Spending Time to Celebrate
Stray Kite Studios recently reached the significant milestone of hitting our 5-year anniversary! To celebrate, we decided to come together as a team and spend a day dedicated to what is most important; the people that got us here!
Stray Kite Studios recently reached the significant milestone of hitting our 5-year anniversary! To celebrate, we decided to come together as a team and spend a day dedicated to what is most important; the people that got us here!
To commemorate this occasion, we organized a day for everyone and their loved ones to enjoy an evening filled with food, drinks, fun, and laughter…. Oh, and some competitive Pickleball (Sluss definitely dominated)! Not only did this time allow for everyone to let loose and break away from work, but it also allowed for the team camaraderie to continue to foster, bringing people together to connect and better get to know each other outside of work. We believe it’s during these moments of connection and getting to know one another on a personal level that are invaluable in building a strong and cohesive team for the future!
Our leaders shared words of inspiration, dedicated time to expand upon what comes next, and reflected on the collective efforts and achievements that brought us to this point in time! Oh, and there were gifts and a cake! We can’t celebrate without cake!
Our 5th anniversary celebration was certainly unforgettable and we cannot help but feel an overwhelming sense of anticipation for what lies ahead. We hope that this milestone creates a launchpad for future projects, growth, and even greater achievements!
We soon will be hosting a virtual version of our anniversary celebration so that we can also share these moments with our employees located in other places or who were unable to attend in-person. We already know the competitive spirit of everyone will lead to some incredible games and memories here too!
Stray Kite Studios Turns 5
Stray Kite Studios is proud to celebrate its fifth anniversary as an independent studio!
Stray Kite Studios is proud to celebrate its fifth anniversary as an independent studio! This is no small feat as building a sustainable and healthy business for half a decade takes hard work and dedication. 🪁
Over the past 5 years, we have created some amazing experiences that have captured the hearts and minds of players from all over the world. From building some of the largest original islands in Fortnite Creative, including the original Prop Hunt, to partnering with our friends at Gearbox Software to develop Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-Shot Adventure, the work that the team has done continues to leave a lasting impact on the industry we all dearly love.
Shovaen Patel, Stray Kite Studios co-founder and CEO, took some time to reflect on this milestone:
“With our 5 year anniversary today, I want to celebrate how far Stray Kite has come and where we are going in 2023 and beyond. When Paul and I founded Stray Kite in April of 2018, we could never have anticipated this journey. We started out with nothing but our reputations, our skills, our time, and hope. From Fortnite Creative, to a global pandemic, to future projects and beyond, we’ve all experienced a lot as we’ve built and grown the studio and its reputation. We’ve helped ship multiple AAA games. We’ve created incredible features and cutting-edge technologies, fleshed out new IPs, and brainstormed dozens of innovative game ideas. We’ve built a ton of core technology on top of Unreal Engine to allow us to realize new projects and new features much faster. We’ve taken on ever bigger and bolder projects to allow us to grow our team and ability to work together. We’ve faced every challenge and come out stronger each time.
In April of 2018 there were two of us. There are now thirty-two. We’ve assembled an incredible team that’s continuing to shape and grow. The lava is starting to cool, forming the foundation of the studio with key developers leading us, an office to call home, auxiliary support, and a camaraderie and trust that binds it all together. On that foundation we will be building our first major in-house project. The lessons we have learned along the way, both at Stray Kite and throughout our careers, are what will propel us to make it a success.
We are thrilled to be on this journey, and hope you are as excited as we are for the future. The studio is turning a corner as we complete our fifth year. This is only the beginning. Watch what we do next!”
While this is just the beginning, we are excited to celebrate this milestone with everyone and cannot wait to see what the next five years look like!
On behalf of everyone at Stray Kite Studios, thank you for playing our games and being part of our journey!