At a Glance: Funomena

Funomena is an independent game studio located in downtown San Francisco, California. The company was founded in January of 2013 by Robin Hunicke and Martin Middleton – two passionate game developers who believe that games can have a positive impact on the world. If you are curious how to say Funomena – just use this little song as a guide.

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Funomena is working on 3 unannounced titles that span a variety of platforms from console to iOS to VR! Games will be announced beginning this fall. Until then, they encourage people to sign up for their mailing list - which you can find at www.funomena.com, and to follow them on twitter (@funomena) and on facebook! 

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Mini Q&A
Answers by Robin Hunicke, Co-Founder and CEO

Why do you make games?
We love making games! We feel lucky to live in a universe where that is a job we can do each day.

Why should people play Funomena games?
Because they will love to play them! We will respect their time, creativity and curiosity. We will help them enjoy themselves in a new way!

What element of game design do you hold above all others?
Put the feeling first! Design for the feelings you want to create in players - and the rest will come.

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Day 27 | Funomena

[dedicatedtogamers]

Sounds like an interesting dev. I especially like to hear "We will respect their time, creativity and curiosity"

[Gigus]

Can't wait to see future announcements.

[MrxDeath]

the answers are so are so great !
they make games because they love to
and i will play there games !

[JoelandEllie]

i will follow them on twitter just for helping me relive my childhood with that video

[beepbopadoobop]

Well they seem passionate enough about whatever they are doing which is good

[Derekvinyard13]

I was once addicted to that song but I forgot about it, now that I've found it again it was like giving crack to a crack addict!!!

[LightDiego]

Can't wait for these games, the team looks awesome.

[LostFlock]

wonder what these guys are working on, will keep my eye on them.

[dictionary]

They'll make Funomenal games!

[LukeFair]

Looking forward to see how those games turns out to be! I laughed at that song!

[shadowvisa]

yep Funomenal games =P

[oasdada]

From console to ios to VR? Well i wudve doubted it 1st.. but after R@D flawless jump from psp to ps4.. anything is possible.. ready to hear more abt these games

[Jorjk]

Excited to see so many developers working on VR, keeping my eye on their announcements

[Disagree]

Sense of Feeling is so important in games today

[SpeedDemon]

I signed up for the newsletter, Looking forward to seeing what these guys can do.

[dota2champion]

They seem to have a great team in Funonmena. The director Keita Takahashi is the creator of the Katamari series. Two of the team members also work on Journey and Walking Dead game. My guess is that one of the projects will be similar to the katamari game

[XtraTrstrL]

LOL @ having the muppets sing their company name.

[BiggCMan]

Love the name! Excited to see their future games!

[SuperYakuzaFan]

Watched the 1 hour talk video at casual connect.Hope it is as good as Journey , Robin Hunicke

[Monster_Tard]

Can't wait to hear more about these games.

[Fullmetalevolust]

Wow, the guys at Fenomena *doouh, dooouh, doooo, doooo* Fenomena...sorry, couldn't help myself.
On topic, the guys and ladies that make the team have worked on some remarkable games, flow, flower, journey, telltalegames,etc...
They seem like very talented developers!

[RexDD]

Working on 3 unannounced games? Most indies have a hard time working on 1 game. I can't imagine what it is to work on 3. I hope the games turn out to be great.

[jpepsi24]

What their saying is pretty universal to what all INdie dev say
but im curious to see what these guys will produce

[Darklurkr23]

muppets XD

So your fun, but gotta see me a video ro some screens. Off 2 article 2

[HammadTheBeast]

Looking forward to seeing what they make.

[coolbeans]

A shame there's no announcements on what those iOS+VR games are, but still delightful to see this kind of enthusiastic dev presented here.

Best of wishes to your 3 current endeavors, Funomena.

[Virtua_Awesome]

I definitely won't forget how to say their name now! :D (The classic Muppet Show is so awesome!). Just the thought of a studio like Funomena, made up of people who worked on Journey, Flower, and Katamari Damacy, making a VR game makes me smile like crazy.

I'm gonna go follow them on everything! Really looking forward to this fall to see what they announce.

[MYDEATH21]

Epic. Can't wait to see what these devs can do!

[Caffo01]

Love for games should always be the standard for developers, i wish them good luck, they deserve it.

[Lionalliance]

lol, i love the muppets

[Jeice]

Muppets xD. This is nostalgic wow, I bet my nephew would love this game.

[ichizon]

I don't know if feelings were what thought about in all the games in their past projects, but with Hunicke's very own Journey, that certainly seemed like a design philosophy. From the flow in gameplay, to the music, to the adventurers you meet. If that's what they're going to be going for in the future, then it's certainly worth checking out all of their following games. I think it's a bit of a shame to shine the spotlight on something that "doesn't exist" yet though...

[rambi80]

3 titles at once is no easy feat for a small dev. Good to see a wide spread in platforms

Someone should make an app to keep track of game releases.

[MasterofMagnetism]

Nice video. Wasn't sure how their name was pronounced but now I won't forget it.

[nunley33]

short but nice interview, I hope the VR game goes to Project Morpheus sometime.

[CrimsonAzure]

Seem like pretty laid back people.

[Carib]

Does "iOS to VR" include PS4 in there somewhere?

[FITgamer]

Indie month is awesome.

[gobluesamg]

I wanna see some amazing VR stuff from these guys.

[grashopper]

Well that song is going to be stuck in my head a long time again...

[pyrocloud7]

They seem to take a very simplistic and gut-feeling type of approach to making games, sounds interesting.

[yoshiroaka]

Wish they had something to show but with the talent they have at their studio im sure it will be worth the wait. Ill keep my eye out for their studio name in the future.

[longcat]

Games truly are a great medium. Good luck to these guys. Seems like they have their eyes set on the right place. Hopefully their feeling first approcah works out.

[Nexfero]

Cant wait to see what gets announced specially on VR.

[randomass171]

Well the Muppets certainly caught my attention. :P