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| Submission declined on 19 October 2022 by DoubleGrazing (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:
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Comment: Seems to fail WP:CORPDEPTH, a lot of sources are about Dual Universe, but notability is not inherited from a game to the studio that makes it. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:37, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: Sources cited do not establish notability per WP:GNG / WP:ORGCRIT. Also, this comes across very much as a ROTM business with no indication of significance, and as such would be a prime candidate for A7 speedy if published. DoubleGrazing (talk) 12:19, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
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| Company type | Joint stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2014 in Paris, France |
| Founder | Jean-Christophe Baillie |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Products | |
Number of employees | Between 20 and 49 employees |
| Website | novaquark |
Novaquark is a French company, indie game studio and video game publisher. It is known for being the publisher of the Dual Universe video game. This company was founded by Jean-Christophe Baillie in January 2014. The Novaquark studio brings together veterans of the video game industry who have worked in major companies in the sector, Ubisoft, Apple, Sony, CCP Games...[1],[2]. The company has more than twenty employees[3].
Startup[edit]
Initially, in 2016 as launches alpha[4] the studio announced a fundraiser campaign to Kickstarter with a goal of €500,000. This goal was achieved with a total amount of €565,983 from 8,166 backers. Additionally, the company raised funds through its own website.
In 2017 Novaquark has secured funding[5] for development of its sci-fi MMO from private investors in amount $3.7 million. Thus, as a result of fees in total, the studio raised $7.4 million in 2017 to create the game.
Development[edit]
Novaquark currently helds several computer graphics and virtual reality patents by authorship founder and CEO Jean-Christophe Baillie and CTO Guillaume Gris in Europe[6] [7], the US[8] and Canada[9] [10]. The company uses these technologies in the development of Dual Universe. In particular, Novaquark used his patented proprietary technology named as Continuous Single Shard Cluster (CSSC) [11] in the game it publishes[12]. During the development of the game and the implementation of this technology, the developers from Novaquark explained[13] the main principles on the basis of which it functions. In addition, Novaquark is also the developer of its own proprietary voxel engine named as Voxelmancy, which is also used in their MMO game[14]. Name Voxelmancy has registered by Novaquark in 2022 as trademark of IP in Australia[15]. As of the end of 2022, the company-maintained MMO has over 450,000 subscribers and over 4,000 daily active players and is ranked 67/138 of all MMOs[16]
Number of employees[edit]
When the company was created in early 2014, around twenty people were working on the project. Between January 2014 and September 2014 the entire development team was renewed.[17]
In February 2019, Novaquark opened a new studio in Montreal[18] and recruited Stéphane D'Astous[19], a former general manager of Eidos Montreal.
References[edit]
- ^ "Novaquark - JeuxOnLine". JeuxOnLine - L'actualité des jeux vidéo, MMO(RPG) et cultures geek (in French)..
- ^ "Novaquark (informations sur la société)" [Novaquark (company information)]. [afjv] - Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-16..
- ^ "Novaquark : une startup à suivre en 2017 (Interview)" [Novaquark: a startup to follow in 2017 (Interview)]. Annuaire Start-Ups : Base de données Startups France - AlloWeb (in French). 2017-04-09. Retrieved 2022-11-16..
- ^ "Novaquark launches alpha for Dual Universe sci-fi MMO". VentureBeat. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ Kerr, Chris (2017-08-14). "Novaquark nets $3.7M to fund creation of sci-fi MMO, Dual Universe". Game Developer. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ EP patent 3537373A1, Guillaume Gris, "Non-local computation of gradient noise for computer-generated digital images", published 2019-09-11, assigned to Novaquark
- ^ EP patent 3543959A1, Jean-Christophe Baillie, "Dynamic display of objects within a virtual world by octree-based partitioning and publish/subscribe communication", published 2019-09-25, assigned to Novaquark
- ^ US patent 10565785B2, Jean-Christophe Baillie, "Dynamic display of objects within a virtual world by octree-based partitioning and publish/subscribe communication", published 2020-02-18, assigned to Novaquark
- ^ CA patent 3034036A1, Guillaume Gris, "Non-local computation of gradient noise for computer-generated digital images", published 2019-09-07, assigned to Novaquark
- ^ CA patent 3034068A1, Jean-Christophe Baillie, "Dynamic display of objects within a virtual world by octree-based partitioning and publish/subscribe communication", published 2019-09-22, assigned to Novaquark
- ^ "A Continuous Single Shard Universe". MMORPG.com. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "Dual Universe Many Men's Sky / CanardPC.com" [Dual Universe Many Men's Sky]. Canard PC – Le magazine en ligne des jeux vidéo, hardware et jeux de plateau (in French). 2016-12-14. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02.
- ^ Chelen, Matt (2016-08-16). "Novaquark Explains How Dual Universe's Server Works". MMOs.com - Free MMO and MMORPG Game Reviews. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ Calvin, Alex (2017-08-22). "Another Man's Sky: Novaquark's vision for ambitious MMO Dual Universe". All the latest news about the business of PC Games ; PC Games Insider. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "VOXELMANCY Australia Trademark Information". Trademark Elite. 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "Dual Universe player count". MMO Populations. 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ Goanec, Mathilde; Israel, Dan (2018-01-23). "Heures sup et bas salaires, l'envers du jeu vidéo français" [Overtime and low wages, the other side of French video games]. Site d’information français d’actualités indépendant et participatif en ligne - Mediapart (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-16..
- ^ "Developer Novaquark opens new video game studio in Montréal". Montréal International. 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2023-11-17./
- ^ Batchelor, James (2019-02-12). "Novaquark opens Montreal studio, hires ex-Eidos exec Stéphane D'Astous". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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