Sano is a financial technology software developer turned game developer and designer. He made his first game a text adventure game called Adventure Quest in 2015 at the age of 13 and had been into the world of gaming ever since. Studying software development, entrepreneurship, and financial technology in high school he felt unfullfilled with the path he had choose. In a bold move he moved away from fin-tech and delve into the world of game development once more starting in college, starting Sideways Turtle in June 2020 in the progress, originally named Yawning Productions.
A game studio working on its own experiences and developing others to bring more creative works to the masses. Sideways turtle is an indie game studio started by Sano Kei, a software developer turned game designer who wanted to start an independent studio focused on his own silly niche games. He created the studio to develop and sell copies of his games online as well as develop games for others with the same mission statement of wanting to create a major impact with small experiences. Origianlly founded in 2020 in the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic with an Artist friend; Sideways Turtle has taken many forms and will continue to take many forms, Sideways Turtle will forever keep the same origianl goal of wanting to promote creative works.
Sideways Turtle was created as a indie studio focused on creativity and creating projects that have a lot of passion behind it. Started as a way to show that not all studios have to have a toxic culture to stay afloat, no matter the size of Sideways Turtle in the upcoming future, we are dedicated to building all our experiences with love and dedication.
- Hackpunk: Open Source Alpha Build of Level builder and tools by Janurary 2023
- More projects to be announced