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Fellow Traveller Games

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Formerly Name:

  • Surprise Attack Pty Ltd (2011-2013)

  • Surprise Attack Games (2013-2018)

Company Profile:

  • Marketing Consultancy (2011-2013)

  • Video Game Publisher (2013)

Company Type::Public Company

Parent Company: N/A

Headquarters: Australia

Founded: October 2011

Founder: Chris Wright

Fate: Active


Surprise Attack Pty Ltd, trading as Fellow Traveller Games, is an Australian video game publisher. Chris Wright founded the company in 2011 as a marketing consultancy. It announced publishing label Surprise Attack Games in 2013 and relaunched the company as Fellow Traveller Games in 2018.

 

Surprise Attack was founded in October 2011 by Chris Wright, who previously worked as marketing director for Blue Tongue Entertainment. Wright also assessed game loan applications for Film Victoria, where he noticed that many developers did not consider marketing. This led to founding Surprise Attack as a marketing consultancy firm for independent game developers. In November, Wright commented that many games were being released "without edit" for 15-year-olds in Australia that were restricted in the United States and Europe. He believed that the Australian Classification Board needed an "R18+ rating" for games, which legislation had recently approved implementation for.

 

In July 2013, it launched publishing label Surprise Attack Games providing funding, marketing and distribution as Australia's first independent indie game publisher. In July 2018, the company relaunched as Fellow Traveller Games, focusing on unusual narrative games. When Kotaku Australia enquired about the changed direction from showcasing Australian games, Wright stated they realised that while the industry appreciated their local publishing, consumers were not interested in where a game was made. He believed an identity with an established flavour or style of game is needed to stand out in the market, noting that 3-4% of the Steam purchases were Australian. In April 2019, Fellow Traveller announced digital convention LudoNarraCon celebrating narrative games. The event ran from 10 to 13 May, with livestreamed panels hosted on storefront Steam.


Wikipedia contributors. "Fellow Traveller Games." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 Jan. 2024.


Games Published by Fellow Traveller

TITLE

LAUNCH DATE

RATING

GENRE

PLATFORM

Oscura: Second Shadow

2014

-

-

iOS

Screencheat

2014

-

-

PS4, XBO, XSX, NS, Win

Vertiginous Golf

2014

-

-

Lin, Mac, Win

Hacknet

2015

-

-

Lin, Mac, Win

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

2018

-

-

Lin, Mac, Win

Hiveswap Friendsim

2018

-

-

PS4, PS5, NS, Lin, Mac, Win, And

Framed Collection

2018

-

-

NS, Lin, Mac, Win

Blind

2018

-

-

PSVR, Win

The Stillness of the Wind

2019

-

-

NS, Mac, Win, iOS, iPad

The Church in the Darkness

2019

-

-

PS4, XBO, XSX, NS, Lin, Mac, Win

Pesterquest

2019

-

-

PS4, PS5, NS, Lin, Mac, Win, And

Neo Cab

2019

-

-

NS, Lin, Mac, Win, TvOS, iOS, iPad

In Other Waters

2020

-

-

NS, Lin, Mac, Win

Paradise Killer

2020

-

-

PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, NS, Lin, Win

Suzerain

2020

-

-

NS, Lin, Mac, Win, And, iOS, iPad

Genesis Noir

2021

-

-

XBO, XSX, NS, Lin, Mac, Win

The Invisible Hand

2021

-

-

Lin, Win

No Longer Home

2021

-

-

PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, NS, Lin, Mac, Win

Kraken Academy!!

2021

-

-

XBO, XSX, NS, Lin, Mac, Win

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between

2022

-

-

NS, Lin, Win

2022.05.05

2.8

tactical role-playing game

PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, NS, Lin, Win

Beacon Pines

2022

-

-

XBO, XSX, NS, Lin, Win

The Pale Beyond

2023

-

-

NS, Lin, Mac, Win

Afterlove EP

2024

-

-

PS4, NS, Win

1000xRESIST

2024

-

-

NS, Win

Times & Galaxy

2024

-

-

Win

Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo

TBA

-

-

Mac, Win

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

TBA

-

-

XSX, Win

Nirvana Noir

TBA

-

-

XSX, Win


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