Rocket 5 Studios

Description

Rocket 5 is an award winning game and app development studio founded by game industry veterans Catherine Feraday Miller (DreamWorks, LucasArts, Crystal Dynamics) and Tim Miller (LucasArts, Secret Level, Nihilistic Software). Located in Toronto, Rocket 5 is committed to making innovative and entertaining software that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike.

History

More About Us

Rocket 5 has over 30 years of combined industry experience! Our team has worked in several major studios including LucasArts, Crystal Dynamics, DreamWorks and Sega on high profile properties such as Indiana Jones, Monkey Island, Tomb Raider, Zombie Apocalypse and Star Wars. Since starting Rocket 5 in 2012 we’ve created several premium-priced mobile games based on our own IP including Giant Moto with over 1 Million downloads and The Phantom PI Mission Apparition winner of the Indie Prize Best Game in Show, Indie MEGABOOTH alumni and prominent features on Apple’s iOS and Apple TV stores. In addition to developing our own IP, we’ve developed popular games for Cartoon Network. We’re currently developing Kitty Disastrous, a platforming adventure game about love, calamity and being a cat.

Let's Work Together!

We are available for consulting/contract mobile, desktop and/or web game development for companies who would like to work with an experienced, family-operated Canadian development studio.

About Tim Miller

Tim is a passionate game designer with 15+ years of experience in the video game industry. Before co-founding Rocket 5, he worked as a Lead Level Designer at LucasArts, Secret Level and Nihilistic Software on properties including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Zombie Apocalypse and Conan.

About Cathy Feraday Miller

Cathy has 15+ years of production experience as a character animator, ranging from 2D and 3D Feature Films to Games, TV and Character FX. At Rocket 5, Cathy gets to focus on story, character development, quality of movement as related to the game-play experience and anything else she wants to do. Moving from character animation specialist means that she now gets to play with everything, from character concept through modeling, rigging and texturing.

About Kitty Disastrous

We are currently developing Kitty Disastrous, a platforming adventure game about love, calamity and being a cat. You play Kitty as she destroys an entire town on her way to saving her best friend; a ferret who’s curiosity keeps landing him in dangerous situations. Kitty Disastrous is planned to release in fall 2016 on consoles and Steam. Kitty Disastrous will be playable at GDC Play 2016 in Booth PL211.

About The Phantom P.I. Mission Apparition

Rocket 5's latest game release is The Phantom PI Mission Apparition, a spooky, puzzly, rock'n'roll fueled adventure game starring a paranormal investigator who specializes in helping ghosts who are being bullied in the afterlife. In The Phantom PI, you'll explore a huge haunted mansion, solve devious puzzles and avoid diabolical traps on your way to helping deceased rock-n-roll legend Marshall Staxx escape the torment of a larcenous ghoul named Baublebelly.

Projects

• Giant Moto
• The Phantom PI
• Error Log
• AR Race Car
• Kitty Disastrous