Dreadlocks Ltd is a

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based in

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. The company's first game, ''

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'', was the winner of the 5th AppParade. The company was officially formed in 2011. The company's most recent release is '' Dex'', an

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History

Dreadlocks was established in 2011 by a group of students from

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. The idea of forming a studio was based on a

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created by them for their bachelor work. Their first project was ''

'', a mobile game that was released in 2012. The studio then focused on creating a game titled ''Enlightened'', but its development was suspended when the company acquired a team that worked on the video game '' Dex'', which was successfully funded through

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and released in May 2015. Ghost Theory, a horror

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game, was announced at the

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2015 and was scheduled to be released in Q4 2017. In April 2016, the crowdfunding project went live on Kickstarter. In January 2019, the project stalled as the developers have made a game engine switch from

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. Dreadlocks underwent financial problems after failing to get funding from Crytek's Indie Development Fund. The studio decided to focus on smaller projects to fund the further development of Ghost Theory.

British subsidiary

The company also has a

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subsidiary which is based in

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that serves to help with legal issues and an earlier availability of certain technologies or services to British developers. An example is a

campaign for '' Dex''.

Mobile division

In May 2017, Dreadlocks acquired Silicon Jelly, the team responsible for the ''

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'' video game series. Silicon Jelly became Dreadlocks Mobile.

Games

Developed by Dreadlocks Mobile/Silicon Jelly

References

External links

English version of company site
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