Defiant Development

Defiant Development Pty Ltd
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	21 May 2010
Founders	Morgan Jaffit; Dan Treble;
Headquarters	Brisbane, Australia
Key people	Morgan Jaffit (creative director); Dan Treble (technical director);
Products	Hand of Fate
Number of employees	25 (2018)
Website	defiantdev.com

Defiant Development Pty Ltd is an Australian video game publisher and former developer based in Brisbane. It was formed in May 2010 by Morgan Jaffit and Dan Treble, formerly of Pandemic Studios, in the aftermath of the closures of several larger video game studios in the country. Defiant primarily developed mobile games until 2013, when it moved to larger projects with Hand of Fate. The game was released in 2015 following a successful Kickstarter campaign and an early access phase, and it was followed by a sequel, Hand of Fate 2, in 2017. Defiant avoided "crunch" and Jaffit was outspoken about his opposition to the practice, as well as his support for a trade union. In July 2019, the studio ceased game development due to what Jaffit called a "risky" business model and failure to adapt to changing market conditions. It thereby cancelled The World in My Attic but planned to further support its existing games.