COMPANY OVERVIEW

Bodeville is an independent, self-funded game studio focusing on narrative games and short-form indie experiences.

COMPANY HISTORY

Bodeville was founded in 2022 by a pair of tech-industry veterans, Alexia Mandeville and Bo Boghosian. Both founders bring experience from massive online games including Niantic's Peridot, Pokemon GO, and Meta's Horizon.

The company intends to release their first games in 2023.

BODEVILLE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH DATE FOR CHIEF EMOJI OFFICER

02/28/2023

Bodeville will launch its debut game, Chief Emoji Officer, on April 7, 2023 for PC, Mac, Android, and iOS.

Chief Emoji Officer is a narrative adventure game that blends humor and social commentary in an all-too-real critique of the modern day tech landscape. Become the CEO using only emojis... without getting fired along the way.

Through its witty dialogue and engaging storytelling, Chief Emoji Officer tackles some of the most pressing issues facing the tech industry today. But don't worry - Chief Emoji Officer is still a lot of fun to play. With its absurd situations, ridiculous emojis, and quirky characters, the game is sure to have you laughing out loud.

Available for wishlist today on Steam.

NIANTIC VETERANS FORM INDEPENDENT GAME STUDIO

11/1/2022

Bodeville, a new self-funded game studio is being spun up to focus on narrative games and short-form indie experiences.

Both founders are bringing experience from massive online games including Niantic's Peridot, Pokemon Go, and Meta's Horizon. The studio is being founded by Alexia Mandeville, known for leading the design on a new IP Peridot at Niantic and designing VR experiences at Oculus, and Bo Boghosian, former engineering lead on Peridot and key developer on Pokemon GO, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Niantic's Real World Platform.

The studio's mission is to create beautiful worlds, stories, and characters, and to always be fair to players.

The team is working on two original narrative games that are expected to ship in 2023.

Ex Niantic staff Alexia Mandeville and Bo Boghosian form new indie studio Bodeville Games

Pocket Gamer, November 2, 2022

Ex-Pokémon Go devs form self-funded studio Bodeville Games

GamesIndustry.biz, November 1, 2022

Former Niantic developers form new studio Bodeville

Game Developer, November 1, 2022