Owlchemy Labs Inc.
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Owlchemy Labs is a US game development established in 2010 by Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduate Alex Schwartz in Boston, Massachusetts, US. Currently its headquarters is based in Austin, Texas, US.
Their debut title was the physics racer Snuggle Truck (2011), followed by co-development with Dejobaan Games on AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome (2011) and AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! (Force = Mass x Acceleration) (2012), as well as supernatural log-chopper Jack Lumber (2012) and quirky choose-your-own-adventure game Dyscourse (2015).
From then on the studio focused on created extended reality (XR) and virtual reality (VR) titles often with a humourous tone, such as Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (2016) that won the Game Developer's Choice Award for best VR/AR Game in 2017, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017), Vacation Simulator (2019) and Cosmonious High (2022).
In addition to standalone titles, Owlchemy Labs has released several experimental and accessibility features (like Hand-Tracking and Subtitles Updates), and also founded VR Austin, one of the largest VR-focused meetups in the US with over 2,000 members. Before that, the founders started the Boston Unity Group and the Winnipeg Unity User Group.
On 10th May 2017 Google announced the acquisition of the company. Alex Schwartz left the company on 18th July 2018. Former CTO Devin Reimer became CEO and Andrew Eiche became CTO. Schwartz left to start a new company absurd:joy in June 2019 and took studio director Cy Wise with him.
Credited on 10 Games from 2011 to 2022
| Cosmonious High (2022 on Quest, PlayStation 5, Windows) |
| Vacation Simulator (2019 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Quest...) |
| Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017 on Windows, PlayStation 4) |
| Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives (2016 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Quest...) |
| Dyscourse (Limited Edition) (2015 on Macintosh, Windows, Linux) |
| Dyscourse (2015 on Windows, Linux, Macintosh) |
| Jack Lumber (2012 on Android, iPad, Macintosh...) |
| AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! (Force = Mass x Acceleration) (2012 on iPhone, Android, iPad) |
| AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome (2011 on Windows, Browser, Macintosh...) |
| Snuggle Truck (2011 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh...) |
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Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 9 games with Unity Technologies ApS
- 8 games with Valve Corporation
- 2 games with Testronic Labs
- 2 games with Dejobaan Games, LLC
- 2 games with Humble Bundle, Inc.
- 2 games with VNeck Media Inc.
- 1 game with Sound Kitchen
- 1 game with Unity Games
- 1 game with Funky Rustic LLC
- 1 game with IndieBox, Inc.
- 7 games with Devin Reimer
- 6 games with Carrie Witt
- 6 games with Daniel Perry
- 6 games with Alex Schwartz
- 6 games with Kert Gartner
- 6 games with Graeme Borland
- 4 games with Maxwell Burgess
- 4 games with Devin Weidinger
- 4 games with John Romanowski
- 4 games with Andrew Eiche
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