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Foxira has been founded - and it still feels a little surreal

Some moments feel light and heavy at the same time - not in a bad way, but because you can feel that something real is happening.

We had exactly that kind of moment over the past few days:

Foxira has been founded.

After many months of planning, conversations, concepts, coordination, and yes, a lot of paperwork, an idea and a shared journey have officially become a company.

For us, this is a special step. Not just because it is formal now, but because it marks a real milestone on a path we have been on for quite a while: building our own studio and creating game worlds that bring together atmosphere, emotion, and character.

A Press Appointment That Made It All Feel Real

Alongside the founding itself, we also had a press appointment at Fulda University of Applied Sciences.

Talking there about what we are building - our studio, our idea, and what we want to create with Foxira - made everything suddenly feel much more tangible.

When you work on a vision for a long time, a lot of it lives in conversations, documents, notes, sketches, and in your own head. Through the coverage, it suddenly became something visible.

That was a special moment for us - and honestly, a little surreal.

What We Want to Build with Foxira

For us, Foxira is not just a name or a project label.

It is the foundation for what we want to build over the long term:

  • creative, atmospheric games
  • original worlds and characters
  • stories that resonate with people

What matters to us is creating things you do not just play, but truly feel.

Lepusona - Our First Big Step

Our first game is Lepusona, a Metroidvania set in a musical fable world.

At the heart of it is Tirsil, a young hare from a noble household whose greatest love is music, and who follows his sister into a world of darkness and lost stories.

What matters most to us about Lepusona is this:

It is not only about exploration and combat, but also about emotion, atmosphere, and the idea that not everything has to be defeated - some things can be healed.

For us, Lepusona is more than just a first game. It is the beginning of something we want to continue building for years to come.

EXIST Made This Path Possible

A very important part of this journey has been - and still is - the support we received through EXIST.

It gave us the opportunity to turn a vision into something real: with structure, with time to develop, and with the chance to seriously move our studio and our game forward.

We are deeply grateful for that, because without this framework, many things would not have been possible in this form.

What Comes Next

Founding the company is a milestone, but of course it is not the end - it is the beginning.

Next, we want to share much more of what we are working on:

  • insights into our world
  • characters and figures
  • concepts, assets, and development processes
  • and of course, more from Lepusona itself

We are looking forward to making this journey more visible, step by step.

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who supports us, follows our journey, and believes in us.

And thank you to everyone who is just discovering us now.

We are excited for what comes next.

- Team Foxira

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Gefördert durch EXIST

Das Projekt Lepusona wird im Rahmen des EXIST-Programms durch das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie und den Europäischen Sozialfonds Plus (ESF Plus) gefördert.