I'm happy to say that one of them, Wadjet Eye Games, is currently working on a game for PlayFirst, and that I helped PlayFirst sign them up (via meeting him at GDC in 2007, introduced by my cousin Chris Dahlen).
Also I was really happy to see how many of the games published by these developers, are the games I play and love.
Here's a summary:
1. 2D Boy (Page 2) - developers of World of Goo. I have not played World of Goo, but one of the co-founders (Kyle Gabler) was an intern or similarly junior engineer when I was at Maxis/EA, although I don't know him.
2. 5TH Cell (Page 3) - Developers of the DS game Drawn to Life, which I have wanted to play but have not. Also developers of Lock's Quest, which I have played - see later post.
3. Area/Code (Page 4) - Developers of the wildly addictive Facebook game Parking Wars, which I do play!
4. Atlus (Page 5) - developers of the Trauma Center series (which I love) and the Persona series, which we did recently buy. Also publishers of Steambot Chronicles, which I want to buy, and they bring all kinds of Japanese games over to t
5. The Behemoth (Page 6) - Alien Hominid, which I haven't played and not that high on the list, but they look interesting, and the art is cool.
6. Certain Affinity (Page 7) - apparently they did a Halo 2 map pack and are coming out later this year with what looks like a pretty fun pirate game called Age of Booty.
7. Double Fine (Page 8) - Dave and I both love Psychonauts, although we still need to finish it!
They are working on this game which is going to be voiced by Jack Black, it looks pretty fun:
"Though its publishing status is currently in question as of this writing, Brütal Legend is expected this fall; the game is an action-adventure journey tracing the adventures of metal band roadie Eddie Riggs as he makes his way through a fantasy world that fuses metal rock with Nordic legend."
8. Grasshopper Manufacture (Page 9) - OMG! No More Heroes! I rented it and played it obsessively, and almost finished it (got to last boss and got a bit frustrated dying). For me it was like Pulp Fiction. I didn't think I was going to like it before I went, and then I loved it!
9. Gearbox Software (Page 10) - the Brothers in Arms series which I haven't paid much attention to, but also a version of Samba de Amigo for the Wii coming out!
10. Hothead Games (Page 11) - Penny Arcade Adventures with the help of Ron Gilbert of LucasArts fame. Both Gilberts in da house on this list - see our friend Dave Gilbert (sometimes confused with Ron Gilbert at industry events) at #20.
11. Infinite Interactive (Page 12) - Puzzle Quest - played first on PC at work, got captivated, Dave and I started playing on DS!
12. Level-5 (Page 13) - I just found out about this company this year (and late last year) and have played a lot of games they've released: Dragon Quest VIII, Rogue Galaxy (which was a Xmas present I still haven't finished, but i'd like to), and Professor Layton and the Curious Village.
And then they're also doing Dragon Quest IX on the DS!
13. Media Molecule (Page 14) - LittleBigPlanet, which is a PS3 exclusive, but one of the only PS3 titles that I might get excited about if we had a PS3.
14: Metanet (Page 15) = 2D platformer N+ which is on XBLA now and coming out on DS soon.
15. PlatinumGames (Page 16) - includes two alumni from Clover, which developed the awesome Okami! They are working on a game called "MadWorld" for the Wii.
16. Q-Games (Page 17)
17. Thatgamecompany (Page 18)
18: Treasure (Page 19)
19. Valve South (formerly Turtle Rock) (Page 20)
20. Wadjet Eye Games (Page 21)
