private industry interactive entertainment founded 2009 founder robert boyd william stiernberg headquarters lake arrowhead california united states key people robert boyd co owner william bill stiernberg co owner products epiphany in spaaace molly the were zompire breath of death vii cthulhu saves the world number of employees 2 website zeboyd games zeboyd games is a developer of 8 bit and 16 bit style 2d role playing games that was created by robert boyd with william stiernberg . it is most known for its two 2d role playing games breath of death vii and cthulhu saves the world . most recently they ve developed and released the third and fourth installments of the penny arcade adventures series . 1 contents 1 interactive novels 1.1 epiphany in spaaace 1.2 molly the were zompire 2 2d rpgs 2.1 breath of death vii the beginning 2.2 cthulhu saves the world 2.3 penny arcade adventures on the rain slick precipice of darkness episode 3 2.4 penny arcade adventures on the rain slick precipice of darkness episode 4 2.5 cosmic star heroine 3 references 4 external links interactive novels edit epiphany in spaaace edit epiphany in spaaace is an interactive novel 2 released on october 20 2009 on xbox live indie games 3 parodying sci fi through the ongoing travails of philemon k. bort possible captain of the u.s.s. epiphany one of the latest additions to the universal galactic space corps fleet . 4 it has sold about 500 700 copies . 5 molly the were zompire edit the interactive novel molly the were zompire was released on xbox live indie games on december 10 2009 . 6 it s the story of molly desper who is turned into a were zombie vampire 7 it sold about 500 700 copies . 5 2d rpgs edit breath of death vii the beginning edit co created with william stiernberg breath of death vii the beginning was released on april 22 2010 on xbox live indie games . 8 a retro style comedy rpg dem the skeleton knight sara the ghost historian lita the vampire techie and erik the zombie prince are customized via a branching ability tree . 9 robert felt that most turn based rpgs were too slow so breath of death vii battles employ a combo system based on player character choices with non player characters receiving a strength bonus based on how many turns the fight has gone giving the battles a pseudo time limit . 10 additionally the number of encounters in an area are limited . 11 with more than 40 000 sales breath of death vii has a 2 3 conversion rate from the trial . 10 despite its title it is the only game of its series and the previous six do not exist . the title is simply a parody of serial rpgs whose sequels are often not in chronological order . cthulhu saves the world edit co created with bill stiernberg cthulhu saves the world was released on december 30 2010 on xbox live . 12 cthulhu the squid faced winged god created by h. p. lovecraft emerges from the sea after centuries of slumber only to find his dark powers immediately sealed away by a mysterious holy wizard . a narrator then informs the player that the only way to break the curse is to become a true hero . quickly breaking the fourth wall cthulhu informs the narrator that he was eavesdropping and now knows how to break the curse . 13 like breath of death vii cthulhu saves the world has a branching level up system and caps random encounters in an area there is an option where the player can choose from the menu to have additional encounters . 14 the hey there cthulhu music video was produced by nakatomi hmc 15 using the parody song written and recorded by eben brooks . citation needed all in game music was composed and recorded by gordon mcneil . 16 zeboyd games began a kickstarter fundraiser towards development of an enhanced version of the game for pc and xbox 360 platforms ; it was more than successfully funded on february 16 2011 garnering over twice the fundraiser s goal . the new version was officially announced on march 14 2011 retitling the game as cthulhu saves the world super hyper enhanced championship edition alpha diamond dx plus alpha fes hd premium enhanced game of the year collector s edition without avatars . the pc version was released on july 13 2011 together with breath of death vii on valve s steam service . the steam version was a financial success making more revenue in its first week of release than in a year and a half on the xbox 360 . 17 by november 21 2011 the zeboyd games combo pack cthulhu saves the world & breath of death vii had sold over 100 000 copies on steam in less than four months after release . 18 penny arcade adventures on the rain slick precipice of darkness episode 3 edit zeboyd games developed episode 3 of penny arcade adventures on the rain slick precipice of darkness 1 19 which was released on june 25 2012 . robert boyd and bill stiernberg along with jerry holkins and jeff kalles hosted a panel at pax east in boston on april 6 2012 . 20 penny arcade adventures on the rain slick precipice of darkness episode 4 edit zeboyd games developed episode 4 which was released on june 7 2013 . cosmic star heroine edit on 25 june 2013 zeboyd games officially announced their new upcoming title cosmic star heroine . formerly code named csh zeboyd plan to fund the game through kickstarter sometime in september . the kickstarter project began on october 1 2013 and was successfully funded on october 31 2013 . 21 references edit a b zeboyd games resurrects penny arcade adventures . rpgamer.com . 2012 . retrieved 2011 08 26 . epiphany in spaaace review . go gaminggiant . 28 oct 2009 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . full game epiphany in spaaace . xbox live . 20 oct 2010 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . epiphany in spaaace . metacritic . 20 oct 2009 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . a b rpgamer feature breath of death vii the beginning interview . rpgamer . apr 2010 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . full game molly the were zompire . xbox live . 10 dec 2009 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . review molly the were zompire . retrieved 2011 01 13 . full game breath of death vii . xbox live . 22 apr 2010 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . breath of death vii released for xbla this retro parody rpg is dying for your support . . rpgfan.com . 29 apr 2010 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . a b interview zeboyd games creator shares 3 secrets of good rpg design . bitmob.com . 6 jul 2010 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . hidden xbox games you need to know about . kotaku . 31 may 2010 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . full game cthulhu saves the world . xbox live . 30 dec 2010 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . xbox live indie gems cthulhu saves the world . joystiq . 6 jan 2011 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . cthulhu saves the world review . eurogamer . 11 jan 2011 . retrieved 2011 01 13 . nakatomi hmc videos . retrieved 2011 01 13 . indie developer pow wow cthulhu saves the world interview . rpgamer.com . retrieved 2011 01 13 . zeboyd pc sales leave xblig in the dust . 20 july 2011 . retrieved 2012 02 20 . cthulhu saves the world bundle sells over 100 000 copies on steam in less than 4 months . 21 november 2011 . retrieved 2011 11 21 . rossignol jim . zeboyd are on the rain slick precipice rockpapershotgun.com . retrieved 2012 03 04 pax east schedule . penny arcade expo . retrieved 2012 03 04 cosmic star heroine sci fi spy rpg for pc mac ps4 vita . kickstarter . retrieved 2013 10 02 external links edit official zeboyd games website hey there cthulhu the photomontage video retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zeboyd games & oldid 700332846 categories companies established in 2009companies based in lake arrowhead californiavideo game companies of the united statesvideo game development companieshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 17 january 2016 at 21 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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