The Home Stretch

The exciting news is that we've nearly completed all of the gameplay, level design, art, etc – which means the game is just about fully playable from start to finish in our internal builds!

Arctic Awakening Demo Updates

We've been improving the game across the board and have just released a new demo to showcase the changes.

Arctic Awakening Release Update

The year is coming to a close, so we thought we'd give an update on what we've been working on and discuss how this impacts the upcoming full release.

Companion AI Improvements

After completely re-building our companion AI system earlier in the year, we've continued to iterate and polish with a variety of major new improvements to further elevate our trusty therapy robot.

Adding an Inventory

Along with many bug fixes and other improvements, we've finally added an inventory system to Arctic Awakening!

New Gameplay Trailer & Demo

We revealed the new gameplay trailer for Arctic Awakening at Future of Play and also detail the changes in the latest demo build.

The Sound Of Arctic Awakening: Adaptive Music In Video Games

Joff Winks discusses his process for creating and implementing adaptive music in Arctic Awakening.

London Games Festival Official Selection

Play an updated demo for a limited time as part of the London Games Festival.

New Companion AI: Bringing Alfie to Life

We went back to the drawing board and completely re-built Alfie's companion AI from the ground up to support physics-based movement, vastly improved navigation, interactions, proximity rules and much more.

Day of the Devs, The MIX & AdventureX

We're thrilled to have been made official selections for Day of the Devs, The MIX and AdventureX!

Early Arctic Awakening Concepts

Take a look at some early concepts of the game before it was "Arctic Awakening".

Arctic Awakening Demo Post-Mortem

What issues did we find during the recent beta demo and what are we doing about them?

New Arctic Awakening Story Trailer

We've always dreamed of having a game showcased at E3. That wasn't in the cards this year with E3 being canceled, but many of the E3-adjacent showcases continued anyway, and we were excited to be part of the Future Games Show's summer showcase!

Hiring: 3D Artist -CLOSED-

We’re looking for an environment/prop 3D artist to be a full-time core member of our small team, working on Arctic Awakening and future projects.

Changing from Episodic to Single Release

The original plan for Arctic Awakening was 5 episodes released monthly. For a number of reasons, we've decided to change to a single release model.

Arctic Awakening Character Concepts

We peel back the curtain and look at some early sketches and concepts as we explore ideas before landing on the look/feel for our main characters, Kai and Alfie.

Finding Inspiration in Nature

Nature plays such an important role in Arctic Awakening that we treat it as somewhat of a character all its own. For that reason, even with a stylized sci-fi setting, grounding the game world in the real world has been a focus since the very early days of pre-development.

Prototyping Dialogue with Google Text-to-Speech

Prototyping scenes that rely on recorded voices is a challenging and time-consuming task. That's why we've automated the process using Google Text-to-Speech.

Making of Arctic Awakening's Trailer Music

Joff Winks discusses his process for creating the music specifically for the Arctic Awakening reveal trailer.

Our Favorite Unity Assets

We take a look behind-the-scenes at some of the tools we've used with the Unity game engine to make Arctic Awakening possible.

Learning to Fly

In order to fully understand Arctic Awakening's player character, I decided to go on my first flight lesson and see the world from his virtual eyes.

Arctic Awakening References: Art Style

It is often said that visuals in games aren't nearly as important as the gameplay. We absolutely believe this to be true; however, when making a game where the story is the gameplay, those visuals suddenly rise in importance. The saying that a picture is worth a thousand words is

Announcing Arctic Awakening

We've had a secret project in the works for over a year that has been torture to keep under wraps. It's a significant departure from anything we've done before, which is what has us so excited and energized creatively. Arctic Awakening [https://arcticawakening.com] is an episodic narrative adventure set

Going Remote

We've been working out of our downtown Oklahoma City office for the last 5 years, but now we are embracing going fully remote.

12 Years of GoldFire Studios

It is hard to believe, but GoldFire Studios turns 12 today! To celebrate, we are launching this brand new studio website. We've come a long way over this time...