Clever Endeavour Games April Update

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Heya!

If April showers bring May flowers…. What does April snow bring? Well, we certainly hope it brings warmer weather soon.

Here’s what to expect in this month’s newsletter:

  • Update on Ultimate Chicken Horse backend work

  • Game 2 is still in the works

  • Supporting Game Devs of Color Expo and Hand Eye Society

  • Our donations for the last couple of months

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Our external partners are still working away at restructuring our online infrastructure, and we’re also chipping away at some bugs that were introduced with the Hippo-Party-Plus update.

We hope to have some more details about these updates soon! Thanks for everyone’s patience with this one, things have taken a lot longer than we expected due to a wide variety of technical and pandemic-related issues.

Game 2

We’re still developing Game 2! We got some really good feedback from early pitches at GDC, so we’re reworking some of the pieces so they make a more complete picture.

We can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on with you all, but we still need some time.

Industry Initiatives

We’re extremely proud to be supporting the Game Devs of Color Expo again this year! Submit a game, talk, or check out the details of this summer event here. 

We’re also sponsoring an event by the Hand Eye Society which you can read more about here. Hand Eye Society is a Toronto-based not-for-profit organization that showcases and nurtures videogames made primarily for creative expression.

Donation Corner

Our studio has been horrified at Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine. Back in February we mentioned in a Twitter post that donated about $10,000 CAD to various charities. Since the attacks continue even now, we have pledged an additional $40,000 to various efforts, including the Canada-Ukraine Foundation, the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund, and Help Us Help. If you are also in a position to help, here are some resources to get you started.

As for our employee-led donations, our February donation was led by Rich who split his donation between UNHCR and a Reforestation initiative in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Our March donation went to Dans La Rue thanks to Fabio.

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That it for the April edition of the Clever Endeavour blog! See you next time.

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