The publisher has stated that its goal with this partnership is the expand its own catalogue of games with a new indie title, and to work with rising and new game development studios.

Mad About Pandas—founded in 2005—has primarily focused on developing narrative-focused games, and commissioned projects for clients like the Goethe Institute and Disney. The studio has previously worked on Hitchhiker, Galaxy Racers, The Great Jitters: Pudding Panic, Forever Forest, Truck Simulation 16, and Laika.

Mad About Pandas CEO Patrick Rau has revealed that the studio’s next project will feature a “memorable cast of characters”, and some “mind-bending” game mechanics. The title started as a love letter to urban spaces of the 70s.

Currently, there’s no real release date or even name for the Mad About Pandas game that will be published by Focus Entertainment.