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Re-Logic
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2011; 14 years ago (2011)
FounderAndrew Spinks
Headquarters
Floyds Knobs, Indiana
Products
Number of employees
11[1] (2024)
Websitere-logic.com

Re-Logic is an American independent video game developer and publisher based in Indiana, United States. It was founded by Andrew Spinks in 2011. The company is best known for developing and publishing Terraria, a 2D action-adventure sandbox video game, in 2011. Re-Logic also published Pixel Piracy and Pixel Privateers, both being developed by Quadro Delta, in 2014 and 2017, respectively. Between 2015 and 2018, Re-Logic also worked on a Terraria spinoff titled Terraria: Otherworld; however, the game was cancelled due to them not being satisfied with its development.

History

Based in Floyds Knobs, Indiana,[2] Re-Logic was founded during the early development cycle of Terraria, which began development in January 2011 by Andrew Spinks. With the help of a team of game testers,[3] he built the game using the Microsoft XNA framework.[4] Re-Logic released Terraria on May 16, 2011;[5] the game was released earlier than planned, considering that a beta version of the game was leaked to the public.[6] The developer continued to supply the game with content updates,[7] although in February 2012, Spinks announced that its development would not continue further.[8] However, in 2013, the development resumed,[9] with the second major update being released in October 2013.[10] In the same month of the release, Spinks hinted on creating a sequel, Terraria 2.[11]

Beginning in September 2012, Re-Logic worked with Engine Software and 505 Games on porting Terraria to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.[12] The game was later also ported to PlayStation Vita by 505 Games,[13] and to mobile devices by Codeglue.[14] In 2014, Terraria was released to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[15][16] The Nintendo 3DS version was released in 2015, while the Wii U version was released in 2016.[17][18]

Re-Logic became involved with the development of Pixel Piracy in 2014, the game developed by Quadro Delta.[19] It was released on the Steam digital distribution service on July 31, 2014.[20] Re-Logic ended up publishing the game.[19] In February 2016, the game was released to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[21] Beginning in 2016, Re-Logic worked with Quadro Delta on an another game called Pixel Privateers.[22] Released in 2017, it was compared to Borderlands and Diablo.[23][24]

In February 2015, Re-Logic began working on a spinoff of Terraria titled Terraria: Otherworld.[25] The game included strategy and role-playing elements, such as a tower defense gameplay.[26][27] Re-Logic worked with Engine Software on the game until April 2017, when they were replaced by Pipeworks Studios.[28] A year later, however, Re-Logic announced that Otherworld had been canceled due to them not being satisfied with its development.[29]

In response to an increasing number of games becoming exclusive to the Epic Games Store, Re-Logic's vice-president Whitney Spinks asserted that no Re-Logic titles would become Epic Games Store exclusives, adding that the company would never "sell [their] souls" for any amount of money.[30][31] In February 2021, Spinks and Re-Logic had a public falling out with Google over the suspension of Re-Logic's Google account without a given reason. In response to the suspension, Re-Logic announced the cancellation of the Google Stadia version of Terraria.[32] Later that February, Google reached out to Re-Logic about the account shutdown and provided transparency around the situation and restored their accounts; subsequently, Re-Logic reaffirmed that they would release the game for Stadia, which it did on March 18, 2021.[33][34]

In September 2023, the Unity Engine announced a royalty policy called Unity Runtime Fee, calculated per-installation and charged monthly, if the product reaches specific revenue and lifetime installation thresholds.[35] This change was negatively received by the video game community.[36] Although Re-Logic does not use the engine, they condemned the policy and announced donations of $100 thousand to open-source Godot and FNA engines,[37] and a $1000 monthly donation from that point onward.[38]

Games

Developed

Published

Canceled

  • Terraria: Otherworld[29]

References

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  19. ^ a b c Priestman, Chris (15 May 2015). "Why The Pixel Piracy Developer Apologized To Its Community, And How It Bounced Back". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  20. ^ González, Emmanuel (13 September 2014). "Pixel Piracy – Análisis" [Pixel Piracy – Review]. IGN (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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  22. ^ a b Saed, Sherif (27 January 2016). "Terraria devs announce Pixel Privateers". VG247. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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  28. ^ Chalk, Andy (4 April 2017). "Terraria: Otherworld Update Reveals A New 'Development Partner'". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  29. ^ a b Tarason, Dominic (13 April 2018). "Sandbox Spinoff Terraria: Otherworld Has Been Cancelled". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  30. ^ Winslow, Jeremy (21 May 2019). "Terraria Dev Comes Out Strong Against Epic Games Store Exclusivity". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
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