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Design Imps is an independent game development studio based in South Africa. We are a talented group of dreamers and we make the games we want to play. We want to immerse ourselves in alternate realities, not to escape, but to enjoy the gift of dreaming. We also like playing and making games about being the ‘bad guy’ with some humorous undertones.

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Factsheet

Developer:
Design Imps
Based in South Africa

Founding date:
May 31 2010

Website:
designimps.com

Press / Business Contact:
media@designimps.com

Social:
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Releases:
Fhtagn! - Tales of the Creeping Madness
The Endless Wyrd

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Description

Design Imps is an independent game development studio based in South Africa. We are a talented group of dreamers and we make the games we want to play. We want to immerse ourselves in alternate realities, not to escape, but to enjoy the gift of dreaming. We also like playing and making games about being the ‘bad guy’ with some humorous undertones.

History

Design Imps was founded in 2010 by Janke and Ilana van Jaarsveld as a bootstrapping Indie Studio in Pretoria, South Africa. Through the help of friends and family and after years of paper prototypes and double jobs, the company finally started development of their first title The Creeping Madness, in 2017. To keep the project alive, focus was shifted in 2018 to create Fhtagn! Tales of the Creeping Madness, in order to secure much needed funds. The team decided to place a hold on The Creeping Madness in 2019, till the studio could grow more in size and experience and so The Endless Wyrd was born and production on this dice-based roguelite deckbuilder is scheduled to enter the Early Access phase in Q3 of 2021.

Projects


Videos

Fhtagn! Trailer  YouTube

The Endless Wyrd Reveal Trailer YouTube

The Endless Wyrd one-minute gameplay trailer YouTube

Fhtagn! 30 second gameplay trailer YouTube


Images

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Awards & Recognition

  • "The Endless Wyrd won the African leg of the Nordic Game Discovery Contest 2021" - Nordic Game

Team & Repeating Collaborators

Janke van Jaarsveld
Founder, Director, Lead Game Designer, Writer

Colleen van Wyk
Freelance Concept and Game Artist

Ilana van Jaarsveld
Creative Specialist and Community Champion

Willem Samuel
Concept and Comic Artist

Jason Vendy
Programmer


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