Kia ora!
We’re a small award-winning game studio from New Zealand with a love for experimentation and all things art. We’ve been gaming since Pokemon Blue and Crash Bandicoot days, and have forever wanted to make our own games.
One day we sold all we owned and left New Zealand to travel the world until... the pandemic hit. We found ourselves stuck in a long lockdown overseas with nowhere to go. With no game development experience, we decided to jump into a game jam, and after one sleepless week, ‘Cat or Ice Cream?’ was born.
With each game we make, we try something new: throwing wild ideas at the wall to see what sticks, conjuring the weirdest art styles we can imagine, and flipping bugs into features.
We hope our games bring you as much joy as we’ve had making them.
One day we sold all we owned and left New Zealand to travel the world until... the pandemic hit. We found ourselves stuck in a long lockdown overseas with nowhere to go. With no game development experience, we decided to jump into a game jam, and after one sleepless week, ‘Cat or Ice Cream?’ was born.
With each game we make, we try something new: throwing wild ideas at the wall to see what sticks, conjuring the weirdest art styles we can imagine, and flipping bugs into features.
We hope our games bring you as much joy as we’ve had making them.
Awards and Showcases
2025
Review - Aeon Guard Nex Playground - Polygon
2024
Review - Neon Knives - Rock Paper Shotgun
Review - Neon Knives - Gamer Newz
Featured - Cookiecrayon - Debate Magazine
Winner (Excellence in Audio) - Aeon Guard/Neo-Witch - The Pavs
Finalist (Excellence in Visual Art) - Aeon Guard/Neo-Witch - The Pavs
Finalist (Excellence in Design) - Aeon Guard/Neo-Witch - The Pavs
Finalist (Excellence in Audio) - FLOPFISH - The Pavs
Top 10 (Overall) - FLOPFISH - Fishfest Jam
Second (Visuals) - FLOPFISH - Fishfest Jam
2023
Review - Neon Knives - Gamezebo
Winner (Excellence in Visual Art) - Neon Knives - The Pavs
Finalist (Excellence in Design) - Neon Knives - The Pavs
Finalist (Excellence in Accessibility) - uiui - The Pavs
Finalist (Excellence in Audio) - uiui - The Pavs
2022
Top 25 (Overall) - B. - Wowie Jam 4.0
Second (Overall) - Neon Knives - Multiplayer Game Jam
First (Presentation) - Neon Knives - Multiplayer Game Jam
Featured - Pikwip - Chicago Humanities Festival 2022 x The Verge. Bit Bash Afterparty
Featured - Pikwip - Pixel Blast Festival 22
Top 15 (Presentation) - Murmurs - GMTK Game Jam 2022
2021
Top 150 (Overall) - Mingle - GMTK Game Jam 2021
Top 50 (Presentation) - Mingle - GMTK Game Jam 2021
Top 60 (Graphics) - Kindling: The Last Light - Brackeys Game Jam 2021.1
Nominee - Cookiecrayon - Humble New Talent, A MAZE Berlin
2020
Top 100 (Presentation) - Lose Control - GMTK Game Jam 2020
First (Art and Design) - clikflip - CCC Jam
First (Overall) - Pikwip - Mini Jam 52: Summit
First (Art) - Pikwip - Mini Jam 52: Summit
First (Presentation) - Pikwip - Mini Jam 52: Summit
Top 10 (Overall) - Quiet Space - Major Jam: Isolation