Give'r Gaming

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Canadian video games, gamers, and gaming news!

Give'r Gaming serves as a community for all of the above, highlighting Canadian game devs, development studios, and, of course, games!

Know of any great Canadian games for people to try out? Please feel free to share them here to help support developers and the incredible works they put out!

Community Rules:

  1. Lemmy.ca instance rules and guidelines are to be followed at all times.
  2. All games, game developers, and gaming personalities shared must be Canadian. This community's purpose is to help bolster and bring visibility to the Canadian gaming sphere.
  3. NSFW games are allowed. However, posts sharing these games MUST be tagged as NSFW with posts being removed if this is not done.
  4. Games promoting Web3 technologies such as NFTs, cryptocurrencies, and other such things will be removed and greeted with a permanent ban from the community.
  5. Games promoting online gambling (think online casinos) will also be removed and greeted with bans.

These rules will likely be worked on as the community here grows.

Banner image is complimentary of Mack Male on Flickr, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Share-Alike 2.0 license.

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Give'r Gaming - A New Lemmy Community for the Canadian Gaming Sphere! (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca to c/givergaming@lemmy.ca
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Today I decided to go through with acting on a thought that's been sitting on my mind for about a week now:

"What if there was a community centred specifically around Canadian video games and the Canadian video game sphere?"

Give'r Gaming serves just that purpose. This community is one I hope to work on in fostering and bringing light to Canadian talents in the video game sphere. Whether it be a larger game development studio based here in Canada such as Behaviour Interactive or BioWare (unfortunately owned by EA, an American company), or smaller indie operations with cult classics such as Maddy Makes Games and their iconic game Celeste, all are welcomed in this community!

As this community grows, hopefully the list of resources available will do the same. Planned features for this community are perhaps Megathreads on Canadian developers, Canadian gaming news publishers, and perhaps even public game nights once the community grows large enough!

In any case, I hope to see y'all there! Cheers!

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Ravenlok: Legendary Edition - An incredible action-adventure game by Cococucumber! (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca to c/givergaming@lemmy.ca
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Ravenlok is the last of Cococucumber's trilogy of voxel games, but it sure as hell brings an incredible end to it with incredible combat, fun puzzles, and beautiful worlds to explore.

Please give the game a look on Steam! Currently 15% off:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072290/Ravenlok_Legendary_Edition/

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Open Discussion: What makes a game or studio Canadian? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 5 days ago by GrizzlyBur@lemmy.ca to c/givergaming@lemmy.ca
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As title. How do we define what a Canadian game is?

My gut says that the physical studio (if there is one) should be located within Canada. But there are a lot of situations where this can get muddied.

Example being: Rimworld.

Founded & owned by Canadian Tynan Sylvester, but according to Ludeon Studios' (Tynan's gamedev studio) website, they're based in New York. According to Tynan's LinkedIn, he works from Ottawa, however.

Does this count as a Canadian game studio, or a Canadian game? Or just a studio that happens to be owned by a Canadian? Or started Canadian, and quickly grew -- but in the US. I don't think a studio being owned by a Canadian inherently makes it Canadian. By that logic, twitter is a Canadian company because Musk hold Canadian citizenship.

I've emailed the Rimworld support address seeking more info, but I think its a worthwhile discussion to have early on in this community so we can come to some kind of consensus on what exactly is a Canadian game.

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Ultimate Chicken Horse - A game by Montreal-based developer Clever Endeavour Studios! (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca to c/givergaming@lemmy.ca
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Ultimate Chicken Horse is an amazing party game to play with friends! Heavily popular with Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam, Ultimate Chicken Horse has been entertaining gamers since it's release in 2016.

The point of the game is simple... or is it? Players need to compete with one another to get from Point A to Point B without dying. However, the path to Point B is created by you, the players! Try and craft a secret path to success for yourself, or cause chaos amongst the group by making things seemingly impossible for everyone? You decide!

The game has been so popular that Clever Endevour is planning to release a new title as a sequel in the near future titled Ultimate Sheep Raccoon slated to come out this year, so keep an eye out!

Invested in boycotting American platforms and don't want to buy the game on Steam? Vote at the link below to bring the game to GOG, a Polish-owned platform that specialises in selling DRM-free games!

https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/ultimate-chicken-horse-2016

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Canadian Game Developers Megathread (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca to c/givergaming@lemmy.ca
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This megathread serves to showcase a list of Canadian game developers. This list will grow over time, and will be better organized as time goes on. Major game titles will be highlighted next to the studio names:

Independent Canadian Game Developers:

Edmonton:

Gatineau:

Halifax:

Hamilton:

Kitchener:

London:

Montreal:

Ottawa:

Quebec City:

Regina:

St. Catharines:

Saskatoon:

Toronto:

Vancouver:

Victoria:

Waterloo:

Multiple Locations in Canada:

Somewhere in Canada:

Individual Canadian Game Developers:

Game Studios based in both Canada and the U.S.:

  • Other Ocean - Partially based in Emeryville, California

Canadian Game Developers Owned by American Companies:

Canadian Game Developers Owned by Other Foreign Companies:

Game Developers with Offices in Canada:

Inactive Canadian Game Developers:

Defunct Canadian Game Developers:

  • Alpha Dog Games - Shuttered 2024, Subsidiary of Zenimax Media and Xbox Game Studios
  • Artech Digital Entertainment - Disbanded 2011
  • BigPark - Shuttered 2016, Subsidiary of Microsoft Studios
  • Camerica - Filed for bankruptcy in 1993, developer of unlicensed NES games
  • Commercial Data Systems - Dissolved 2010, stopped producing games for Commodore 64 around 1990
  • Gaslamp Games - Announced closure in 2019, archived site still online
  • Genius Factor Games - Defunct 2012, Developed iOS games
  • Gray Matter - Disbanded 1997
  • Groove Games - Defunct 2009
  • Orbital Media - Defunct 2014, Developed games for GBA and DS
  • Propaganda Games - Closed 2011, Subsidiary of Disney Interactive Games
  • Pseudo Interactive - Shuttered 2008, revived briefly in 2021
  • ReadySoft - Defunct 1996
  • Sanctuary Woods - Defunct 2001
  • Silicon Knights - Filed for bankruptcy in 2014
  • Slant Six Games - Shuttered 2013
  • Stirling Games - site down, site for only developed game down, socials inactive since 2021
  • Tiny Titan Studios - Website down, socials inactive since 2021, assuming defunct
  • Trapdoor - Dissolved 2012
  • Typhoon Studios - Defunct 2021, Subsidiary of Stadia Games & Entertainment
  • United Front Games - Defunct 2016 - Sleeping Dogs
  • XMG Studio - Acquired by Highmark Interactive in 2017
  • ZAPiT Games - Manufacturer of the Game Wave, as well as iOS and Blackberry games, closed 2009
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Check out Russian Subway Dogs by Spooky Squid Games! (spookysquid.itch.io)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by BinzyBoi@lemmy.ca to c/givergaming@lemmy.ca
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Spooky Squid Games is a Canadian indie game developer based out of Toronto! Russian Subway Dogs is a fun 2D game where players play as a selection of dogs and cats scavenging for food from passengers of the Moscow Metro, causing absolute chaos in the process!

The game is loads of fun, has an incredible soundtrack, and has received plenty of good reception. Try picking it up when you can!

Check out Spooky Squid Games at their website here!