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Dreamloop Games
Company typeCorporation
IndustryVideo games
Founded2014 (2014)
Founders
  • Hannes Väisänen
  • Joni Lappalainen
  • Steve Stewart
HeadquartersTampere, Finland
Key people
  • Joni Lappalainen
  • (Co-Founder, CEO)
  • Steve Stewart
  • (Co-founder, CMO/Creative Director)
  • Hannes Väisänen
  • (Co-Founder, CTO)
ProductsChallengers of Khalea (PC/Mac)
Number of employees
8 (2015)
Websitehttps://www.dreamloop.net/

Dreamloop Games Ltd., known as Dreamloop, is a Finnish video game developer based in Tampere, Finland.[1] The company was founded in August 2014 by current chief executive officer Joni Lappalainen, current chief technical officer Hannes Väisänen, and current chief marketing officer/creative director Steve Stewart.[2] All three founders previously worked together at Fragment Production, where Stewart served as Marketing Director.[2] Dreamloop currently employs 8 people, and is led by its co-founders.[3] In late 2015 Dreamloop began actively campaigning to reform Finnish laws surrounding Crowdfunding.[4][5] In 2015 Dreamloop launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance production of their upcoming game Challengers of Khalea, but funding was unsuccessful.[6]

Games

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In November 2015, Dreamloop released the arcade shooter Stardust Galaxy Warriors for PC.[7] The game features 1-4 player local co-op multiplayer, and has been received well by both critics and the Steam community.[8] In April 2016, in an interview on PopGeeks.net, Dreamloop Games announced that it would bring Stardust Galaxy Warriors to consoles.[9] Stardust Galaxy Warriors currently maintains a 93% positive rating on Steam.[7]

Dreamloop is currently in production of the tactical role playing game Challengers of Khalea.[10] Initially imagined as a combination of multiplayer online battle arena and turn-based tactics genres, a change of direction in early 2016 led the title to transform into a tactical turn-based role playing game, heavily inspired by the Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics titles.[9] The visuals were heavily inspired by both comic book art and Art Nouveau, in order to create an entirely unique 2D representation for storytelling, akin to various Japanese role-playing game titles.[11] Challengers of Khalea is expected to be released in November 2016.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Dreamloop Games - operations - Fonecta Finder". En.finder.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. ^ a b "About us - Dreamloop Games". Dreamloop.net. Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  3. ^ "Designer team - Dreamloop Games". Dreamloop.net. Archived from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  4. ^ "Tamperelainen pelifirma vetoaa presidentti Niinistöön: "Lainsäädäntö estää suomalaisten menestyksen" | Yle Uutiset". Yle.fi. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  5. ^ "Pelinkehittäjä pyytää presidentiltä: Kickstarter potkimaan Suomessakin!". V2.fi. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  6. ^ "Challengers of Khalea by Dreamloop Games". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  7. ^ a b Valve (2015-11-11). "Stardust Galaxy Warriors". steampowered.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  8. ^ Metacritic (2015-11-10). "Stardust Galaxy Warriors". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  9. ^ a b Luke Luby (2016-04-05). "Interview: Stardust Galaxy Warriors' Dreamloop Games". PopGeeks.net. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  10. ^ Priestman, Chris (2015-11-11). "Challengers Of Khalea Transforms Turn-Based Arena Combat Into A Ruthless Sport". Siliconera.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  11. ^ a b "Kuinkas sitten kävikään? - Kotimaisen pelistudion Kickstarter-keräys tyssäsi, mutta peli saadaan silti tehtyä!". Tilt.fi. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
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