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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2009; 16 years ago (2009) |
| Fate | Dormant |
| Headquarters | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Key people | Peter Ong (Creative Director) Ryan Pijai (Technical Director) |
| Products | Monster Tale Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion |
| Website | http://www.dreamrift.com |
DreamRift is an American independentvideo game developer based inOrlando, Florida, founded in 2009. They have developed two video games forNintendo's handheld systems,Nintendo DS andNintendo 3DS:Monster Tale andEpic Mickey: Power of Illusion.
Founded in 2009 by Peter Ong and Ryan Pijai, DreamRift is an independent videogame company that has developed games with major publishers includingDisney Interactive Studios[1] andMajesco Entertainment.[2] Its first project was announced in November 2009 under the working title ofProject Monster.[3]
In an interview with Peter Ong, Dreamrift's Co-Founder and Creative Director,Destructoid asked about the inception of the project and company:
There's a lot of experience on the team, but DreamRift is a new studio, and you guys are coming out of the gate with a new IP here. I'd imagine that would be both challenging and scary.
Ong responded by saying:
It was definitely challenging, and we were aware that taking other routes such as doing licensed games or ports of existing games to different platforms would be safer. Although, many of us have experience making some very successful licensed titles in the past, we felt strongly that for our first game as an independent studio, we wanted to tap into our passion for creating new universes, characters, and innovative gameplay mechanics.[4]
Project Monster evolved into the company's first game, titledMonster Tale, and was selected for publishing byMajesco Entertainment.[2]
Monster Tale was released on March 22, 2011 to highly favorable reviews, and was found to have one of the highest Metacritic ratings of an original IP released that year for theNintendo DS.[5][6]
In 2011, DreamRift transitioned to theNintendo 3DS and began working on a top-secret project, the project was confirmed byIGN in March 2012 to beEpic Mickey: Power of Illusion, developed in collaboration withDisney Interactive Studios.[1]
Following the news of DreamRift's involvement withEpic Mickey: Power of Illusion, first details revealed that the game was not only a new game within theEpic Mickey series, but also a sequel to the classic 1990Mega Drive/Genesis videogame,Castle of Illusion. Penny Arcade reported at a press event in Anaheim that "Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion is a faithful spiritual successor to the Genesis game".[7]
According toSiliconera,Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion is the first full-retail third-partyNintendo 3DS game to be released on theNintendo eShop in addition to releasing in stores on November 18, 2012.[8]
In October 2012, Nintendojo reported that Dreamrift is interested in returning to itsMonster Tale series.[9]
On November 8, 2012, Australian Video Game Website, vooks.net, reported that Dreamrift has begun work on another unannounced project.[10]
In the April 2015 issue ofNintendo Force, the magazine revealedMonster Tale Ultimate, a remake of the originalMonster Tale game for the Nintendo 3DS.[11]
As of May 16, 2019,http://www.dreamrift.com no longer acts as DreamRift's website.[12]
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