Press Kit - Crystal Fox GmbH

Factsheet

Developer:
Crystal Fox GmbH
Based in Bottrop, Germany

Release Date:
Early Access: 15 December, 2023
Full Release: Tba

Platforms:
PC
Steam

Website:
http://www.crystal-fox.de

Regular Price:
USD $19.99
EUR €19.99

You can find a Drive Link with all the graphics included at the bottom of the page.

Description

Out in the deep expanse of space, a fearless astronaut and their loyal AI companion find themselves in a dangerous situation. Forced to make an emergency landing on a seemingly empty and tranquil planet, you discover that your space ship is no longer functioning. With no way to return home or call for help, you must find a way to make the most of your situation.
Gathering resources, building a production line, and discovering ancient technologies are all crucial steps to your survival on this mysterious planet. As you delve deeper into the mysteries of this world, you uncover new ways to use its vast resources to enhance your production. Journey through various planets with unique characteristics, and adapt your production line to thrive in these challenging environments. As you continue your journey, explore the worlds and uncover their secrets, searching for a way back home.

History

Crystal Fox started as a small project back in 2022. At this time we just wanted a small project to work on our dream of our own indie studio next to our jobs. What started as a silly idea, soon became more and more serious. While the core team slowly changed over time, we found our main cast rather quickly, before the production on Calling Home even started. Since then we're a team of four, which hasn't changed since then. We wanted to make games, we as a team would also play in our free time. Looking for the status quo or going with trends was never an option for us. We knew that niche games were our strength, since we were playing mostly niche games ourselves. This is why we decided for a resource manager game, which was one of our Lead Programmers (Leon) favorite genres. It was niche and we were able to thrive with our strength: playing with the 3D perspective.
While working on a prototype we realized how big Calling Home might become. But this did not change anything for us. At the end of the year 2022 we finally founded Crystal Fox GmbH, working non-stop on Calling Home since then while working full-time jobs.
Calling Home was able to win the SAE Award 2023 for "Best Game Production" in August.

We're planning to release the early access in December 2023. We hope to produce a lot of more games in the future with the experience collected while working on Calling Home!

Features

Unique & Colorful Lowpoly Look - interesting and stylized environments for the players to discover!
Switch-up the perspective - combines first person and birds-eye view, to get the best out of your managing and exploring experiences!
Discover different planets - several planets to discover with different traits. Adapt your base and technologies to fit in the new enivornments!
Experience alien wildlife - every planet has its own ecosystem with unique wildlife for you to explore!
Find long lost civilizations - every planet has its own story for you and your companion to discover!

Awards & Recognition

SAE Awards 2023 - Best Game Production
"Beautiful gameplay & graphics and good presentation of the core elements of the game. The idea of switching between top down and first-person view so that you are able to use both worlds is unique and well implemented. The functionality and mechanics of the gameplay make it an interesting project and a challenge for the player. Best game production Calling Home."