INTR Studio feat. Homegrown Games
Developer & Publisher
Founded in 2005 as "Johann Ertl HRMC Management", the Homegrown Games label was introduced in 2006 and released its first game "Robert D. Anderson & The Legacy of Cthulhu" in 2007. Over the next years, Homegrown Games developed, co-developed and wrote 12 games on three platforms, both contracted work and original IPs. Moving to Australia in 2017, Homegrown Games has expanded since then into publishing eBooks, audio books and licensing of original IPs. OPERATED BY INTR STUDIO of WA, AUSTRALIA, FROM JUNE 2023.
Winner of the German Audience Awards for Phantastic Literature - Gold Medal 2021
Nominated for the German Science Fiction Awards 2022 - Best Novel
"Humans? We should have exterminated them all. Granted, they're tasty, occasionally even useful for dirty work, but they just can't be trusted."
- Aarashkvachora the Cruel, Grand Laywoman of the Creesh, 1st Speaker of the Council
2000 years have passed since our spiral arm's united spacefaring peoples defeated their ultimate nemesis in a heroic defensive struggle. An aggressive, ruthless species had spread further and further, destroying entire civilisations. Only a genocide born of desperation, the total annihilation of their home system and all significant colonies, could stop the hated aggressors.
Frank Gazer is one of their descendants - but he has no interest in weeping for humanity & Earth or mourning mankind's power loss. He is a prospector, body and soul. As the cold war between two competing star empires escalates alarmingly, he sets out for a seemingly lucrative comet. But the stray harbours a secret that could seal not only Frank's fate but also that of thousands of worlds ...
After the humorous Avatar series and the Goliath Chronicles' space thrillers, Stargazer: The Ultimate Artefact is a fast-paced space opera by bestselling author Ivan Ertlov.
Sense of wonder, galaxy-wide adventures and bizarre encounters. Not only for fans & connoisseurs of HEAVY METAL: F.A.K.K.², Titan A.E., LEXX: The Dark Zone, but an unforgettable reading pleasure for all friends of extraordinary science fiction.
Warning: It may contain traces of nuts, antimatter and fellatio trout.