Wanderword
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| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded 📆 | 2018 |
| Founder 👔 | Peter Zetterberg Thomas Lindgren |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Boden, Sweden |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | 63rd & Wallace Cursed Painting |
| Owner | Independent |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.wanderword.net/ |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Wanderword is a Swedish video game company, which develops and publishes interactive audio entertainment for the global mobile and smart speaker market.[1] Combining its patent based platform and editor and its interactive audio entertainment studio, Wanderword develops content based on its own IPs and a number of licensed IP from world leading publishing houses, within interactive audio games and interactive audiobooks.[2]
The company has its development studio in Boden, Sweden and creative and business development offices in Stockholm and Seattle.[3]
History and Business Idea[edit]
Wanderword was founded in 2018 by Microsoft Xbox veteran Peter Zetterberg and Fatshark chairman Thomas Lindgren.[4][5] The business idea, interactive audio entertainment, was sprung out of a hobby project Peter Zetteberg has worked on since 2012.[6] Audio Entertainment (music, podcasts, audiobooks, and radio streaming) has been one of the fastest growing entertainment categories for some time now.[7][8] Moreover, Google and Amazon have been investing heavily in smart speaker technology.[9][10] Wanderword's mission is to pair the available technology with the interactivity that characterizes other media like games, and create engaging content for the users.[11][12]
Technology[edit]
To help writers, editors and audio designers focus on creative writing, Wanderword has developed an editor for authoring and content deployment for Amazon Alexa, Google Home and phones. The editor is powered by the Wanderword Markup Language (“WWMLA”). WWMLA is a scripting language integrating features from various programming languages, which allows for the creation of interactive audio experiences.[13]
Released Games[edit]
The content of Wanderword is called Poptales.[14] The company was introduced to the audience in 2018, with the episodic release of 63rd & Wallace for the Amazon Alexa. Wanderword describes 63rd & Wallace as a horror-themed audiobook, with voice-interactive puzzles and rich storyline.[15]
In 2020 the studio launched Cursed Painting, an interactive role-playing game for the Amazon Alexa. Cursed Painting combines elements from tabletop gaming, audiobooks, and open world exploration. So far, three expansion packs have been released for the game, Cursed Painting: The Price of Knowledge, Cursed Painting: Echoes of the Past, and Cursed Painting: A Peasant Scorned.[16]
Games[edit]
| Title | Year | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| 63rd & Wallace | 2018 | Amazon Alexa |
| Cursed Painting | 2020 | Amazon Alexa |
| Cursed Painting: The Price of Knowledge | 2020 | Amazon Alexa |
| Cursed Painting: Echoes of the Past | 2020 | Amazon Alexa |
| Cursed Painting: A Peasant Scorned | 2020 | Amazon Alexa |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Nordic Game Ventures". nordicgameventures.com.
- ↑ Emborg, Elin (February 6, 2020). "Bodenföretaget får ny vd och operativ chef – Norrbottens Affärer". norrbottensaffarer.se.
- ↑ "Wanderword". Mynewsdesk.
- ↑ "Game pioneers establish studios in Boden - News - Boden Business Park". bodenbusinesspark.com.
- ↑ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-12-21-microsoft-fatshark-veterans-form-new-studio-for-immersive-audio-book-games
- ↑ "Han låg bakom Minecraft-affären – satsar på egna drömprojektet". Breakit.
- ↑ https://www.edisonresearch.com/infinite-dial-2019/
- ↑ "The rise of audiobooks and the podcast industry | Deloitte Insights". www2.deloitte.com.
- ↑ "Smart speaker sales reached new record of 146.9M in 2019, up 70% from 2018".
- ↑ https://bdtechtalks.com/2020/03/27/the-state-of-the-smart-speaker-market-in-2020/
- ↑ "Styr storyn med din röst". www.boden.se.
- ↑ "Två amerikanska studios öppnar kontor i Boden". December 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Tech". Wanderword.
- ↑ "Home". Wanderword.
- ↑ LLC, Days Fly. "Days Fly's Technology to Power Wanderword for Alexa". www.prnewswire.com.
- ↑ https://cursedpainting.com/index.html#home
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