Tender Claws

Tender Claws is an arts studio and video game developer based in Los Angeles. Their products include virtual reality experiences, mobile games using facial recognition, and electronic literature.
History
Tender Claws was founded by Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman in 2014.
Games Developed
Pry
Pry (2014) is an 8-part audio-visual novella created by Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman and sold as an iPad app. Pry "transgresses the boundaries between media (literature, visual arts, film and games)". It combined literary writing with audio-visual elements and gestural user interaction by touching or "prying" the text and images open was a significant innovation in digital storytelling. An early reviewer wrote that Pry "evokes a complex, unprecedented coherence between custom interactive gestures, audiovisuals, and psychological insights". Pry is frequently taught in college classes on electronic literature and digital storytelling, and has won several awards, including the 2015 Robert Coover Award for a Work of Electronic Literature. It was on Apple's 2015 top apps list.
Virtual Virtual Reality
Virtual Virtual Reality (2017) is a narrative comedy adventure that won Google Play's best VR game of 2017, and was a finalist for Unity's Best VR game.
TendAR
TendAR (2018) is an app for Android phones with Samantha Gorman as project lead. The game won the IndieCade 2018 award for Innovation in Interaction, was an official selection for Sundance New Frontiers 2018 and was also selected for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2018.
The Under Presents and The Tempest
The Under Presents (2019) is a VR experience for Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift that includes narrative areas that can be explored individually, multiplayer spaces with performance and game elements, and live theatre performances, including a critically acclaimed run of The Tempest.
Virtual Virtual Reality 2
Virtual Virtual Reality 2 (2022) is the sequel to Virtual Virtual Reality. The game has many game breaking glitches and is deemed unplayable for the time being.

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