Ratloop

American video game developer

Ratloop, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Headquarters	Houston, Texas, United States
Key people	Lucas Pope
Website	www.ratloop.com

Ratloop, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1997 in Richmond, Virginia.^[1] In addition to traditional retail game products, Ratloop has also done contract work for various 3D multimedia projects such as training tools and "serious games". Their earliest work used the label "Team Epochalypse", and they also own the DBA brand "Mekada", which is oriented towards casual gamers. In 2007, Ratloop Asia Pte. Ltd. was incorporated to support a development team based in Singapore. In 2017, Ratloop Canada was incorporated.

Notable projects

Malice (Quantum Axcess, 1997) - A commercially released total conversion for Quake.
Snap-on Gearhead Garage (Head Games Publishing, 1999) - Original game allowing players to customize and repair cars.
Rocketbirds: Revolution - a 2D cinematic action-adventure puzzler game made with Adobe Flash.
Helsing's Fire (2010): a puzzle video game for iOS.^[2]
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (2011) - An action game for PlayStation Network and PC. PC version published by Reverb Publishing.
Rocketbirds 2: Evolution (2016) - An action game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.
VROOM KABOOM (2018) - A free-to-play Tower Defense with vehicles game for PlayStation 4 and Steam.
Lemnis Gate (2021) - A online multiplayer timeloop shooter game that was decommissioned in 2023.

References

^ Wood, Austin (2017-11-02). "Lucas Pope on life after Papers, Please". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
^ Rose, Mike (February 7, 2011). "Road To The IGF: Ratloop's Lucas Pope Plays With Helsing's Fire". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.