== Notable developers == === Freebird Games === {{Infobox company | name = Freebird Games | logo = Freebird Games.webp | type = | industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]] | foundation = 2007 | founder = [[Kan Gao]] | location = [[Canada]] | key_people = | revenue = | num_employees = | homepage = {{URL|freebirdgames.com}} }} '''Freebird Games''' is a [[video game developer]] based in [[Canada]].<ref name="interviewkan">{{cite web |last=Ealey |first=Michelle |date=29 February 2012 |title=Interview With Kan Gao, Creator Of 'To the Moon' |url=https://sciencefiction.com/2012/02/29/interview-with-kan-gao-creator-of-to-the-moon/ |access-date=7 June 2016 |website=Sciencefiction.com}}</ref> They have developed eight games. Their most prominent game, ''[[To the Moon (video game)|To the Moon]],'' was nominated for Best Writing and Innovation Award for the Canadian Videogame Awards.<ref name="canadianvgawards">{{cite web |last=Hillier |first=Brenna |date=27 March 2012 |title=Sword & Sworcery, Assassin's Creed top picks for Canadian Videogame Awards |url=https://www.vg247.com/2012/03/27/sword-sworcery-assassins-creed-top-picks-for-canadian-videogame-awards/ |access-date=7 June 2016 |publisher=[[VG24/7]]}}</ref> Freebird Games''<nowiki/>''' first game developed is ''Quintessence: The Blighted Venom'', an [[Episodic video game|episodic]] [[role-playing game]], started as a personal project made by [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese Canadian]] [[Kan Gao]], independently in the ''RPG Maker'' community. Later, the team expanded to include help from Jessica M. Vázquez, James Q. Zhang (retired), Gabriela Aprile, Lannie Neely III, and Laura Shigihara. Kan commissions various talents for resources and labor, but the majority of the work is completed by him as the only "official" developer. As a result of production difficulties after only eleven episodes were completed, the game was officially cancelled, leaving the latter three episodes unfinished. Their second free game ''Do You Remember My Lullaby?'' was released on December 21, 2008. On June 20, 2009, they released a free demo of an upcoming release titled ''Lyra's Melody - The Song She Whispered to Me''. In 2011, shortly before the release of ''To The Moon'', they released their first full game ''The Mirror Lied'' for free. It is described as an abstract short story. Their first commercial release to the first installment of Sigmund Corp Series, ''To The Moon,'' was released on November 1, 2011, was a commercial success and received positive reviews. ''[[To the Moon (video game)|To the Moon]]''<nowiki/>'s two minisodes were released on late-2013 and early-2015, and its sequel, ''[[Finding Paradise]]'', was released on December 14, 2017, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It has also released positive reviews. The third main game in the series, ''[[Impostor Factory]]'', released on September 30th, 2021. They released their most recent game, ''Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode'', on September 20th, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Impostor Factory on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182620/Impostor_Factory/ |access-date=19 March 2021 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref> === Laura Shigihara === {{Main|Laura Shigihara}} === Temmie Chang === {{Main|Temmie Chang}}