Aheartfulofgames

Aheartfulofgames is an independent video game developer based in Madrid, Spain, founded in 2014 by Juan Raigada. The studio debuted through a Kickstarter campaign and has grown from a small indie team to a developer of licensed family titles, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed in 2024 representing its highest-profile release. Outright Games has served as the publisher for the studio’s licensed work throughout its commercial run.

Heart and Slash (2016)

Heart and Slash was Aheartfulofgames’ debut commercial release, launched on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in June 2016 before arriving on Nintendo Switch later. The game is a roguelike 3D beat ’em up set in a world of robots, following a robot named Heart fighting through procedurally generated levels against a mechanical army. The studio developed and published the game independently, establishing the brawler mechanics and character action sensibilities that would carry through to their later licensed titles. Heart and Slash demonstrated that a small Madrid studio could ship a complete, playable game in a competitive genre, and it built enough of a reputation to attract the Outright Games partnership that followed.

Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure and DreamWorks Dragons (2021 and 2022)

Aheartfulofgames entered the licensed game space through Outright Games with Spirit: Lucky’s Big Adventure in 2021, a platformer based on the DreamWorks Spirit franchise released on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The following year the studio released DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of the Nine Realms in 2022, a game based on the Dragons animated series covering the same platforms. Both titles were aimed at younger audiences and families, the core demographic Outright Games serves across its publishing catalog. The two DreamWorks releases positioned the studio as a reliable developer of family-friendly licensed games built around animated film and television properties.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutants Unleashed (2024)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed is Aheartfulofgames’ most prominent release, published by Outright Games in October 2024 across Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Windows. The game is set in the same universe as the 2023 Mutant Mayhem film and follows the four Turtles through a story involving new mutants, dubbed Mewbies, whose aggressive behavior is traced back to a pheromone attack orchestrated by TCRI. The game drew on the studio’s brawler background from Heart and Slash while adapting to the Mutant Mayhem film’s art style and the younger audience the property serves.

Aheartfulofgames and the Outright Games Partnership

The relationship between Aheartfulofgames and Outright Games has defined the studio’s commercial identity since 2021. Outright Games specializes in family-friendly licensed titles across major animated and entertainment properties, and Aheartfulofgames has become one of the studio’s consistent development partners across three releases in four years. The partnership gives the Madrid studio access to major intellectual properties while Outright Games benefits from a developer experienced in building accessible brawlers and action games for younger audiences. Whether the studio pursues another original IP alongside its licensed work remains to be seen, but its catalog to date reflects a deliberate focus on family entertainment built around proven franchises.