Freebird Games is a

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from

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. They have developed eight games. Their most prominent game, ''

To the Moon ''To the Moon'' is a psychological drama adventure game developed and published by Freebird Games. It was originally released for Windows in November 2011, with ports later being released for Mac OS X, Linux, Android, iOS and Nintendo Switc ...

,'' was nominated for Best Writing and Innovation Award for the Canadian Videogame Awards.

History

''Freebird Games'' started as a personal project made by Kan Gao. Later the team expanded to include help from Jessica M. Vázquez, James Q. Zhang (retired), Gabriela Aprile, and Lannie Neely III. Kan commissions various talents for resources and labor, but the majority of the work is completed by him as the only "official" developer. The first game developed by Freebird Games is ''Quintessence: The Blighted Venom'', an incompleted free episodic interactive drama

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...

. Their second free game ''Do You Remember My Lullaby?'' was released on December 21, 2008. On June 20, 2009 they released a free demo of an upcoming release titled ''Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me''. In 2011, shortly before the release of ''To The Moon'', they released their first full game ''The Mirror Lied'' for free. It is described as an abstract short story. Their first commercial release to the first installment of Sigmund Corp Series, ''

To The Moon ''To the Moon'' is a psychological drama adventure game developed and published by Freebird Games. It was originally released for Windows in November 2011, with ports later being released for Mac OS X, Linux, Android, iOS and Nintendo Switc ...

,'' was released on November 1, 2011, was a commercial success and received positive reviews. ''

'''s two minisodes were released on late-2013 and early-2015, and its sequel, ''

Finding Paradise ''Finding Paradise'' is an adventure game developed and published by Freebird Games. Serving as a sequel to ''To the Moon'' and '' A Bird Story'', the story continues with doctors Eva Rosalene and Neil Watts as they help to fulfill a wish for Col ...

'', was released on December 14, 2017 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It has also released positive reviews. Freebird's latest game, ''Impostor Factory'', released on the 30th of September, 2021.

Games

External links

Official website

References

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