Vipidragon Studios · Est. 2018
A small, independent studio making narrative action games with hand-tuned combat, living worlds, and no live-service nonsense. Currently building Emberwake, out in early access this winter.
01 · Our games
Early Access · Winter
Action-adventure · Dragon-bonded combat
Bond with a dying dragon and carry her fire across a continent that's forgotten how to burn. Momentum-based aerial combat, a world that reacts to which settlements you save — and which you don't.
Wishlist on Steam
In development
Stealth · Tactical infiltration
A cyber-noir heist game where every guard remembers your face.
Prototyping
Survival · Co-op exploration
A four-player expedition into a wetland that's slowly waking up.
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Two people, one whiteboard, and a very stubborn idea. More in 2027.
02 · The studio
Vipidragon Studios started in a spare bedroom in 2018, after our founders left larger studios exhausted by roadmaps built for shareholders instead of players. We kept the team small on purpose — nineteen people, no publisher breathing down our necks, and a rule that nothing ships until it feels right in the hand.
We take our time. Emberwake has been in development for three years and it will be in early access, not "done" — because we'd rather build it with our community than at them.
Buy once, own it. No battle passes, no FOMO timers.
If it isn't fun to prototype in grey-box, it doesn't ship.
Everyone at Vipidragon can veto a bad idea — including the founders'.
03 · Dev journal
Why our third attempt at aerial movement finally feels like flying instead of falling with style.
Players kept ignoring our tutorial. So we deleted it. Here's what happened next.
Guards who remember your last three heists, without a single scripted event.
04 · Careers
We hire slowly and rarely — usually one or two roles a year. If a position isn't listed, we're probably not hiring for it, but we keep great portfolios on file for when we are.
05 · Get in touch
