--- title: Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty... description: Human: Fall Flat veterans Sitara Shefta and Will Dudley have launched a new fully remote UK studio, Pretty Cool Games, with undisclosed funding from Chinese... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/human-fall-flat-veterans-launch-new-uk-studio-pretty-cool-games-with-funding-from-arknights-develop-s2wa92qen twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty Cool Games with funding from Arknights developer Hypergraph | daily.dev og:description: Human: Fall Flat veterans Sitara Shefta and Will Dudley have launched a new fully remote UK studio, Pretty Cool Games, with undisclosed funding from Chinese... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/human-fall-flat-veterans-launch-new-uk-studio-pretty-cool-games-with-funding-from-arknights-develop-s2wa92qen og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/s2wa92qen.png og:image:alt: Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty Cool Games with funding from Arknights developer Hypergraph og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty Cool Games with funding from Arknights developer Hypergraph **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Human: Fall Flat veterans Sitara Shefta and Will Dudley have launched a new fully remote UK studio, Pretty Cool Games, with undisclosed funding from Chinese developer Hypergryph, maker of Arknights: Endfield. The studio's debut title takes inspiration from Nintendo, Hazelight's Split Fiction, Disney theme parks, and physical comedy films like The Pink Panther. Shefta and Dudley aim to build a small, sustainable team of around ten people, offering share schemes so staff benefit from the studio's success, in contrast to recent industry layoffs. The studio currently has four full-time staff and is seeking further investment and a publishing partner. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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