Imagination Vent

Imagination Vent was an independent American video game development and publishing studio based in San Diego, California. Its work focused on platform fighting games, combining combat inspired by Super Smash Bros. with crossover characters from independent games. The creative team formed in 2011, and the business entity was established in 2013.

The studio developed game design, character assets, animation and combat systems for its own projects. Its capabilities included 2D and 3D character creation and rigging, alongside the integration of third-party indie characters and avatars.

From prototype to Early Access

The team's debut project began as Bionic Fighters, a platform brawler conceived for PC and Ouya. A public Kickstarter campaign launched in early 2014. The project subsequently evolved into Indie Assault, expanding its crossover approach to include guest characters such as Spade from GalaxyTrail's Freedom Planet.

Imagination Vent released Indie Assault on Steam Early Access on July 7, 2015. In January 2016, studio leadership announced that development of the original build had paused while the team pursued an intellectual property reboot and an external co-production partnership. The proposed revised title was Indie Fight, but the reboot did not reach commercial completion.

The game was delisted from Steam around 2017. Active development ceased around 2016–2017, the studio's website became inactive, and its social communications stopped. Its documented output therefore centers on the development history of this platform-fighting project, from the initial crowdfunding prototype through its Early Access release and proposed reboot.