An indie studio making games that mean something — and sharing what we learn along the way.
Currently making — In development
Stand Up
A narrative-driven life sim about an up-and-coming stand-up comedian, the rooms they play, and everything outside the spotlight.
Visit the game pageMVGIE Studios — pronounced moo-ghee — is a small indie studio making story-driven games. We work in small numbers, on long horizons, around the belief that games can carry the same weight as a good novel.
Right now we are making Stand Up. Alongside it we publish notes from the studio: what we are learning, what nearly broke us, and what we wish someone had told us earlier.
Meet the studioA small studio,
in good company.
We are not the loudest part of the indie scene — by design. We make a small number of careful things, and try to be useful to the people coming up behind us.
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Stories with weight
We believe games can carry the same emotional gravity as the best novels or films. We make games that mean something to the people who play them.
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Unconventional shapes
We pick mechanics and structures that fit the story, not the other way round. If a system has been done a thousand times, we ask whether we should do it at all.
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Open about the craft
We share what we learn — the tools, the missteps, the things nobody warned us about. The industry is hard to break into; we want it to be a little less so.
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Small and patient
We move at a sustainable pace. Better to make one game we are proud of than three we burned out finishing.
From the studio.
Devlogs, studio notes, and things we have learned that we wish someone had told us.