Welcome // You've found us. We're glad you're here. Do you remember the 20th century? It seems such a long time ago. Games were pure wizardry, like magic in a box; waking dreams. They are real, you know, these places and adventures you went to. It's not in a museum somewhere: it's art and science and it's everywhere. It's still here. Games are magical engineering, alchemy and entertainment. Welcome to Glowforth.

Project: Buiterlijk

Game-culture and public space

We're working on a project that combines game-culture and art in public space. Codename: 'Buiterlijk'.

Game-culture and public space
Project: Dragon Fly

Dragonfly

Dragonfly is an intuitive game about music, swarms and signing. Discover worlds populated by strange creatures and the secret of the 7th dragon.

Dragonfly
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Hiko

Hiko is a action adventure game about a Inuit father and his son. Their mythical world is on the brink of destruction, they have to work together to survive.

 

Hiko
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ABOUT

Glowforth // Glowforth is an independent gamestudio in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Our teams are unusual and synergistic cross-fertilizations of conceptual artists, image artisans and game designers. We are always on the prowl for fresh gameplay, storytelling and totally convinced that videogames could be, might be, well, have the chance to become the arts of this century.

  • GLOWFORTH

    GAMES

    We conceive and produce games for digital distribution. Our games combine innovative gameplay and original IP in an outspoken visual style. We believe in the devil. The devil is in details.


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  • GLOWFORTH

    LAB

    We like to experiment; it’s a lot like playing. Glowforth conjures and facilitates projects that examine the boundaries between different media. We find alchemy between games and culture; between digital and analog.

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  • WORK FOR HIRE

    CODE & ART

    Yes, we are available for delivering the goods. We are open to almost everything you believe in. Every aspect of a game needs total dedication. We know this. Did we tell you that we’re dedicated? Contact us for information.

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PROJECTS

Games and more // These are the games we're working on or have completed. But we don't only do games: we specialize in other media as well. As long as we believe in the story and concept, we're up for interesting projects related to games and game culture.

  • // Hiko

    Hiko (pronounced as: ˈhiːkoʊ‑) is a next generation platform adventure game for young and old, mixing classic platform genres to culminate in a wondrous and captivating experience. Hiko utilizes the latest technologies to bring an unique vision to video games: diverse and fun gameplay, action-packed puzzles, beautiful vistas, strange exploration and classic storytelling.

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  • // Game-culture and public space

    We’re working on an art project in public space, we’ve attached a codename to this: ‘Buiterlijk’. We will change the title, but not our intentions. It will be presented in Amsterdam Zuid and will be a hybrid between game culture and art in public space.

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  • // Dragonfly

    Our second game, still a prototype, is called Dragonfly. Dragonfly let’s you fly 7 different dragons through 7 unique worlds. Each world is a biotope on it’s own and must be discovered by the player.

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BLOG

News and updates // This is our digital soapbox. Here we share news, special moments and, in the future: insights and stories related to game making.

  • RESEARCH AVATAR CREATOR

    AUTHOR: // CATEGORY: public space, Simulation

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    At the moment we are researching and developing our own Avatar Creator for our project in public space.

     We are already making progress on testing and pipeline development.
  • THE HIKO DEMO IS READY!

    AUTHOR: // CATEGORY: Adventure Game

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    We’ve been working long and hard to get the prototype of Hiko playable and ready for review for publishers. It’s been a quite an adventure making this game! We will be working hard on finding a publisher and promoting Hiko in the upcoming months.


    We asked Joeri to make a mock-up of the promotional poster to celebrate the completion of the Hiko demo. Here it is!

  • JOERI LEFÉVRE JOINS HIKO TEAM

    AUTHOR: // CATEGORY: Uncategorized

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    Joeri is a talented Dutch artist with a distinct style. For Hiko‘s visual style we we’re looking for something special, someone special. We’re happy to have Joeri onboard as Lead Artist.

    Joeri loves moustaches, the old masters and Italian coffee. He also loves to work. As do we; we love to see him work.

    Check out his website for more great art.

  • PROJECT ‘GAMES AND PUBLIC SPACE’

    AUTHOR: // CATEGORY: Uncategorized

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    Glowforth initiated a project that combines game culture and art in public space. Public space where? In Amsterdam. Be on the lookout for things that look centuries old, but also like something transported from the year 2198. The rest is a secret.


    We’re not saying anymore. Just this: it’s a collaboration with Roman van der Haven. Visit his boutique to get to know this 3D magician. We’re excited. We hope to reveal more soon.

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CONTACT

Address // Karel Klinkenbergstraat 24-A
1061 AN, Amsterdam NH

Telephone nr. // +31 (0)6 50 53 90 70

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