Solid Clouds is an Icelandic

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located in

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. It was founded in 2013 by co-founders Stefán Gunnarsson, a graduate in

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from

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, and Stefán Þór Björnsson of

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. Solid Clouds has secured both private and public funding in its foundational years with the largest round in January 2018. In 2013, Solid Clouds began development on '' Starborne'' using the Unity engine. It is a combination of 4X and

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. Solid Clouds was selected for the Nordic Showcase 2016 at the annual

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conference. Development of ''Starborne'' has received favorable coverage by video game press for its sixth and seventh alpha development rounds.

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