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April 19, 2024 - Five Years of uNIC Studios

On April 19, uNIC Studios celebrated its 5th anniversary. In a world where most businesses fold within the first year and where most businesses never release a product, uNIC Studios has made it through many challenges and testing times. Five years is a long time, an almost inconceivable amount of time. In five years, people can change dramatically. In five years, the world can change astonishingly. In five years, uNIC Studios has changed in many ways. We have evolved, grown, struggled, and thrived.

Despite all the changes we’ve experienced personally and professionally, uNIC Studios has two constants: Our core values of freedom, innovation, and efficiency, and our unique vision to create amazing products consistently and create a new culture in the video game industry that injects a new life of fun, fantasy, and challenge into a new generation of players.

As the CEO of this company, I can say that I am proud of the work we’ve done and the work we’re doing. I maintain the vision the founders had when signing the articles of organization on April 19, 2019, in Ashland, Kentucky – A simple idea, but a big dream. We take inspiration from many successful companies that have come before us, but with our unique array of talents, our motivation to continue to learn and improve, our motivation to serve our customers and audiences, and our passion for building interesting worlds, great characters, and epic stories.

To reach such a milestone is a time for thanks. First, I would like to thank our leaders, the COO Casey Stroud and CFO Earl Hart, for their resilience and loyalty to the business. Without their tireless work and effort, uNIC Studios would not exist today. I would like to thank our team members - former and current - that we’ve worked with over the years. Without our team members, as small as we are, the things we envision for this company would not be possible. I would like to thank our affiliates, especially Squid Ink Scribbles for their unending support and amazing supplemental work for our products. Lastly, I would like to thank the fans and our customers who have supported us so far.

uNIC Studios has big plans. Our first five years will not amount to our last. We see uNIC Studios as a new staple, a cultural icon that will develop games and products that everyone wants and loves. We want to create beloved characters, tell timeless stories, and weave seamless worlds. We want to inspire the next generation of creativity. It’s not done in five short years, either. This is something we are willing to go the distance for, something we’re willing to dedicate ourselves to, and it’s something that gives uNIC Studios cause to exist for the next 100 years. We may only have one product thus far, but this is by no means the extent of our capabilities and ideas, this is by no means the end of us.

We can’t wait to show everyone what’s in store.

Thank you for everything,

Corey Bryant

Chief Executive Officer

January 6, 2023- SHATTER is now available on STEAM

Everyone,

We’re proud to announce that SHATTER is now available on Steam for Windows! We’re very happy for our achievement and excited to expand our reach and grow the SHATTER audience. We know many have patiently waited for the release of our game and we are happy to finally deliver on our longstanding promise to release a better version of our game to a wider audience. We hope you will support our company and we hope that above all you find SHATTER to be a fun and entertaining experience.

~uNIC Studios

November 18, 2022- SHATTER on PC Announcement

Everyone,

We’re proud to announce that SHATTER will be heading to PC via Steam! The team at uNIC Studios has worked hard over this year improving our game, and we can say that we have finally achieved what we set out to do. In this new version of SHATTER we have fixed many bugs and added many new features! Below I will discuss some of the things we have done:

• SHATTER on PC will feature standard resolution format at 1366x768!

• Will feature the full definition soundtrack!

• Fully supported keyboard controls!

• New “Hell Mode” which can be accessed after completing the main story!

• Tons of bug fixes!

We’d also like to turn your attention to beautiful new promotional artwork done for SHATTER, created by the extremely talented Squid Ink Scribbles! Check her out on Facebook!

~uNIC Studios

July 2, 2022- A Year in Review

On July 1, uNIC Studios began its 2022 Fiscal Year and with that we would like to look back at some major events of the last fiscal year. uNIC Studios did a lot of things right, but we also made some missteps. Looking into 2022 and beyond, we are going to continue to learn and grow, and we will always maintain our dedication to creating great games that everyone can love.

Let’s look at some of the highlights:

• We expanded from a small group of 3 to 7 in the last fiscal year.

• We released trailers for SHATTER in March, June, August, and October.

• We released SHATTER on December 27, 2021, after a delay from the original intended release date of October 31, 2021.

• SHATTER has gone on to exceed our expectations, however, we were forced to remove the game from the Apple App Store, which severely limited our growth. We are taking the proper steps and procedures to get an iOS release of SHATTER ready.

Now let’s look at some of the major announcements for the upcoming fiscal year.

• We have new logos! Please check them out to the left! We think this will give us a more distinctive style in the future, and we hope everyone likes them!

• uNIC Studios has changed its Board of Directors:

  • Chief Executive Officer: Corey Bryant

  • Chief Operating Officer: Todd McCaffery

  • Chief Financial Officer: Earl Hart

  • Member of the Board: Casey Stroud

• We have officially moved into development of our next mainline title! We will have more details on this exciting new game coming in the future, and we are eager to reveal more to everyone about this!

• SHATTER - HD, the official PC port of the game has been moved to later this year. Additionally, we are also preparing an update for the Android version to go with this release which shall fix many bugs and errors present with that version, as well as adding new features! We will have more details on these new features coming very soon and as always, we are incredibly excited to talk about what those are!

• We plan to expand beyond the realm of video games in the near future, and this could begin as soon as the SHATTER - HD release! Stay tuned for more info on that, and also exciting new ways to support uNIC Studios and help us grow!

We want to thank everyone who has been supporting us and who has been able to buy our products so far, and we are not going to stop in trying to get our games into the hands of as many people as possible!

~uNIC Studios

March 18, 2022- uNIC Studios Vision 2022

Greetings everyone,

It has been a while since our last official blog post but uNIC Studios has not been inactive! Today we are going to talk about the short term plans for the company and a little about what we’ve been working on for everyone to enjoy. Without further delay, let’s talk about 2022.

• The SHATTER Original Soundtrack will be released soon and will be available through Spotify, Apple Music, and other major streaming platforms! Composed by Casey Stroud, the soundtrack is one of the hallmarks of SHATTER. Also, check out the cover art to the side, beautifully done by none other than Squid Ink Scribbles! Link to her page below.

• We plan on releasing an update — SHATTER version 1.02 — for Android devices soon as well! This release will patch many major bugs that persist throughout the game and have many balancing updates to enemies, item drops, and requirements to upgrade weapons.

• We are also happy to announce SHATTER - HD for Windows! SHATTER - HD is a PC port of the original game, coming with it is also the game in standard PC resolution! Along with this, SHATTER - HD will also breathe new life into the game by adding additional elements and features that will expand the experience of the world of SHATTER.

• Recently we added a shop to our site where, if you prefer, you can purchase SHATTER for your Android devices. We are glad to announce that in the coming future uNIC Studios will be expanding its line of products beyond that of video games, and we will provide more information for you very soon on this topic!

At uNIC Studios we are always working towards new things in order to facilitate the expansion of our business. We thank everyone for buying the original version of SHATTER, and we hope you continue with us on our journey forward, and are excited for things SHATTER is becoming.

~uNIC Studios

December 27, 2021- download shatter now!

Everyone,

You can now purchase SHATTER on the Google Play Store! Use the link below:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.shatter.unicstudios

We hope that you will enjoy the experience!

~uNIC Studios

November 2, 2021- shatter announcement

Hey everyone,

Due to unforeseen technical issues with the mobile versions of SHATTER we've had to delay the release for an uncertain amount of time. We're very saddened to have to say this but we've made a commitment to only release products we are proud of and confident in, and SHATTER is almost there. We will keep everyone updated on the expectation for a new release, which will be as soon as possible. Thanks everyone for your patience and support. ~uNIC Studios

August 20, 2021- SHATTER OFFICIAL TRAILER 3

After two decades of devastation and war by the Destroyers, all the countries of the world came together and formed the Empire. The most innovative product of this new nation was the Imperial Ranger Unit, a team of special operatives who successfully annihilated the Destroyer threat and effectively ended the Great War.

Join Erastes, the rogue soldier who joined the IRU for a decade before abandoning his post with them as he hunts for his archnemesis across the world of SHATTER. However, what happens when his past comes to confront him head-on, and Erastes is tasked with leading a ragtag team of adventurers against the most powerful government of all time?  

Join us October 31 as SHATTER comes to the Google Play and Apple stores. Incredible artwork by the talented: https://www.facebook.com/squidinkscribbles/

~Corey Bryant

june 25, 2021- SHATTER official trailer 2

The world of SHATTER was on the brink due to the threat of the DESTROYERS; Machines built by ancient architects with seemingly only one goal: Eliminate all other life. The Destroyers emerged from remote ancient factories and began massacring humanity, and when humanity united and prevailed over them, they fell somewhat into myth. That's because some people still fight them in the name of humanity.

Follow Erastes as he hunts for his nemesis, a man who has done him great irreparable harm, as circumstance takes him and you across the world of SHATTER on a journey that will forever change the destiny of Erastes and the fate of the world.

Coming October 31.

~Corey Bryant

June 19, 2021- SHATTER official promotional art

Today I am happy to present the first official promo art for our game SHATTER, created by the amazing and talented Sydney Earl. Check it out here!

Join us next Friday— June 25, for another sneak preview of our game, and we hope you’ve enjoyed this small teaser!

Follow the artist’s page: https://www.facebook.com/squidinkscribbles/

~Corey Bryant

March 30, 2021- SHATTER official announcement!

uNIC Studios was founded in 2019, and since then, we have been working hard to bring you a product that we are proud of and think is worthy of being available to the world. With that being said, we believe that first product is SHATTER.

We are proud to bring you this small trailer, which only reveals a small part of the scope and story of our project. It is also my great pleasure to announce that SHATTER will see release by the end of 2021, hence the “coming soon”.

There will also be more teasers on the way, just stay tuned.

That is all we have for now, but we hope that this trailer has got you interested for the future of the company and the game. In the meantime, follow Facebook and Twitter for timely updates below.

~Corey Bryant