Headquarters Toronto, Canada | ||
Video game The Legend of Lotus Spring | ||
Women Wise is a new media production company based in Toronto, Canada whose corporate culture and goals are centered on encouraging women to become involved with new technology. It was founded by Anne-Marie Huurre in the late 1990s.
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The Legend of Lotus Spring
Women Wise's major product so far has been a CD-ROM computer game entitled The Legend of Lotus Spring. Lotus Spring was co-developed by a Chinese digital production firm called Xing Xing, now known as Eastar Digital Corporation. Distribution was handled by Dreamcatcher Interactive. With a historical Chinese theme and taking place in the Qing dynasty, The Legend of Lotus Spring featured a real-world location, Beijing's Yuan Ming Yuan, the Garden of Perfect Brightness, which was destroyed in 1860 and is currently a ruin. Taking this real-world historical background and adding an emotional story for characterization, the finished product is an adventure game in the style of Myst. It was released on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2000 and received positive reviews and sold in over 21 countries. Women Wise also commissioned a novella set in the world of the game, which was written by ebook author C. Anne Williams.
Other activities
Women Wise had intended The Legend of Lotus Spring to have an online sequel similar to the abandoned Myst game URU Live. In addition, Women Wise offers online learning classes in various subjects, as well as production services for new media ventures.
It publishes and creates mobile entertainment games for women and teen girls. Soon the company will launch a "wellness community" with subjects on nutrition, yoga, spirituality, feng shui and more.