With indie developers finding it increasingly difficult to gain exposure in the mobile game space, Swiss developer Blindflug Studios has found recent success with its fast-paced strategy game, First Strike. Since then however, the indie studio has crafted one more title and is currently working on the twin-stick shooter that is Airheart - "a dieselpunk action game about a young woman, who flies her airplane and catches skyfish among beautiful sky islands. Amelias biggest dream is to reach the stratosphere and to bring down the legendary Skywhale, which promises riches and fame for a lifetime."
I spoke to Moritz Zumbuhl (President and Co-Founder of Blindflug Studios) and quizzed him about his game, his studio, and the development scene within Switzerland as a whole. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xyvjw1EE4k
How many people does Blindflug Studios consist of?
Currently, we are four full-time employees. And we work with several other freelancers and work for hire people from my other company, an advertising agency, also in Zurich...
How long has Blindflug Studios been going for?
We started working on our first game, and released First Strike, a game about nuclear war, about two and a half years ago in April 2014. And we offic...