In 2018 we had an Erasmus grant student, Calvin from Ireland, stay with us to do sound design work on the game as part of his curriculum. Additionally, Einar Sturluson from the Reykjavík Academy of Digital Entertainment interned as a character and creature artist with us until fall in 2018.
We have more international Erasmus applicants lined up for 2019 and we’ve accepted students from Reykjavík University for the spring semester 2019 to work on their final projects with Myrkur Games.
Near the end of 2018, we moved to a new and improved office location in the Grandi area in Reykjavík. We rented two adjacent spaces, one for development and the other for motion capture and photo scanning. By building a door between the two spaces, we’ve connected our office directly to the motion capture studio, which is incredibly valuable to our developers and team members.
The Grandi area is undergoing rapid development, with a lot of impressive companies now locating themselves in the area. At Grandi, our office is within walking distance of multiple other studios and valuable resources.
We’re planning to throw a housewarming party for investors, sometime in the coming weeks (date TBD). We want to give everyone the opportunity to see the new office, our motion capture studio and celebrate the exciting times up ahead.
Shooting of various motion capture has already started, but we’re currently setting up acoustic treatment and finalizing little aspects of the studio for our own use as well as outside rental. As mentioned above, we’ll start recording scenes for the game’s slice with our talented actors in February, and we aim to release that slice in late Q1/early Q2. Ahead of that is continued production of the project.
We’ll also be hosting a shareholder meeting in the coming weeks, presenting our fundraising plans, which include starting talks with funds, investors, advisors and publishers to support continued development after the release of the slice.
We all feel that Myrkur Games has a very positive buzz all around, as an up and coming game company with a grand vision and an ambitious product. We believe that we will take part in defining the future of the video gaming industry with the high-quality game series we’ve come together to develop. Over the coming years, we hope to grow Myrkur Games into a household name, as a game developer known for grand games and great adventures.
My personal thanks to everyone for your overwhelming support in 2018. Together, let’s make 2019 another great year for Myrkur Games.
Halldór S. Kristjánsson
CEO and Co-founder of Myrkur Games