The Game Bakers

French independent video game studio

The Game Bakers

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	2010
Headquarters	Montpellier , France
Products	Squids, Furi, Haven
Website	www.thegamebakers.com/

The Game Bakers is an independent game studio based in Montpellier, France.^[1] The company are known for creating video games for mobile devices including Squids and Combo Crew, but have recently shifted their focus to console and PC games, with Furi.

History

The Game Bakers were formed in 2010 by two former employees of Ubisoft, who worked on AAA licenses,^[2] Emeric Thoa and Audrey Leprince.^[3] The idea was to "make games as we cook: with a lot of love."^[4] The Game Bakers started by developing games for mobile devices and then decided to focus on consoles and computers games.^[5] In 2016, they released Furi.

Games developed

Title	Year	Platform(s)
Squids	2011	iOS, Android, PC, Mac
Squids Wild West	2012	iOS, Android
Combo Crew	2013	iOS, Android
Squids Odyssey	2014	Nintendo Wii U, 3DS, Nintendo Switch
Furi	2016	PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Haven	2020	Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Awards

EIGD Art Direction Award – Squids^[6]
Apple's Editor Choice – Combo Crew^[7]

References

^ "A Montpellier, les indés l'ont dans l'union".
^ "We make games like we make food". Official Website.
^ "Former Ubisoft & SQUIDS Producer Audrey Leprince Talks Industry". July 30, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ "We make games like we make food". Official Website.
^ "THE GAME BAKERS ÉVOQUE SON NOUVEAU PROJET". August 3, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
^ "Squids lauréat du prix de la Direction Artistique aux EIGD 2012".
^ "iTunes Preview – Combo Crew". iTunes.