History
Once upon a time, nestled in a wooded college campus in Virginia, there lived a small group of geeks. They led simple lives for the most part, trudging along the red brick pathways from class to class, bags of textbooks slung over their shoulders, thinking only of their next exam. When they had a bit of free time, they eschewed the ubiquitous keggers in favor of Farscape marathons, LAN parties, or SCA events. You see, these weren’t just any geeks. They were gamers.
Drawn together by their common interests, they spent many hours in each other’s company, watching shows, playing games, studying, and talking about their plans after college. Inspired by the creations of those who had come before them, they decided they wanted to find jobs making video games. After all, what better way to earn a living than by creating new and innovative ways for people to have fun?
If there’s one thing college students know, it’s how to research something. So the geeks set off across the interwebs, looking for information about how they might get started on their new career paths. What they discovered, however, was disheartening.
In the world of professional video game development, it seemed there was little room for anyone who didn’t already have several well-known games to their credit. Most ofthe companies they wanted to work for didn’t seem interested in unproven college graduates, which left the geeks in a bit of a dilemma.
Unwilling to give up on their dreams, these enterprising gamer geeks set out to solve this problem not only for themselves, but for all the other aspiring game developers as well. They believed it should be possible for geeks to follow their interests and build the games they were so passionate about, rather than suffer discouragement and frustration in their attempts to pursue their dreams.
Thus, in 2003, they founded GeeQ Studios as an independent organization dedicated to being a platform for aspiring game developers everywhere to showcase their work and build a portfolio. As word spread and the organization grew, more developers contributed their time and work. In 2005, GeeQ Studios LLC was formed to provide a legal entity to hold the intellectual property rights to contributed material.
GeeQ Today
True to its founding mission, today’s GeeQ Studios provides the infrastructure and organization for aspiring game developers to contribute their resources to the creation and publication of commercial video games. We maintain the servers and software necessary for developers to work from anywhere in the world, provide project management services for games in development, and present completed games for publication.
GeeQ Studios also operates as a traditional independent game studio, contracting with publishers and intellectual property owners to create new games and assets.
Finally, GeeQ Studios offers custom software development services and experienced professionals for corporate and government contracts. Many of our contributors do their game development work in the evenings and weekends while doing professional contract work during the week. Since the skills and aptitudes for successful video game development are frequently more advanced than those required in corporate contract work, they tend to perform very well in these roles and are always in high demand.