About Aspergillus Studios LLC
About us
Aspergillus Studios LLC is an indie game development company based in Washington State.
We want to make fun and relaxing games, and hopefully deliver a few good laughs!
Goals
We want to make games that are simple to understand and fun to play! Life can get complicated, so when you get home from work, the last thing you want to do is remember a bunch of rules or a complicated story. Our games let you hop right on in, when you want a break from your day, without having to invest too much energy into remembering where you were or what you were doing last time. When you play our games, we want you to feel like you are chilling on your couch, eating cereal on Saturday morning!
Our Beliefs
No in-game purchases: When you buy our game, you buy the whole game. We will never ask you to buy more to play our games!
Free game updates: We put every effort into making great games upon release, but we also want our games to keep getting better! Whenever we update the game, your copy will get it for free!
No asset flips: We make every game asset ourselves (music, 3D models, art... you name it). Creating the game assets is a big part of the fun when making games, so you'll never find our assets anywhere else!
No AI assets: All of our games are a human-made experience. Careful thought goes into every level of our art and game design.
What does the name mean?
Aspergillus is a genus (group) of fungus that can infect humans and release toxins into food. One particular species, Aspergillus flavus, causes billions of dollars worth of food spoilage every year in the United States alone, makes a toxin (called aflatoxin) that causes liver cancer... and furthermore, Aspergillus can also cause serious lung infections.
The founder of Aspergillus Studios is an infectious disease scientist who has previously worked on antifungal compounds and diagnostic tests for Aspergillus flavus, among many other pathogens.
Beyond making fun games, our company aims to raise awareness and understanding of the burdens caused by infectious diseases, and our name is our first step.