about
at our core, we're just kids making video games.
South Softworks started in 2026 in Winter Garden, Florida. We grew into three things: a studio that makes its own games, a publisher for games we believe in, and Openslot, our talent connection service that matches studios with the people who build them.
how we're built
no investors. no bosses to please but you.
We took no outside money, so no one outside this building gets to decide what we make or how we make it. Everyone works on revenue share, which means we all win together or not at all. It is a slower way to build a company. It is also an honest one.
what we actually believe.
Games should be worth the time they ask for.
The people who make the work should share in what it earns.
Small and independent is a strength, not a stage to grow out of.
10% of everything we make goes to environmental causes. Not a campaign. A line in the budget.
the team.
- Mason Hawkins
- Tylor Harwood-Mills
- Jilliann Mena
- Ambar Arrieta
- Cole Dickerson