{cite web|title=What's So Special About Indie Developer Hanako Games?|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2013/09/29/whats-special-indie-developer-hanako-games/|website=Siliconera|date=September 29, 2013}}
Awards
In 2007, Hanako Games was awarded the top prize at [http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/casual-games-association-and-it-territory-announce-200000-in-prizes-for-innovative-casual-games Innovate 2007], sponsored by the Casual Games Association.{{Cite web |url=http://absolutist.com/about/press_releases/2007_october19.html |title=Press Release |access-date=30 March 2009 |archive-date=5 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081105153040/http://absolutist.com/about/press_releases/2007_october19.html |url-status=dead }}
Their game called Black Closet was also nominated as a finalist for the Excellence in Narrative category for the 2016 Independent Games Festival.{{Cite web | url=http://igf.com/2016/01/2016_independent_games_festiva_1.html#more |title = 2016 Independent Games Festival debuts finalists|date = 2016-01-06}}
Developed games
;as Hanako Games
| class="wikitable" |
| Release Date
!Title(s) !Genre(s) |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2003
|Charm School |
| Sweet Dreams |
| rowspan="2"|2004
|Pentagraph |
| Classroom Chaos |
| rowspan="2"|2005
|Summer Schoolgirls |
| Cute Knight
|Role-playing video game |
| rowspan="2"|2007 |
| Cute Knight Deluxe
|Role-playing video game |
| 2008 |
| rowspan="2"|2009
|Science Girls! |Role-playing video game |
| Cute Knight Kingdom
|Role-playing video game |
| 2010
|Visual novel |
| 2011
|Life simulation/Role-playing hybrid |
| 2012
|Life simulation game |
| 2013
|Visual novel |
| 2015
|Strategy game / Detective Game |
| 2020
|Life simulation/Role-playing hybrid |
| 2021
|Cute Bite |Role-playing video game |
| 2022
|Night Cascades |Visual novel |
;as Hanabira
| class="wikitable" |
| Release Date
!Title(s) !Genre(s) |
|---|
| 2015
|Sword Daughter |Visual novel |
| 2016
|A Little Lily Princess |Dating sim |
| 2017
|England Exchange – An International Affair |Dating sim |
References
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.hanakogames.com}}
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- [http://www.sodaware.net/blog/2006/11/interview-with-hanako-games/ Interview with Hanako Games]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061211073237/http://www.rampantgames.com/blog/2006/12/interview-with-georgina-bensley-creator_03.html Another Interview]
- [https://www.gamezebo.com/news/interview-with-georgina-bensley-hanako-games/ Interview with Erin Bell]
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Category:Video game companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Video game companies established in 2003
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