Increpare Games

Increpare Games Ltd is a British video game developer based in London, founded and operated by Stephen Lavelle. Lavelle uses the pseudonym "Increpare", which is the Latin word for "rebuke".[1] Lavelle has released over 425 games since 2004, mostly small freeware games and often at the rate of several projects per month; notable commercial releases include English Country Tune (2011) and Stephen's Sausage Roll (2016).[2] In October 2013, Lavelle released PuzzleScript, an open-source scripting language for puzzle games made in HTML5.[3][4] Having developed 178 games between 2008 and 2014, Lavelle was named "most prolific independent game developer" in the 2016 iteration of Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition.[5]

Increpare Games Ltd
Private
IndustryVideo games
Founded2004 (2004)
FounderStephen Lavelle
Headquarters
London, England
Key people
Stephen Lavelle
Products
Websiteincrepare.com

Selected works
  • MathCIV (2004, first freeware title listed)
  • Opera Omnia (2009, freeware)
  • English Country Tune (2011, commercial)[2]
  • Slave of God (2012, freeware)[1]
  • Cooking, for Lovers (2014, freeware)[1]
  • Stephen's Sausage Roll (2016, commercial)
  • Quiet City (included in the August 2017 Humble Monthly as a "Humble Original")[6]
  • Hypnocult (2019, commercial)[7]

References
  1. Ellison, Cara (2 April 2015). "Increpare: The genius developer who gives his games away for free". The Guardian.
  2. Donlan, Chris (30 January 2012). "English Country Tune review". PC Gamer. Future US. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. "Making Games is Easier Than Ever in PuzzleScript". 8 October 2013.
  4. "PuzzleScript is a Simple Language for Making Puzzle Games".
  5. Records, Guinness World (10 September 2015). Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2016. ISBN 9781910561102.
  6. Humble Monthly August 2017 - Humble Original - Increpare's Quiet City
  7. Clayton, Natalie (2 September 2019). "Increpare's latest is Hypnocult, a geometry-hell rhythm puzzle". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.


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