Chucklefish Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)[1]
FounderFinn Brice[1]
Headquarters
London
,
England[1]
Key people
Number of employees
18[1] (2020)
Websitechucklefish.org

Chucklefish Limited is a British video game developer and publisher based in London. Founded in 2011 by Finn Brice, the company specialises in retro-styled games. Chucklefish is best known for developing Starbound and Wargroove, as well being the former publishers of Risk of Rain and Stardew Valley.

Games developed

Year Title Platform(s)
2016 Starbound Linux, macOS, Windows
2019 Wargroove Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2023 Wargroove 2 Windows, Nintendo Switch
TBA Witchbrook[2] Windows

Games published

Year Title Developer Platform(s)
2011 Wanderlust: Rebirth Yeti Trunk Windows
2013 Risk of Rain Hopoo Games Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
2014 Halfway[3] Robotality Linux, macOS, Windows
2015 Interstellaria Coldrice Games Linux, macOS, Windows
Wanderlust Adventures Yeti Trunk Windows
2016 Stardew Valley[a] ConcernedApe Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Pocket Rumble[b] Cardboard Robot Games Windows, Nintendo Switch
2018 Treasure Adventure World Robit Studios Windows
Timespinner[8] Lunar Ray Games Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
2019 Pathway[9] Robotality Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Inmost[10] Hidden Layer Games iOS, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch
2021 Starmancer Ominux Games Linux, macOS, Windows
Eastward[11] Pixpil macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
2023 Wildfrost[12] Deadpan Games Windows, Nintendo Switch
2024 Loco Motive[13] Robust Games macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch

Volunteer contributions

In 2019, Chucklefish were accused of exploiting around a dozen voluntary contributors during the development of Starbound, sometimes logging hundreds of hours with no compensation. Many of them were teenagers at the time and stated that they felt their inexperience was exploited by company director Finn Brice. Chucklefish stated that contributors were under no obligation to create content or put in any particular number of hours.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ Chucklefish published Stardew Valley on all platforms and gradually returned the publishing rights back to ConcernedApe, starting with: Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One in December 2018,[4] Nintendo Switch in October 2019,[5] iOS in December 2021,[6] and finally Android in March 2022.[7]
  2. ^ Early access
  1. ^ a b c d e f g "About". Chucklefish. 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ Wood, Adrian (14 March 2018). "Chucklefish's mysterious magic school RPG officially named Witchbrook". PC Gamer. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  3. ^ Savage, Phil (16 July 2014). "Halfway: turn-based sci-fi survival launches on PC next week". PC Gamer. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. ^ Blake, Vikki (3 December 2018). "Stardew Valley dev splits with UK publishing partner Chucklefish". Eurogamer. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ^ Olson, Mathew (8 October 2019). "Stardew Valley's Creator on Self-Publishing, the "Everything" Update, and His Future as a Solo Developer". USgamer. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Move To Self-Publishing for iOS". ConcernedApe. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022 – via Stardew Valley Developer Blog.
  7. ^ Chalk, Andy (17 March 2022). "Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone hosts a mini-AMA on Twitter". PC Gamer. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Timespinner launches today on PC, PS4 & PS Vita!". blog.chucklefish.org. 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Pathway". RPGFan. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  10. ^ Pilgrim (10 November 2019). "INMOST creeps onto Apple Arcade!". Chucklefish.
  11. ^ Marshall, Cass (11 August 2021). "Chucklefish's rail-riding adventure Eastward hits Switch in September". Polygon. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Wildfrost is a card-battling roguelike out this winter for Switch, PC". Eurogamer.net. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Point-and-click adventure game Loco Motive announced for Switch, PC". Gematsu. 15 December 2021.
  14. ^ Chalk, Andy (31 August 2019). "Chucklefish responds to allegations it exploited volunteer Starbound developers". PC Gamer. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  15. ^ Campbell, Colin (2 September 2019). "Young developers on Starbound say Chucklefish exploited their free work". Polygon. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

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