Moonbot Studios

Shreveport firm seeks backers for video game project

Kate Archer Kent — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:21:38 +0000

A Gothic adventure video game is under development by Oscar-winning Moonbot Studios in Shreveport. Company officials have launched an online crowd-sourcing fundraiser through Kickstarter. They aim to raise $750,000, along with grassroots buzz from gamers. The game, “The Golem,” will be created entirely in-house by Moonbot’s 50 employees. At a Monday news conference, principal Brandon Oldenburg said the project was on the back burner for a couple years.

Shreveport creative firm advances storytelling art with Wonderbook

Kate Archer Kent — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:52:32 +0000

Shreveport-based Moonbot Studios participated in a panel discussion at the world's largest gaming trade fair, Gamescom, held in Cologne, Germany, earlier this month. Moonbot's creative director Adam Volker debated with fellow panelists on whether games are art. He says Moonbot aims to carve out an interactive storytelling niche in the vast gaming industry as it works on a Sony Wonderbook game for the PlayStation 3. Diggs Nightcrawler is slated to be released sometime next year.

Shreveport showers Moonbot Studios with confetti, praise

Kate Archer Kent — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:41:01 +0000

Reminiscent of an old-time ticker-tape parade, confetti rained down on Shreveport as hundreds of people lined several downtown blocks to celebrate Moonbot Studios' Academy Award.

Moonbot Studios' Wins The Oscar!

Kate Archer Kent — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Congratulations to Moonbot Studios for Winning the Oscar for Best Animated Short. Listen again to Kate Archer Kent's interview which was featured on Marketplace on Friday.

Listen to the Story Again:

Moonbot gets Oscar nod

Kate Archer Kent — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:28:36 +0000

A Shreveport digital animation studio gets an Academy Award nomination for its short film. Louisiana's film office head says it shows a film can be made in Louisiana "from soup to nuts."