About Outlier
Based in Dublin, Ireland, and Belfast, Northern Ireland, Outlier is an independent video game development studio focused on innovative strategy games.
Design Pillars
Insight-Led
Insight-led decisions based on data analysis
Strategic
Challenging and thought-provoking gameplay that engages players over many hours
Replayable
Utilising procedural generation and player creation to form endlessly replayable experiences
Player-Designed
Integrating player feedback throughout the development cycle
Leadership Team
Paul Froggatt
Paul is the team's Technical Director. Prior to Outlier, he had a 10 year career at Google and also created, ran, and sold a multi award-winning restaurant business.
Since moving in to game development he released mobile puzzler 'Zombles' on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, and was lead programmer on This Means Warp which released on PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Switch.
Matt Rathbun
Matt leads game design for Outlier. He is an experienced game developer, having worked at Biba Ventures releasing games like Biba Zombots, Biba Dino-Dig, Biba Drive, and many others.
Matt subsequently created gaming tutorial platform Beyond Technical, and was also the VP of Operations at Canada's largest gaming platform provider.
Sammy Khalid
Sammy is the studio's Art Director. With previous experience in Meta, BBC, Disney, Marvel Studios, and more, Sammy brings a wealth of knowledge to Outlier's art production pipeline.
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In addition to his artistic contributions across movies and games, Sammy has educated thousands of students on the art fundamentals through his popular online courses.
History
April 2018
June 2019
September 2020
December 2020
June 2021
February 2022
March 2022
January 2023
May 2023
November 2023
Outlier is founded and This Means Warp begins production
First playable build of This Means Warp for closed testing
First public playtest of This Means Warp, with thousands of players applying to help shape development
Outlier partners with Enterprise Ireland via the Competitive Start Fund
This Means Warp beta testing begins
Outlier partners with Jagex, creators of the $1bn+ RuneScape franchise, to publish This Means Warp
This Means Warp is launched on Steam Early Access!
Production begins on Outlier's second title, a strategy/simulation game set in the world of a cult-classic IP
This Means Warp v1.0 is launched on Steam!
This Means Warp launches across Xbox One / S|X, PlayStation 4/5, and Nintendo Switch
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