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Choice Provisions

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About Choice Provisions

Choice Provisions is an independent video game developer and publisher based in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 2007, the studio is best known for the BIT.TRIP series and its CommanderVideo character. Its work combines rhythm-driven play, retro and chiptune aesthetics, and accessible arcade mechanics across console, PC and mobile platforms.

The original six-game BIT.TRIP sequence explored different relationships between music, movement and player input through BEAT, CORE, VOID, RUNNER, FATE and FLUX. The studio continued its rhythm-platforming work with Runner2 and Runner3, while subsequent projects extended its catalogue into strategy, card-based play and other arcade formats. Its development capabilities encompass game design, programming, original music and sound design, 2D and 3D art, character design, animation, porting and optimization. Level-editor tools are another supported area of specialization.

Development and publishing

Beyond BIT.TRIP, the studio's development credits include the Mars survival strategy game Tharsis, Laserlife, Space Dave! and Bubsy: Paws on Fire!. Its collaborative projects include Card of Darkness, developed with Zach Gage and Pendleton Ward, and Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story, developed for Riot Forge. In 2023, it co-developed BIT.TRIP RERUNNER with Gamecraft Studios.

Choice Provisions also publishes games created by other developers. These include Different Cloth's Drive!Drive!Drive!, Fishing Cactus's Shift DX, Neon Deity Games' Shutshimi and Muteki Corporation's Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice. These publishing relationships form a distinct part of its catalogue alongside its own development work.

Company history

The business originally operated as Gaijin Games before adopting the Choice Provisions name in June 2014. It absorbed Robotube Games in February 2011; that division subsequently became the internal Minivisions casual and experimental imprint, associated with Woah Dave! and Destructamundo. The company remains independently operated and active in development and publishing.

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Founders and leadership

  • Alex Neuse, Mike Roush and Chris Osborn founded the studio after working together at Santa Cruz Games.
  • Following completion of the original six-game BIT.TRIP series, Osborn departed. The report identifies Neuse and Roush as the continuing co-owners and creative directors.

Operating model

The studio maintains a lean core team and scales production through remote contractors and co-development partners.

Rebrand context

The 2014 name change addressed confusion with the separate developer Gaijin Entertainment, which held the senior Gaijin trademark, as well as concerns about the Japanese word's derogatory connotations.

Community funding

In 2026, the studio launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring BIT.TRIP RERUNNER to Nintendo Switch 2.

Notable credits

24 credits
  • BIT.TRIP BEAT (2009)
  • BIT.TRIP CORE (2009)
  • BIT.TRIP VOID (2009)
  • BIT.TRIP RUNNER (2010)
  • BIT.TRIP FATE (2010)
  • BIT.TRIP FLUX (2011)
  • BIT.TRIP SAGA (2011)
  • BIT.TRIP COMPLETE (2011)
  • BIT.TRIP RUN! (2013)
  • Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (2013)
  • Runner3 (2018)
  • BIT.TRIP RERUNNER (2023; co-developed with Gamecraft Studios)
  • Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story (2021; developed for Riot Forge)
  • Card of Darkness (2019; co-developed with Zach Gage and Pendleton Ward)
  • Bubsy: Paws on Fire! (2019)
  • Space Dave! (2018)
  • Tharsis (2016)
  • Laserlife (2015)
  • Woah Dave! (2014; Minivisions label)
  • Destructamundo (2014; Minivisions label)
  • Drive!Drive!Drive! (2016; publisher, developed by Different Cloth)
  • Shift DX (2017; publisher, developed by Fishing Cactus)
  • Shutshimi (2015; publisher, developed by Neon Deity Games)
  • Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice (2016; publisher, developed by Muteki Corporation)

Offices

Current and former locations of Choice Provisions

2 locations

  • Santa Cruz Studio

    Headquarters
    Santa Cruz, California, United States

    Opened 2007

    About this office

    Founding location and overall company headquarters. Operations were consolidated here following the San Francisco branch closure in April 2016.

  • San Francisco Studio

    Former office
    San Francisco, California, United States

    Closed 2016

    Former secondary development studio. Its closure was announced on April 11, 2016, with operations consolidated into Santa Cruz.

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