Foolish Mortals’ “Real Time General” Reaches New Heights

Michael Long of Foolish Mortals game studio successfully applied for Creative Saskatchewan’s Digital Game Development Grant to support the creation of the strategy and simulation game Real-Time General.

This grant allowed Long and his team to dive deep into the realism of the game, developing an unparalleled gaming experience while teaching players about WWII. “We are very proud about the technical level our game has achieved.” Long remarks, “Few games can claim to allow 1000 players to be in the same match, even less have matches last two whole months. Achieving this on mobile phones is an incredible feat.” The team at Foolish Mortals mapped up to 30,000 km² of French countryside for the use of real-world geography within the game, something very few games have ever attempted.

“Making this game has exposed our company to new technologies [and] techniques, with dedicated servers, writing our own network architecture and automated daily cloud builds,” Long adds, “Without public funding, we never would have had the opportunity to learn these skills, train our employees and elevate the technical capability and prestige of the growing Saskatchewan videogame industry.”