FACTSHEET:

Developer: 
Fluttermind Ltd.
Based in Oakland, California, USA

Founding Date:
10th July 2009

Website:
www.fluttermind.com

Press / Business contact:
dene@fluttermind.com

Social:
@Fluttermind
Spellrazor Facebook

Releases:
Flaboo!
Incoboto
Spellrazor

Phone: N/A
​

Description

Fluttermind is a one-man game development studio formed by Fable franchise co-creator, Dene Carter. Dene has a ridiculous mustache and a love of analog synthesizers. This might seem largely irrelevant, but his electronic torturings are a critical part of his game making process. The mustache, not so much.

History

Dene’s career began when he was a young teen in the 1980s, creating 8-bit games such as Rockman, Druid, Druid 2 and Cloud Kingdoms. In the mid 90s, he began working at Bullfrog Productions and was part of the core team on the original PC hit Dungeon Keeper. In 1998 he and his brother, Simon, started ‘Big Blue Box Studios’. This company created the game Fable together with Lionhead Studios. 

In 2009, after years of working with a  huge team, Dene left Lionhead to make games entirely by himself. After his first foray into iOS development with the silly endless flapper Flaboo! he created the atmospheric space adventure Incoboto which won critical acclaim, and was a finalist for the BAFTA awards.

Today, Dene is working on Spellrazor (a haunted arcade game from 1981), and several other prototypes.

Videos

Images

Images available as .zip here.

Logo

Logo and icon available as .zip here.

Game Awards and Reviews

Incoboto

• BAFTA Nominee/Finalist - Best Mobile/Handheld game.
• Included in the iTunes 'Best of 2012' list
• Pocket Gamer - 'Best App Ever' nominee for 'Most Innovative Game'
• Pocket Gamer - Gold Award
• G4 - Game of the Week
• Eurogamer - App of the Day
• Kotaku - Gaming App of the Day
• Starbucks - Free game of the week
  

• 92/100 - Arcade Life      http://arcadelife.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/incoboto-review-ipad/
• 4.5/5      - Touch Arcade http://toucharcade.com/2012/03/15/incoboto-review/
• 4.5/5      - AppleNApps   http://applenapps.com/review/incoboto-a-unique-ios-experience-that-really-shines
• 4/5          - GameSpot        http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/incoboto-review/1900-6365418/
• ​9/10       - (VIDEO) Reviews on the Run http://www.reviewsontherun.com/all/spotlight/incoboto-ipad-video-review/

Spellrazor (based on initial preview version)

• Featured game on Game Jolt, Feb 2016
• http://indiegameenthusiast.blogspot.com/2015/10/no-money-no-problem-spellrazor.html
• http://fireside.gamejolt.com/post/spellrazor-be42mmyn

Misc Published Articles

• http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DeneCarter/20151026/257265/Rejecting_Black_Boxes_Or__Punk_Approaches_to_AI_and_Navigation_for_Spellrazor.php
• http://gamasutra.com/blogs/DeneCarter/20130819/198502/Incoboto_Post_Mortem__or_How_to_Make_Development_Difficult_by_Being_Stupid.php

Team

Dene Carter - Coding, design, art, animation, music, sound effects, writing, PR and business development. And coffee drinking. Lots of coffee drinking.