


In 2011, DreamRift transitioned to the Nintendo 3DS and began working on a top-secret project, the project was confirmed by IGN in March 2012 to be Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, developed in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios.įollowing the news of DreamRift's involvement with Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, first details revealed that the game was not only a new game within the Epic Mickey series, but also a sequel to the classic 1990 Mega Drive/Genesis videogame, Castle of Illusion. Monster Tale was released on Mato highly favorable reviews, and was found to have one of the highest Metacritic ratings of an original IP released that year for the Nintendo DS.

Project Monster evolved into the company's first game, titled Monster Tale, and was selected for publishing by Majesco Entertainment. 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. 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. I'd imagine that would be both challenging and scary. 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. In an interview with Peter Ong, Dreamrift's Co-Founder and Creative Director, Destructoid asked about the inception of the project and company: Its first project was announced in November 2009 under the working title of Project Monster. They have developed two video games for Nintendo's handheld systems, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS: Monster Tale and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion.įounded in 2009 by Peter Ong and Ryan Pijai, DreamRift is an independent videogame company that has developed games with major publishers including Disney Interactive Studios and Majesco Entertainment. DreamRift is an American independent video game developer based in Orlando, Florida, founded in 2009.
