HeroCraft

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HeroCraft
Type
Founded 2001
Headquarters Kaliningrad
Russian Federation
Key people Prokonich Pavel, CEO
Sazonov Alexey, Key Account Manager
Industry Mobile game industry
Products $tolen in $ixty $econds
Black Shark
Kamikaze Trilogy
Revival
Website www.herocraft.com

HeroCraft is a Russian mobile game developer company with headquarters in Kaliningrad and offices Saint Petersburg and Donetsk.

HeroCraft games are released on J2ME, BREW, Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, UIQ, UIQ v.3, Linux (TomTom devices) and Palm OS platforms. Most of the new projects are initially planned as cross-platform and released simultaneously on all supported equipment. The current support list includes over 1000 mobile, Smartphone and PDA devices, for which both 2D and 3D games are designed. All porting and testing is carried out internally, guaranteeing the demanded level of quality assurance. The current release schedule is typically two to three titles every month.

HeroCraft, along with two other Russian companies I-free and FounDreams have formed United Fun Traders (UFT) Alliance.

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[edit] Offices

HeroCraft office in Saint Petersburg specializes on 3D games (Black Shark 3D, Dragon and Dracula 3D).

HeroCraft office in Donetsk (Ukraine) works on PDA and Smartphone games and has already released the following games: Snow Lines, Robo, $tolen In $ixty $econds, Happy Lines, Ball Rush Aqua, 8 in 1: Arcade Park, 3 in 1: Arcades For Adults.

[edit] Publishing

HeroCraft's publishing services have been used by V&V, WarDreams, Cinematic Games, Zen Design and M-Alliance amongst others.

[edit] Awards and Achievements

HeroCraft company participates in game developer contests and has won the gold prize of the annual Game Developer Contest[1] by Samsung company in 2007[2]. Multiple games of HeroCraft company have won awards by mobile review portals:

  • Ball Rush-2 on Midlet-Review[3]
  • Bubble Revolt on PocketGamer[4]
  • Revival on Midlet-Review[5]
  • $tolen in $ixty $econds on Midlet-Review[6]
  • $tolen in $ixty $econds on Airgamer[7]
  • $tolen in $ixty $econds on MobileGameFAQs[8]
  • $tolen in $ixty $econds on WmgMag[9]
  • $tolen in $ixty $econds on PocketGamer[10]

[edit] Portfolio

HeroCraft portfolio comprises over 50 games from an array of genres, from simple games for a casual gaming audience to complex sim, strategy and role-playing games. HeroCraft games are published both under original IP and with the branded licenses. Amongst the others, the following brands are most popular Governator, Revival, Dragon and Dracula, Ball Rush and Arcade Park. HeroCraft company has also designed and released games based on Hollywood blockbusters The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th.

Games developed and published by HeroCraft:

Java Games:

  • Airship Racing: Around The Globe
  • Arcade Park vol.1
  • Arcade Park vol.2
  • Ball Rush
  • Ball Rush-2
  • Bird Flu
  • Bikini Balls
  • Bikini Balls 2
  • Bikini Balls 2: Christmass Edition
  • Bikini Balls 2: Hockey Edition
  • Black Shark
  • Black Shark 2: Siberia
  • Black Shark 3D
  • Blind Fury
  • Bravian Lands
  • Bubble Revolt
  • California Chainsaw Massacre
  • Dragon and Dracula
  • Dragon and Dracula: Iceland Adventure
  • Dragon and Dracula 3D
  • Erotic Galaxy
  • Erotic Galaxy 2
  • Eyes in the Dark
  • Friday the 13th
  • Governator: Unleashed Power
  • Governator 2
  • Glamorous Tidbits
  • Hot Boys Memory
  • Kamikaze Quest:The God's Wind
  • Kamikaze 2: Kamikaze 2: The Way of Monk
  • Kamikaze 2: The Way of Ninja
  • Kamikaze 2: The Way of Samurai
  • KGB: S.W.A.T.
  • Last Exam
  • Mr. Revolver
  • Mummy and the Beauty
  • PeepTris: Filling girls up
  • Pet Xonix
  • Revival
  • Rise of Antares
  • Robo
  • Robo 2: Saving Eny
  • Sex Xonix
  • Sky Corsairs:The Treasure of Cortes
  • SmiLines: Sweet Hearts
  • SmiLines: Winter Season
  • $tolen in $ixty $econds
  • Sun Valley
  • Sweet Invaders
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • Thursday the 12th
  • Top Guy: Governator
  • Twice!

PDA and Smartphone games:

  • Snow Lines
  • Robo
  • $tolen In $ixty $econds
  • Happy Lines
  • Ball Rush Aqua
  • 8 in 1: Arcade Park
  • 3 in 1: Arcades For Adults

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