Snowed In Studios’ Jean-Sylvain Sormany on Helping Make Massive Games and Ottawa’s Development Scene
To coincide with the team’s recent 14th anniversary, The Lodgge sat down with Jean-Sylvain Sormany, the studio head of Snowed In, to learn more about how the team balances all of that, continues to land big-name titles and Ottawa’s robust gaming scene.
Rival Books of Aster, the strategy deck builder from Games by Stitch, is now out of Early Access and playable for free as part of the Steam Deck Builders Fest!
In the first ever Dev Diary for Fera: The Sundered Tribes, Peter Mclaren, Head of Production at Massive Damage, discusses everything the team has been working on, including elemental combat, tribe management mechanics, boss arena concepts, and more!
Black Tabby Games’ Slay the Princess celebrates 200K copies sold with a free content update titled “The End of Everything,” bringing all new late-game additions, live orchestral OST renditions from the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, and better controller compatibility!
Vector Festival 2024 is now accepting applications for the Toronto Games Week game jam residency, with this year’s focus being an exploration of how technology has affected people’s understanding and pursuit of sexual intimacy.
Check out the all-new announcement trailer for Lofty Sky Games’ upcoming narrative adventure title Sky of Tides, coming soon to Steam!
Visai Games’ Venba bags three honours at the GDC / IGF Awards - winning accolades for the Best Debut Game, Social Impact, and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game!
Toronto Game Jam is set to return in online and in-person formats between May 10th and 12th!
Ontario's studios shared some great updates on their titles coming very soon to Steam at The MIX x Kinda Funny Spring Game Showcase last week!
In recent years, Ontario has produced many noteworthy, award-winning, and bestselling XR experiences, one of them being Sinn Studio’s hugely successful ‘XR combat’ game Swordsman VR. The Lodgge had a chance to speak with Edil Hundubey, Marketing Manager at Sinn Studio, about Swordsman, the studio’s recent successes, and what they have in store for the future.