Factsheet
Developer:
Tender Claws
Based in Los Angeles, CA
Release date:
November 15, 2018
Platforms:
Play Store
Website:
tendar.info
Regular Price:
| Free |
Description
A virtual pet that feeds on laughter, surprise and tears. Bring Guppy out of its virtual fishbowl and into the real world, and feed it through a well-balanced diet of feels. Guppy will learn and evolve based on players’ facial expressions and social interactions – the more faces it can scan, the better! Guppy can also recognize and respond to over 200 objects, building up knowledge as it interacts more and more with the physical world. Watch as Guppy takes stock of its newfound knowledge to evolve from a non-verbal AI to a unique creature with its own personality – but beware that sentience may lead to a full blown existential crisis!
History
Tendar was previewed in early 2018 at Sundance, GDC, and E3. Our goal was to apply long form interactive storytelling to the emerging field of augmented reality, with a compelling narrative in the palm of your hand and an experience that can be shared with friends.
Features
Videos
Tendar trailer YouTube
Images
Logo & Icon
There are currently no logos or icons available for Tendar. Check back later for more or contact us for specific requests!
Awards & Recognition
- "IndieCade 2018" Winner: Inovation in Interaction
- "Sundance New Frontiers 2018" Official Selection
- "IDFA Doc Lab 2018" Official Selection
Additional Links
Dialogic
Tendar's unique dialogue system is created with Dialogic, designed by Daniel Howe to help writers easily create interactive scripts with generative elements. github.com.
Unity Native Share Plugin
Copyright 2017 Süleyman Yasir KULA github.com.
MessagePack for C#
Copyright 2017 Yoshifumi Kawai github.com.
FastStrings
Copyright 2017 dhasenan github.com.
About Tender Claws
Boilerplate
We are an indie game studio based in LA. Our team of 15 is committed to creating compelling, unique games that are rooted in story and creatively tailored to compliment platform strengths. We’ve become recognized for quirky high-quality content and imaginative mechanics.
Our debut PRY, was named one of Apple’s Top Apps of 2015 and was a finalist for The Future of Storytelling Prize and for IGF’s “Excellence in Narrative” award.
We next created Virtual Virtual Reality: a narrative comedy adventure that won Google Play’s best VR game of 2017, was a finalist for Unity’s Best VR game and one of the best selling/top reviewed on Oculus GO.
Our AR virtual pet that feeds on your emotions, Tendar, was showcased at Sundance, received an Honorable Mention at the GDC Awards and won Innovation Awards at Indiecade and Games For Change.
Our newest release, The Under Presents, blends live immersive theater with real actors performing remotely but through VR headsets, it had a private sneak peek at the Sundance Film Festival 2019, by Oculus and is now available on Oculus Quest.
More information
More information on Tender Claws, our logo & relevant media are available here.
Tendar Credits
Will Anderson
Design/Code
Danny Cannizzaro
Project Lead
Julian Ceipek
Design/Code
Samantha Gorman
Project Lead
Neilson Koerner-Safrata
Art/Design/Code
Tanya Leal Soto
Producer
Carter Lodwick
Art
Mitch Mastroni
Design/Code
Lex Rhodes
Art/Design/Writing
Joe Waetcher
Writing
Aimee Zhang
Art/Design
scntfc
Composer/ Sound design
Daniel C Howe
Generative dialog via Dialogic
Doris Longwings
Additional Writing
Janalyn Guo
Additional Writing
Jake Jeppson
Additional Writing
Aaron Kovalchik
Additional Writing
Adam Veal
Additional Writing
Ian Hatcher
Additional Writing
Piehole
Additional Writing
Adam Veal
Emotion Reports
Aimee Zhang
Emotion Reports
Alex Collins-Shotwell
Emotion Reports
Ben Segal
Emotion Reports
Brenda Chen
Emotion Reports
Carter Lodwick
Emotion Reports
Claire Donato
Emotion Reports
Darren Angle
Emotion Reports
David Emanuel
Emotion Reports
Diana Cannizzaro
Emotion Reports
Emily Pudalov
Emotion Reports
Henry Kaplan
Emotion Reports
Ian Hatcher
Emotion Reports
Joey Cannizzaro
Emotion Reports
Julian Ceipek
Emotion Reports
Katie Yu
Emotion Reports
Lex Rhodes
Emotion Reports
Mitch Mastroni
Emotion Reports
Tanya Leal Soto
Emotion Reports
Will Anderson
Emotion Reports
Steven Sugar
Additional Art
Jon Brenan
Additional Art
Lain Goldwhite
Additional Art
Dushan Leska
Software Engineer/Google
Jonathan Krusell
Production Lead/Google
Maria Essig
Business Development Lead/Google
Alex Faaborg
Design Lead/Google
Alesha Unpingco
Interaction Designer/Google
Ronald Bonder
QA Engineer/Google
Christopher Stephens
QA Engineer/Google
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