Pistol Shrimp Games
Game company
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Pistol Shrimp Games is a video game studio created by Fred Ford, Ken Ford, Paul Reiche and Dan Gerstein after leaving Toys for Bob in 2021.[1] The company was created on April 5, 2022.[2]
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| Founded | April 5, 2022 |
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| Founders | Fred Ford, Ken Ford, Paul Reiche, Dan Gerstein |
| Website | pistolshrimpgames |
History
In 2017, Fred Ford, Paul Reiche, Ken Ford and Dan Gerstein decided to start developing Ghosts of the Precursors, the sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters.[3][4] Due to disagreements between the trademark owner of Star Control and the ownership of the intellectual property within the games previously sold under the trademark, game development was halted. When a settlement was reached, development continued in the fall of 2020.[5]
The main goal of the company was the creation of Free Stars: Children of Infinity, the sequel to the original Star Control game series.[6] The development started in 2021, with the non-official creation of the company. They could not use the name Star Control for a sequel, because the rights to the name belong to Stardock.[7]
The studio was officially created on April 5, 2022.[2] In order to create awareness of the franchise's new name, Pistol Shrimp released The Ur-Quan Masters as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters for free on Steam on February 19, 2024.[8] The company created an engine called Simple for the development of their new game, taking as basis other game engine known as Godot.[9][10]
Paul Reiche and Ken Ford left Pistol Shrimp summer 2023.[11]