Nascent Games
Category
Description
New Indie Game Studio start-up! Also leading @IGDA_Sacramento @SacIndieArcade!
Long Description

With a focus on quality entertainment across a digital medium, Nascent Games aims to bring these video games across various console & PC platforms ensuring memorable experiences for player & viewer alike.

Founded
2012
City
Sacramento, CA
Byte Me Games LLC
Category
Description
Byte Me Games, LLC Veteran owned and operated Bedroom Game Development Studio
Long Description

We want to have fun making great games and help others break into the game industry.

We have set a course for mobile and web development and are in the process of acquiring talent to aid in making our vision come alive.

Founder(s)
Jeramey Jones, Rayna Jones, Angela Nelson and Donovan Vig
Stage
Seed
Contact Person
Jeramey Jones
Phone Number
559-393-5505
Programs
IGDA Game Jam (Local and Global), San Jose Stated Internship Development Support
Needs
Investors and Coders
Founded
2015
Female Founder/Co-founder
Yes
City
Fairfield, CA
Arclight Worlds
Category
Description
Game development dedicated to creating entire immersive worlds for you to explore and conquer.
Long Description

Limitless creative freedom fueled by raw technical expertise drives us. We are still new, continuously learning at an incredible rate, but pursuing full mastery is a journey without end. We will always search for ways to improve our craft, questioning traditional methods and ideas in order to meet this new world’s unparalleled evolution head-on. We hunt for new ways of thinking; anything to challenge the status quo. Technically, we continuously experiment with new tools to help us develop better, faster, and stronger.

We dedicate these efforts to our players. We do this by tapping into our players’ curiosity by creating entire immersive worlds full of mystery, to explore and conquer.

In the end, we owe everything to our players. They make it all possible. Thank you. As such, we work for them, valuing affordability. We aim to allow everyone to lose themselves in an Arclit world.

Founder(s)
Jeremiah Ingham
Founded
2013
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Sacramento, CA
Skirmish Entertainment
Category
Description
We're an indie games company located in Sacramento, CA.
Long Description

Skirmish Entertainment has always been committed to hard work and creativity. We strive to bring an exciting and memorable gaming experience to our audience. Our goal is to make the best game possible for as many people around the world as possible. Here at Skirmish Entertainment we forge and sharpen each other’s skills, working hard together to bring our creativity to the market. Honest feedback helps to strengthen our products and increase their quality so that players can enjoy only the best that we have to offer. We would rather be remembered for a great game than a subpar one any day of the week.

Founder(s)
Joseph C. Bussey
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Sacramento, CA
Sam Lee
Name
Category
Description
We're a game development club at UC Davis, always looking for more game developers to connect to!
Long Description

Started in 2015, we host weekly meetings for students, professors, local developers, and hobbyists to get together and talk about game development. Weekly meetings include workshops, games, presentations, or just hanging out. Every few months we host 12 hour Game Jams open to everyone. Every year we participate in GDC, Picnic Day, and IndieArcade Sacramento. Professors and local companies sometimes hire students for developmental related jobs. If you like games - no matter if you're a programmer, artist, composer, marketer, game tester, designer, etc. we will always welcome you!

davisgamedev.com

Founder(s)
Michael Lee
Stage
Club
Contact Person
Sam Lee
Needs
Looking for sponsors and people of all talent
Founded
2015
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Davis
Nexcra Software
Category
Long Description

Indie game studio bringing Armored ACORNS - a brand new couch co-op beat 'em up to Wii U in 2017.

Founded
2011
City
Davis, CA
Name
Category
Long Description

tCubed is tic-tac-toe on a cube. Players strategically force their opponents around the cube while trying to win three faces.

Founder(s)
Christopher Sprague, Liv Hoversten
Founded
2016
Female Founder/Co-founder
Yes
City
Sacramento, CA
Everyone Plays.
Name
Category
Description
AppA11y is an independent game studio based in El Dorado Hills, CA. With the motto “Accessibility First”, AppA11y’s goal is link visually impaired and non-visually impaired individuals and communities through fun and exciting social games.
Long Description

AppA11y is a independent game studio who recently released the mobile app game Huboodle in January 2018 on iOS. Huboodle is a multiplayer, social game designed specifically for the visually impaired allowing users to play games with the non-visually impaired without either knowing the difference. Users who deploy into the Huboodle universe can play Trivia Trail, Word War, Battle Cats, Word Builder, Barracks Blackjack, Pirate Poker, Simon Says, and Ludopoolza. With universal virtual currency players can earn gold in one game and spend it in another. Free to download, Huboodle offers single and multiplayer games. Huboodle is 100% voiceover accessible and available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. Users can test their skills against opponents all over the world.

Founder(s)
Nick Barbato, Mitch Dobbins & Lee hobbs
Stage
pre-seed
Contact Person
Lee Hobbs
Phone Number
916.730.8527
Programs
Sacramento Kings Capitalize 2018
Needs
Advisors & Investors
Founded
2016
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
El Dorado Hills, CA
In the News

http://sacramento.crains.com/if-i-knew-then/lee-hobbs/appa11y-game-studio

5th Planet Games
Category
Long Description

5th Planet Games brings together talent from all over the world, in an effort to produce fun and addictive, immersive, engaging social games (MMO, RPG, CCGs) for both casual gamers and hardcore enthusiasts alike.

Founder(s)
Rob Winkler
Stage
Series A
Contact Person
Rob Winkler
Founded
2009
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Rocklin
In the News

5th Planet Games raises $3M from local investors | Sacramento Business Journal July 16, 2014

SacTown Interactive
Category
Description
At SacTown Interactive we harness the power of games and combine it with human behavior to create customized apps and web-based programs that accelerate learning, maximize retention, increase engagement and productivity, and take people to the next level to create sustainable change.
Long Description

At SacTown Interactive we harness the power of games and combine it with human behavior to create customized apps and web-based programs that accelerate learning, maximize retention, increase engagement and productivity, and take people to the next level to create sustainable change.

Studies have proven that Gamification and Serious Games increase performance in teams by tapping into our natural play instincts to leverage our need for both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators; and impact our social, cognitive, and emotional needs. What's the difference? Gamification blends game mechanics, such as leader boards and badges, to incentivize learning and habit building. Serious Games utilize a more traditional game environment, such as simulators or story-driven activities, and aligns them with learning objectives in a way that is entertaining, fun and interactive.

Founder(s)
Jonathon Kaufman and Ashley Christman
Stage
Seed
Programs
Power of SHE Participant
Founded
2018
Female Founder/Co-founder
Yes
City
Sacramento