Retro Yeti Games company

Actually, it started before that. In January 2014, a number of graduate students in the MEAE program at the University of Utah formed a team that would dedicate the next three semesters to creating a thesis game. They have some pretty big shoes to fill, following in the footsteps of 2014 IGF Student Finalists Cyber Heist from the cohort before them.

They narrowed down their ideas until they’d picked two that were turned into playable prototypes. They pitched those prototypes to a panel of industry professionals from Utah’s ever-growing game development studios, seeking feedback and expertise. From there, they selected one prototype to turn into their thesis game, and that’s where 404Sight was born. Both the team and the game have gone through several iterations since then. Retro Yeti Games is now a dozen students strong, and they’re creating a game about a topic near and dear to their