Party games, like Human: Fall Flat, have seen something of a resurgence in popularity in recent years, and, building on that success, Sitara Shefta and Will Dudley have officially announced Pretty Cool Games, a new, fully remote indie studio based in the UK. The studio is promising a new IP and has reportedly secured funding from Coreblazer, the investment arm of HyperGryph, the Shanghai-based studio responsible for Arknights.

Pretty Cool Games is [supposedly already working](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/human-fall-flat-veterans-launch-new-uk-studio-pretty-cool-games-with-funding-from-arknights-developer-hypergraph) on a new IP, and according to comments from HyperGryph's head of investment, Clare Yang, it has already shown off prototypes to the studio. Pretty Cool describes its first game as a double-A, physics-based game with a gameplay-first philosophy. While a launch date has yet to be set, the studio is prototyping and iterating rapidly in order to test ideas in-game, focusing on "player expression" to drive fun and engagement.[](https://www.techpowerup.com/img/KgNnRE69ntuKTGqu.jpg) [](https://www.techpowerup.com/img/PkQNnf3qFPQ1Zktw.jpg)[Read full story](https://www.techpowerup.com/351733/pretty-cool-games-launches-as-new-studio-from-human-fall-flat-devs)