OUR BLOG

Fun facts and tidbits about us and our development progress

Creating creatures and characters

You know the old cliche “It’s a lot of work making a game”, well it really is true. There is a long way from a story written on a piece of paper and sketches of characters in a notebook towards a ready to play game and...
The Deacon of the Dark River

The Deacon of the Dark River

It's spooky season and Icelandic folklore is filled with many spooky stories.   With Halloween just around the corner and the veil between the world of the living and the dead becoming much thinner, we would like to introduce you to a tale called: "Djákninn á Myrká" ...

Our CEO featured in new campaign video

Our CEO featured in new campaign video

The Confederation of Icelandic Employers is running a campaign on outstanding companies in Iceland. They came to visit our offices and did a feature on our CEO,  María Guðmundsdóttir. In the video María talks about what drives her and the goals of creating a company...

Our new minigame is now available on the Play store

Our new minigame is now available on the Play store

We have just released our new minigame for Android which is now available on the Play store! In this game you play as Rórra the raven and need to avoid the obstacles in her way. You as the player get to control the speed she travels at and need to dodge the orange...

Marketing grant from Tækniþróunarsjóður

Marketing grant from Tækniþróunarsjóður

We at Parity Creative house are thrilled to have been one of those receiving the marketing grant from Tækniþróunarsjóður (Rannís). Again we are feeling humbled and thankful for the recognition our game, Island of winds, has received! This will be another big step...

We Welcome Sylvia!

We Welcome Sylvia!

We are thrilled to have our application for the Rannís student innovation fund accepted last week. Our candidat, Sylvía Fjóludóttir Wallace, has already settled at the studio and is hard at work developing our photogrammetry pipeline further.A Bucket which was created...

Bringing the past back into the future through photogrammetry

Bringing the past back into the future through photogrammetry

While creating the world of Island of winds we have faced many challenges. One of them is producing periodically correct environmental assets in the game from 17th and 18th century Iceland. Many of the items from that time were very unique and have to be reproduced...

Midgard 2019

Midgard 2019

We showed off our first playable build of Island of Winds at our booth at Midgard, the first Icelandic fan convention.  We recieved fantastic feedback and people were really optimistic and exited to see more of our upcoming game.   PARITY   Grensasvegi 8 |...

Technology Development Fund

Technology Development Fund

Parity Creative house is a very happy house! We  have received a grant from the Icelandic Technology Fund for the next couple of years. We all feel humble and thankful for this recognition our project has received and we look forward to continuing our magical journey...

Hrymja

Hrymja

Island of winds gives a voice to a lot of strong female characters. Hrymja is one of them, the chief of the Balance keeper clan to which our hero Brynhild belongs to.

Balance Keeper Clan

Balance Keeper Clan

We want the story to be a very big part of Island of Winds. We want to offer our players the opportunity to immerse themselves in it, when the time comes! Brynhild is one of the balance keeper clan, ordinary folk living their daily lives. Until now they lived in...

 

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