THE STORY BEHIND RiseOfRice
We are a group of students from Hamburg and Cologne
All of us have previously achieved their Diplomas at the SAE Institute and are now continuing to study for a Bachelors degree. This is where we met and formed our group of eleven students, ten from Hamburg and one from Cologne. For
our Bachelor studies we founded RiseOfRice Studios and are now working on developing our first game “Shooting Tomato”, set to release in spring of 2024 on Steam.
The history behind the name
Why RiseOfRice Studios?
When you read the name ‘Rise of Rice’, one of the last things that comes to mind is probably games. But that’s exactly what ‘Rise of Rice’ stands for. But where does such an obviously off-topic name come from?
In our early development phase of the team, one of the points was to decide on a name for both our game and our studio. And if you’ve ever been in the situation of having to give a creative, unusual and above all, appropriate name, then you probably know how difficult something like that can be.
We ultimately came up with our name during an extremely long brainstorming session. Now you’re probably thinking: The brainstorming was probably successful. Actually not… or to put it another way, the name didn’t come up IN the session, but when we were completely exhausted and needed a break from brainstorming. It came to us while we were making something to eat, which was… rice.
Our brains, completely muddled from thinking, joked about the food that could take over the world. And then the sentence came out: Rise of Rice.
Boom! The name for an ambitious, small development studio was born in a small apartment in Hamburg. Because if rice conquers the world, so can we!
Who is behind RiseofRice Studios ?
Shared interests connect
After receiving our Diplomas, we started with our last one and a half years till our Bachelors degree. This is where our paths crossed and we founded RiseOfRice Studios and developed our first game called “Shooting Tomato”.
Game Art & 3D Animation
Our four diligent Game Artist are the heart of our Studio. Without Janika, Catalina and Chiara from Hamburg and Jian from Cologne, this would not be possible!
Visual Effects & 3D Animation
Our brave VFX artist Jan provides you with all the cool effects that make Shooting Tomato as rousing as it is!
Audio Engineering
Our four Audio engineers Finn, Janis, Joni and Marcel provide you with cool soundeffects and soundtracks, without which Shooting Tomato wouldn’t be the same!
Content Creation & Online Marketing
The social media, the website, the content and the marketing is the job of Lizzy. She makes sure you hear about us in the first place.
Film Production
The fantastic trailers and videos are the work of Lavinia. Her trained eye misses nothing!
Interested in getting to know us even more?
Check out our social media accounts for a lot of behind the scenes, “meet the team” and other cool content!