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Fingle, Bam fu, and Bounden creator, Game Oven, is closing in April

Dancing on out

Fingle, Bam fu, and Bounden creator, Game Oven, is closing in April
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Dutch studio Game Oven has announced that, after three and a half years, it will be closing down in April.

This is due to not being able to finance finding a new game to make through prototyping and testing, as well as see it through to completion.

This seems to be the result of the studio's willingness to not compromise its vision when creating its experimental iOS games.

Unfortunately, while this work method allowed for wonderful and unique games such as Fingle, Bounden, Bam fu, and Friendstrap, it led to an increasing pressure over the years.

"This pressure removed much of the creative downtime we needed and gave us less and less time to think about new games or to make new prototypes," writes the studio.

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"This ultimately left us where we are today, at a point where we are in need of another vision for a beautiful game, but where we don't have one."

You may recall that Game Oven did announce an underwater roguelike called Jelly Reef late last year. Fear not, it's still due to arrive on iOS and Android in March, but that will be the studio's final game.

And so, the studio that used our iPads and iPhones to get closer, touching and dancing, will be left to our memories.

Thanks for those awkward, happy, and funny times you gave us, Game Oven.

Chris Priestman
Chris Priestman
Anything eccentric, macabre, or just plain weird, is what Chris is all about. He turns the spotlight on the games that fly under the radar.