Phantom Compass: We Make Games

Upcoming Events

 

Meet founder Tony Walsh at Canada 3.0 in Toronto, May 15, 2013.

 

Selected Past Events

 

Selected Projects at Game Connection, March 26, 2013

Presentation

CEO Tony Walsh presented Rollers of the Realm at Game Connection America's annual project competition.

 

Crossmedia Toronto, Feb. 21, 2013

Presentation

CEO Tony Walsh presented a rapid-fire look at bringing game IP across multiple platforms.

 

GameON Finance, January 29 - 30, 2013

Moderator

CEO Tony Walsh interviewed public funders and consultants in this Q & A session.

 

HPX Digital, Oct. 16 - 20, 2012

Presentation

CEO Tony Walsh presented a case study of Rollers Of The Realm.

 

Canadian Interactive Showcase at INplay 2012

Presentation


Our own Tony Walsh showed off the latest alpha build of Rollers Of The Realm as part of a series of rapid-fire presentations at the INplay kinds interactive media conference.

 

Playback Summit

Panel Discussion


"Digital ROI" panel: Playback brings to the stage producers who have managed to find their way through the maze of potential partners and markets, and ultimately monetized their digital projects. Learn from successes (and mistakes) as the pros and cons of various revenue models are deconstructed. Includes Tony Walsh (Phantom Compass), Daniel Dales (Smokebomb Entertainment), Gavin Friesen (Teletoon).

Recent Articles & Podcasts

 

Game developer comes to Ryerson's Digital Media Zone

"EDGE Lab will host Phantom Compass within its facility at the Digital Media Zone at Ryerson, which professor Jason Nolan and Phantom Compass CEO Tony Walsh working alongside one another."

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Bootstrapping it: Startup game developers self-finance releases

"Last March, Tony Walsh was down in San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference trying to sell game publishers on his new video game. It's a unique concept, a cross between a classic pinball arcade game and a fantasy role playing game. Each ball is its own character complete with special abilities and individual moves. It was an idea, industry professionals told him, unlike anything they'd seen before..."

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Phantom Compass does away with unnecessary things like office space

"... the company is now turning its focus on original intellectual properties. The biggest such project right now is Rollers Of The Realm, a game that combines pinball and RPG adventuring."

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"Rollers Of The Realm"


Game news and discussion site The AFK Podcast interviewed company director Tony Walsh and Rollers Of The Realm director David Evans about our pinball role-playing game.

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"Rollers Of The Realm"

Canadian game news/views site Toronto Thumbs posted a preview of Rollers Of The Realm and interview with studio director Tony Walsh.

Read the full article here!

Press Releases

 

Ryerson University EDGE Lab partners with Phantom Compass to innovate in education and game development

Ryerson University's pioneering Experiential Design and Gaming Environments (EDGE) Lab has partnered with leading Toronto game development studio Phantom Compass. The partnership brings EDGE Lab's world-class academic research and the creative industry know-how of Phantom Compass together, facilitating commercialization of the Lab's applied research projects while enhancing the effectiveness of the studio's desktop, mobile and tablet game products.

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ROLLERS OF THE REALM(TM) TO ROLL ONTO iPAD WITH NEW FUNDING

ROLLERS OF THE REALM -- an innovative combination of classic arcade pinball and fantasy role-playing games -- is now destined for iPad in addition to desktop computers and Xbox Live Indie Games with the support of the Canada Media Fund.

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Growing game studio - Phantom Compass - becomes nGen tenant

nGen -- Niagara Interactive Media Generator -- is pleased to welcome Phantom Compass, a growing independent game development studio, as a tenant at its downtown office. Phantom Compass provides clients and partners with expert strategy, content and technology support for branded entertainment initiatives. Production of the company's first major intellectual property, a pinball role-playing game entitled Rollers Of The Realm, will have headquarters in St. Catharines.

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