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| Formerly | Mind's Eye Games |
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| Company type | Worker cooperative |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | March 2005 |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 13 |
| Website | wraithgames |
Wraith Games, originally known as Mind's Eye Games, [4] is a video game developer based in Hamilton, Ohio. Founded in March 2005 by Jay Kidd, the company is known for creating the puzzle game Collapsus. It operates as an artist-owned worker cooperative [5] [6] and is the second largest game studio in Ohio. [7] The majority of their development team is LGBTQ+ and disabled. [8]
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In 2009, Wraith Games was added to GamePro Magazine's GamePro Labs video game publishing arm [9] for their game Physix. [10] [11] As of 2016, Physix has yet to be released, though as of 2015, Wraith Games has announced that the game is still in active development, although with a shifted focus toward virtual reality. [12]
The company made its first full release, the Kongregate exclusive FlyGuy in December 2011. In April 2012, the company announced that FlyGuy would be released on iOS and Android OS although, as of 2016, this release has yet to surface.
Their third game, Collapsus, is notable for its unique resource management mechanic where "breaks" are lost by making clicks and regained by creating columns or rows of four or more same colored blocks; [13] [14] as well as for the player's ability to rotate the device, controlling the way the blocks on screen fall. [15] [16] [17] using accelerometer controls on mobile. [18]
Collapsus was showcased at Game Masters (exhibition) when it arrived at COSI Columbus in June 2016, [19] as well as being included in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's SAAM Arcade exhibition [20] [21] [22] [23] in August 2019, and as part of Indie MEGABOOTH at PAX East 2020 [24]
The game features over 40 [25] [26] accessibility options, such as options for colorblind [27] [28] , dyslexic [29] [30] , paralyzed [31] , deaf [32] , and blind [33] [34] [35] players.
For their work with accesibility, Wraith Games has won an award from The AbleGamers Charity for "Best in Show in Accessibility" at GDEX 2017 [36] and an award from Can I Play That? for their 2019 Accessibility Awards in the category of "Most Dedicated to Accessibility - Indie or Solo Dev". [37] [38]
Collapsus was picked up by game publisher Ratalaika Games in 2018. [39] In 2019, the game entered early access for both PC and Android [40] [41] . While a full release date has not been announced, it has been confirmed for Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony platforms, as well as PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android [42]