ThinMatrix

Factsheet

Developer:
ThinMatrix
Based in UK

Founding date:
2018

Website:
youtube.com/user/ThinMatrix

Press / Business contact:
thinmatrix@gmail.com

Social:
Youtube
Twitter
Facebook
Tumblr
Instagram
IndieDB

Releases:
Equilinox

Phone:
N/A

Description

A solo indie game developer and Youtuber who loves making low-poly games and videos about game development.

History

I started getting into game development in 2012 after having an idea for my first game, “Socuwan”, which at the time I thought was such a good idea it simply had to be made. I had never done any game development before but I was studying Computer Science at university so could already program some basic stuff in Java. I started learning how to make games on my own using OpenGL from many online tutorials, articles, and gamedev forums.

With this little amount of knowledge, I began creating the MMORPG game "Socuwan" and also started documenting the process on Youtube by making regular devlog videos. As the game grew so did the Youtube channel. I worked on Socuwan for two years while at university and then also while having a full-time job, before deciding to go for my dream and do game development full-time. I lived from my savings for a while as I continued working on Socuwan and making Youtube videos, before doing a Kickstarter campaign for the game in September 2015 in an attempt to fund it.

The Kickstarter campaign was unfortunately unsuccessful and I once again began the search for a full-time job. At this time I started work on a new game, “Equilinox”, which was intended to be a much smaller project that I could work on at the same time as having a job, to gain more experience with game development. Incredibly, thanks to the financial support of my viewers on Youtube via Patreon, I was able to work full-time on Equilinox for the last three years without needing to have another job. The game evolved into a much larger project than expected and there were plenty of difficulties along the way, most notably a quick battle with cancer earlier this year which delayed the release by a few months.

But now I’m healthy, Equilinox is finished, and I’m very excited to finally be able to release my first ever game after six years of game development!

Projects

• Equilinox

Team & Repeating Collaborator

Karl Wimble
Founder and Developer

Jamal Green
Music for Equilinox

Dannek Studio
Sound Effects for Equilinox

Constantin Ross
Website for Equilinox

Josh Speight
Website for Socuwan

Contact

Inquiries
thinmatrix@gmail.com

Twitter
twitter.com/ThinMatrix