17-Bit is an independent video game developer. The company was founded as Haunted Temple Studios in 2009 by Jake Kazdal, formerly an artist with

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, to make games with a

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aesthetic. The name changed to 17-Bit in May 2012 with a logo designed by

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. Gamasutra described the team, based in both

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, as an example of successful indie cross-platform development for its work on ''Skulls of the Shogun''. GungHo Online Entertainment became 17-Bit's house publisher in October 2014 as the developer worked on ''Galak-Z: The Dimensional''.

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