Velvetsoft

Velvetsoft (벨벳 소프트 -Romaja:  Belbes sopeuteu) is a video game publisher and development team founded on Seoul, South Korea, December 27th of 2009 and is now based in Tokyo, Japan. The company initially started as a newspaper publishing network- its initial name was Kingsley Publishings- before shifting into the development of games for PC and consoles.

The company is best known for creating the series: Immortal Empires, Astroscape- with the collaboration of Team ASTRO, Crossover Galactic Arena, K-IDOL! Rise to Stardom, Café en Rose, Runia: The Heart of Magic, and Clarian Mysteries.

Prior to Formation
Initially formed as Kingsley Publishings, the group was comprised of Matthew Kingsley, his father's heir; Angela Tominaga, the editor-in-chief; Takeo Yuichi, the managing editor and proofreader; and Usagi Uta, the news editor and advertising manager. After being recommended by his father to create another business to create more profit, Matthew had the idea to create video games.

Developments
After successfully creating their first attempt at games, they released the first installment in the Café en Rose series, Café Bon Appetit on August 16, 2008- their first game as Kingsley Games, a subsidiary of the company. The game received high success and critic ratings, prompting the team to pursue a career in development of video games.

Assemby
After hiring more staff members as of January 2009- Azumi Chiharu and Ayaka Fuyuyoshi as notable examples- Kingsley Publishings and Kingsley Games merged, reestablishing the company as a whole and forming Velvetsoft on December 27 of the same year, and would not later not make an appearance in the game world until their release of Clarian Mysteries on February 12, 2010, which received extreme popularity and success.

Matthew Kingsley
Matthew Kingsley (born Kim Jae-young, October 28, 1989 on Seoul, South Korea) is a British-Korean entrepreneur and game developer responsible for the founding of Velvetsoft from his father's newspaper company, Kingsley Publishings, in which he became co-workers with Takeo, Angela, Takeo and Usagi before the company was established. He is responsible for almost every major project of Velvetsoft along with Angela Tominaga, except for a few like Clarian Mysteries, in which Takeo Yuichi was the one who directed and conceptualized the said game's theme and gameplay.

Angela Tominaga
Angela Tominaga (born December 14, 1988 on Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese-American game artist and illustrator, one of the original members before the company, Velvetsoft's founding. She has designed and created art for multiple games in the company, most famous of which are Café en Rose, K-IDOL! Rise to Stardom, Immortal Empires and Crossover Galactic Arena. She also wrote a novel during her vacation in Japan, which became a bestseller and snatched multiple awards, afterwards her writing became recognized worldwide.

Takeo Yuichi
Takeo Yuichi (born March 30, 1985 on Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese game artist and illustrator who is one of the original members before the founding of Velvetsoft. He has a talent for drawing and illustration, creating numerous artworks for games such as Immortal Empires and Clarian Mysteries. He is widely known for his work on Runia: The Heart of Magic, which was an instant hit on its release. He also wrote the story and created the theme of numerous games by the company on rare occassions.

Usagi Uta
Usagi Uta (born Usagi Misao, August 16, 1989, Okinawa, Japan) is a Japanese game illustrator and composer, composing numerous songs and original soundtracks for Velvetsoft's games. She is widely known for her work of the OSTs of Immortal Empires, Clarian Mysteries, and K-IDOL! Rise to Stardom, all of which received critical acclaim from both critics and fans. She is also responsible for the hiring of vocalists, or being a vocalist herself.

- OTHER MEMBERS TBA -

As Kingsley Games

 * Café Bon Appetit (August 16, 2008)
 * Paradox (January 21, 2009)
 * Café Grande (August 16, 2009)

As Velvetsoft

 * Clarian Mysteries (February 12, 2010)
 * CM2: Code Charlotte (December 1, 2010)
 * K-IDOL! Rise to Stardom (March 27, 2011)
 * Crossover Galactic Arena (August 26, 2014)
 * Immortal Empires (September 2, 2015)
 * Café en Rose (January 18, 2016)
 * Astroscape (March 27, 2017)
 * Re:Paradox (July 5, 2018)
 * Runia: The Heart of Magic (November 17, 2018)
 * Dawn of Salvation (August 12, 2019)
 * Starcraft Abridged: Mercurial Darkness (March 16, 2019)