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
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
10 Best Platform Games On Itch.io - Pikwip - Game Rant
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
Review - Neon Knives - Gamezebo
2022
Top 25 (Overall) - B. - Wowie Jam 4.0
Featured - Pikwip - Chicago Humanities Festival 2022 x The Verge. Bit Bash Afterparty
Featured - Pikwip - Pixel Blast Festival 22
2021
Nominee - Cookiecrayon - Humble New Talent, A MAZE Berlin
2020
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