Solid Clouds

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Solid Clouds
IndustryVideo games
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
FounderStefán Gunnarsson
Stefán Þór Björnsson
Headquarters
Number of employees
15 (2018)

Solid Clouds is an Icelandic video game developer located in Reykjavík, Iceland.[1][2] It was founded in 2013 by co-founders Stefán Gunnarsson, a graduate in computer science from Reykjavík University, and Stefán Þór Björnsson of Íslandsbanki.[3][4] Solid Clouds has secured both private and public funding in its foundational years with the largest round in January 2018.[5]

In 2013, Solid Clouds began development on Starborne using the Unity engine. It is a combination of 4X and massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game.[6][7] Solid Clouds was selected for the Nordic Showcase 2016 at the annual Slush conference.[8] Development of Starborne has received favorable coverage by video game press for its sixth[9] and seventh[10][11] alpha development rounds.[12][13][14][15][16][17]

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  2. ^ "Ný stjórn hjá Solid Clouds". Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Northlandsquare Iceland". Northlandsquare. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
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  9. ^ "'Starborne'". Worthplaying. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  10. ^ "Starborne, the upcoming 4X MMORTS from Solid Clouds will begin its seventh alpha test on October 18". Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  11. ^ "Multiplayer Game". PC Gamer. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  12. ^ "Solid Clouds með nýtt sýnishorn úr Starborne – Nörd Norðursins". nordnordursins.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  13. ^ "Nýtt Starborne myndband – Opnað fyrir alfa umsóknir – Nörd Norðursins". nordnordursins.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  14. ^ "Solid Clouds fyrsta félagið sem fær staðfestingu á skattafrádrætti fjárfesta". Samtök iðnaðarins - íslenskur iðnaður (in Icelandic). Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  15. ^ "Ekki hægt að bjóða ríkinu betri fjárfestingakost". Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  16. ^ "Solid Clouds fyrst til að fá frádrátt fyrir erlendan sérfræðing". Samtök iðnaðarins - íslenskur iðnaður (in Icelandic). Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  17. ^ ""Mobile strategy games haven't really changed in ten years"". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved July 1, 2018.