THE HUMAN BEHIND THE GAMES
One person.
Many, many ideas.
A solo Canadian studio with a love of world-building, systems, and small, complete games.
Founder. Designer. Entire team.SHELBY LYNN BLACK
CEO, founder,
lead designer, etc.
Shelby Lynn Black is currently running the studio solo and writing her own profile in third person. It’s weird.
Shelby Lynn Black has worked in the film and television industry as an art department DGC member and set designer since 2014. She has worked on designing worlds for award-winning series such as The Handmaid’s Tale and The Umbrella Academy.
She loves bringing that same passionate world-building mixed with a love of systems-building to game-making.
During the 2023 writers’ and actors’ strikes, she had waaaayyy too much time on her hands and began to learn Unreal Engine… and became hooked. She then began to have way too many game ideas.
It was game over. She pivoted SL Black Studios into a game studio.
THE STUDIO
Complete games.
Made with heart.
SL Black Studios is a small, currently solo indie game company founded and based in Canada.
The studio is focused on small, full-experience mobile games aimed at accessibility and fun. No microtransactions, just engaging gameplay on a portable device.
Poot Patrol is available on iOS. Borough is in development, and ShoNiMals is an early prototype.
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