Talewind
We brand new worlds
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- Founded
- 2021
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About Talewind
Talewind is a British games and metaverse development studio based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. Its work centers on Roblox, combining original games with commissioned experiences for commercial partners. The studio also develops for selected virtual world platforms, including The Sandbox, with a focus on persistent environments, social play and virtual economies.
Founded in 2021, Talewind brings together professional game development and platform-native design. Its capabilities span concept development, game design, 2D art, 3D asset creation, gameplay scripting and live operations. For brands entering virtual worlds, the studio provides strategy and production services informed by platform mechanics, audience demographics and virtual item monetisation.
Original games and partner experiences
Talewind's first-party work includes Chicken Life, a town-life roleplaying game built around customizable chicken avatars, and Crazy Potions, a potion-making simulator that has attracted more than 10 million plays. Sword Factory X combines dungeon crawling with manufacturing and progression systems. Its wider portfolio includes island-life simulation, multiplayer competition and social deduction games, reflecting a recurring interest in accessible systems that encourage players to return.
Commercial projects include Train Sim World Tycoon with Dovetail Games, Grape Islands Simulator with Viker and Raft Life Tycoon for PlayEmber. These projects apply railway-building, crafting, survival and tycoon mechanics to partner-led experiences. The studio's work in The Sandbox includes The Multiversity, an educational environment combining fantasy and science-fiction themes.
Production and ongoing support
Alongside complete game production, Talewind offers branded activations such as in-game integrations, temporary pop-ups, product launches and celebrity events. Its services extend beyond launch to game maintenance and live operations, supporting persistent experiences over time.
Following a restructuring in October 2024, the studio continued operating with a smaller core team. Its subsequent focus has been maintaining established games, running live experiences and pursuing targeted platform partnerships.
More about Talewind
Founders and leadership
- Co-founders Mike Allender and Georgina Felce / Allender-Manners are identified as CEO and COO respectively. Their prior industry experience includes King, Jagex and Rovio.
Working model
- The report describes a remote-first, hybrid workforce distributed across the United Kingdom. Talewind structured its operations around a four-day work week; this describes the company's reported working model rather than an independent assessment of employee experience.
Early development and funding
- The founders completed the Roblox Accelerator programme before securing $800,000 in initial angel funding in mid-2021.
- A $3.4 million seed round completed in December 2021 brought total funding to $4.2 million. Reported investors include Sequoia Capital, PROfounders Capital Partners, Animoca Brands, 1Up Ventures, Firstminute Capital and FJ Labs.
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Where Talewind is based
- 27 Maxwell Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 1DQ, England, United KingdomBournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Bournemouth office
HeadquartersRegistered office, executive base and overall company headquarters.
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