the current logo as of september 2016 . trading name campo santo type private industry video game founded september 18 2013 ; 3 years ago 2013 09 18 1 founder sean vanaman jake rodkin nels anderson olly moss headquarters san francisco california united states area served worldwide key people sean vanaman jake rodkin nels anderson olly moss products firewatch services video game development number of employees 11 2 2016 website camposanto.com campo santo productions llc doing business as campo santo is an american independent video game developer founded on september 18 2013 3 by sean vanaman jake rodkin nels anderson and olly moss based in san francisco california . after founding of the company the team eventually started development on what would become firewatch . as of september 2016 the game had sold over five hundred thousand copies generating 10 million in revenue . 4 history edit sean vanaman the company s co founder was originally the co leader and lead writer of the walking dead . however after discussing along with idle thumbs co founder jake rodkin he and rodkin 5 co founded campo santo along with mark of the ninja lead designer nels anderson and graphic artist olly moss on september 18 2013 . 3 soon after they announced panic would back their debut video game . 6 after a painting by moss 7 lead environmental artist jane ng adapted the painting s aesthetic style into a 3d environment 7 with the color and inspiration drawn from both new deal advertisements and icons from the national park service 8 as well as a camping trip in yellowstone national park in which team visited a preserved fire lookout tower 2 miles out from the campsite . 8 development eventually led to the announcement of firewatch on march 2014 with release originally slated for 2015 . 9 on august 30 2014 the game demo was released at pax west revealing the overall plotline and story of a fire lookout named henry in the shoshone national forest in 1989 . 10 the demo was then released again on march 12 2015 at gdc which also had a separate booth hosted by ng containing the art 11 and at pax west on september 2 2016 again . 12 the game was released on february 6 2016 for microsoft windows playstation 4 os x and linux with an xbox one version released september 21 which included an audio tour and free roam mode . 13 14 the game received positive reviews from critics and has been nominatively known alongside other walking simulators . 15 on february 3 through an interview with red bull vanaman stated that although they are in no rush at all campo santo s next game will not be a sequel to firewatch . 5 on june 27 ford motor company used an image that was similar to promotional art from firewatch which caused controversy from both panic vanaman and others . 16 shortly thereafter quirk auto dealers issued an apology stating that ford was not involved within the advertisement planning . 17 products edit year title genre platform 2016 firewatch adventure video game 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