Overview
Happy Volcano is an independent game studio based in Antwerp, Flanders. The studio gained recognition with "You Suck at Parking," a multiplayer driving game with a distinctive humor-forward style. The game launched on multiple platforms and reached a broad audience.
The studio was runner-up at the Belgian Game Awards 2025, reflecting its standing within the domestic game development community. Happy Volcano is part of the growing Antwerp and Flanders gaming cluster, which has seen steady growth alongside Ghent and Brussels.
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- When an absolute industry legend visits your studio. We talked about future plans first, then had mussels in Brussels. Last week, Sir Ian Livingstone came to Brussels, and we spent time discussing where Happy Volcano is headed and had a great brainstorm session on the game design for the games in our pipeline. The feedback on our plans, and the questions that come with that many years of experience, strengthen our belief that we're on the right track. We're super excited to show what we have been cooking soon. We ended up at a
- We'll be at Gamescom! Find ourJeroen in Cologne to learn about our latest work. See you at gamescom!! 🌋#gcdev2026 #gamescom
- Today is Jarvs Tasker's last stream as Head of Comms at Happy Volcano. "It's been an incredible year and a half building this community with all of you, and I want to spend today's stream celebrating that together. We're also tackling the Borg cube in Midnight Moments, will we finish it before I go? Only one way to find out. Come hang out, live now." - Jarvs Join the fun: 🟣 https://lnkd.in/ejvQvxGC 🔴 https://lnkd.in/ecbWysNg ⚫️ https://lnkd.in/eksxB8_Q #gamesindustry #streaming #gamedev #indiegamedev
- Midnight Moments is featured in Steam's Cyberpunk Fest, running August 3rd to 10th. For a game built by two developers and an intern, being included in a curated Steam festival alongside the wider cyberpunk genre is a super exciting milestone. The game is 10% off for the duration of the event too. If you've been following the Midnight Moments journey it's a nice moment for us, a small passion project finding its audience in exactly the right place. Plus we even got a spot on 80 Level's Top 10 in the event list! You can check out the
- We're LIVE with Midnight Moments🔴 Jarvs has been inspired by the community and wants to try to make a Borg cube in the game. Can she do it? Join us to find out: 🟣 https://lnkd.in/ejvQvxGC 🔴 https://lnkd.in/ecbWysNg ⚫️ https://lnkd.in/eksxB8_Q
- We've seen so many awesome community builds, in Midnight Moments, over the past few days that we had to put together a Steam post to celebrate them. Here are just a few of said builds. Head to the post linked below to check out even more of our faves: https://lnkd.in/eDEnMHdK #communitycreations #communityengagement #indiegamedev
- What a difference a couple of months can make! #gamedev #indiegamedev
- Midnight Moments is OUT NOW! It's a small cyberpunk diorama-building game made by a team of three, two developers and an intern, at Happy Volcano. No goals, no timers, no pressure. Just building rain-soaked city corners and filling them with handcrafted props and citizens until every scene feels alive. It's available now on Steam for $2.99 with a 10% launch discount for the first two weeks. This one's been built in close collaboration with our community from day one, through the demo, the playtest, the screenshot contests, and lots
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