Forge Father Games

Forge Father Games is an independent game development studio, creative consultancy, and tabletop publisher based in Carlsbad, California. Established in 2013, it develops original science-fiction and fantasy properties across PC games, miniature wargames, graphic novels, and role-playing sourcebooks. Alongside its own releases, the studio provides game design, creative direction, worldbuilding, and prototype development for external entertainment projects.

The studio began with THON The Game, a 28mm science-fiction miniatures wargame featuring faction boxed sets, companion cards, and custom dice. Its setting subsequently expanded into fiction, Playable Graphic Novels, and tabletop RPG publications distributed through Amazon. The publishing catalogue includes sparks, Terminus, FIRES, and the STARBURN RPG line. Released in 2025, Starfire adds a 269-page hardcover companion covering the universe's lore and characters.

Original digital games

Forge Father Games brought the THON setting to Steam Early Access with Chronicles of Honor in April 2020. The third-person science-fiction rogue-lite shooter was followed in February 2022 by Requiem, a dark-fantasy, third-person action RPG with souls-like gameplay. Both titles were developed and published by the studio. As of October 2026, it is also developing SOVEREIGN, an original Unreal Engine action-adventure title targeted for 2027.

Design and collaborative production

The studio's contract work spans combat encounters, multiplayer map layouts, environment flow, systems balancing, narrative scripting, and game pitch prototypes. Its capabilities include Unreal Engine 4 and 5 level blockouts, alongside virtual reality experience design and motion ride layouts.

External collaborations include the VR prototypes CHAOS and FORESIGHT and motion ride project HADES with Specular Interactive, as well as the educational mobile project Project Hermes for One Mind Learning. More recent work includes design leadership on Wilder World during 2022–2024 and deathmatch level design and blockouts for Digital Nomad's New Moons during 2024–2025. This combination of proprietary publishing and specialist contract design supports the studio's work across digital and physical game formats.