Wolfire Games is an independent video game development company founded by David Rosen. Wolfire Games develops video games for Mac OS, Windows, and Linux.

History

David Rosen started Wolfire Games in 2003 to organize his open source video game contest entries. After graduating college in 2008, he was joined by his twin brother and three friends and Wolfire Games officially dove into the independent game industry.

Awards

The company has won various awards for its games including 5th best Indie Game according to ModDB.

Company name

About years ago David and Jeff met an owner-less dog at their cabin in Sierra City.
They decided to adopt him and named him 'Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein (series)

Wolfenstein is a franchise of World War II fantasy-themed computer and video games first developed by Muse Software and followed up by id Software...

' or 'Wolfie' for short.
Later this name would be the inspiration for the company name 'Wolfire':

"When David was thinking of a name for his video game company, Wolfie sprang to mind. If you add an ‘r’ you get Wolfire. Wolves are cool, and so is fire, so why not Wolfire?" - Jeff Rosen

Games

• GLFighters - 2001 - Mac OS 9
• Black Shades
  Black Shades
  Black Shades is a video game developed by Wolfire Games, originally released on Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. The player controls a psychic bodyguard who is tasked with protecting a VIP from a horde of zombies, snipers and other assorted would-be assassins. The was one of the winners of the...
  
  
  • Black Shades - 2002 - Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Linux, Windows
  • Black Shades iPhone - 2009 - iPhone
• Lightning's Shadow
  Lightning's Shadow
  Lightning's Shadow is a game developed by Wolfire Games and was one of the winners of the uDevGame 2003 contest, out of about 60 contestants. In Lightning's Shadow you control a powerful monk and hurl fireballs, lightning bolts and ice shards at your friends or at the AI...
  
   - 2003 - Mac OS 9
• Lugaru
  Lugaru
  Lugaru: The Rabbit's Foot is the first commercial video game created by Wolfire Games. It is a cross-platform, 3D action game for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux. It features Turner, an anthropomorphic rabbit with curiously well-developed combat skills.Lugaru was made almost solely by...
  
   - 2005 - Mac OS X, Windows, Linux
• Overgrowth
  Overgrowth
  Overgrowth is an upcoming action video game under development by Wolfire Games. It was announced on September 17, 2008. for all three major computer platforms: Windows, Mac OS X and Linux....
  
   - TBA - Mac OS X, Windows, Linux

David Rosen is also listed as a game tester for the Penumbra

Penumbra (video game series)

Penumbra is the name of an episodic video game series by developer Frictional Games, published by Lexicon Entertainment and Paradox Interactive. The games use the HPL Engine, initially developed as a tech demo...

 series of games by the also indie cross-platform developer Frictional Games

Frictional Games

Frictional Games is an independent video game company located in Helsingborg, Sweden. The developer comprises a small core team and is led by Thomas Grip and Jens Nilsson. Certain key roles such as Music and Narrative Design are performed by external staff like Mikko Tarmia and Tom Jubert,...

, a relationship which probably helped bring Penumbra musician Mikko Tarmia

Mikko Tarmia

Mikko Tarmia is a Finnish video game music composer known for working with Codeblender Software, Frictional Games, and Wolfire Games. He also founded the independent record label The Sound of Fiction....

 into the Overgrowth

Overgrowth

Overgrowth is an upcoming action video game under development by Wolfire Games. It was announced on September 17, 2008. for all three major computer platforms: Windows, Mac OS X and Linux....

project.