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!