Funtactix is an online game development studio specializing in browser based virtual worlds and multiplayer games.
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Funtactix was Founded in Israel in 2006 by Yaron Leifenberg and Ilan Graicer, backed by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and Benchmark Capital.
In 2008, the Current CEO, Sam Glassenberg, ex DirectX program manager, joined the company. The company released Moondo, an online virtual world of 3D, multi-player action games in the browser.
In 2009, the company was reset. Co-founder Ilan Graicer left the company and the company completely rebuilt its technology as a Flash and HTML5 platform used to create IP based virtual worlds and games.
In 2011 Paramount and Funtactix announce a multi title deal to create virtual worlds and MMO games for selected Paramount brands.
Launched day-and-date with, and based on the animated movie Rango, Rango: The WORLD is a flash based MMO / virtual world for kids. This online game is one of several planned games as part of a multi title deal with Paramount to produce virtual worlds and games for selected Paramount brands.
The World, is Funtactix’ virtual world platform. The platform uses proprietary cutting edge flash and HTML5 technology(including Acrobatix) to enable high fidelity digital items sale. The platform includes a full virtual world with Avatar systems, social elements and a payment solution and can be tailored to a veraity(variety) of IPs and visual styles.
Moondo, a virtual world of online multi-player 3D games, was one of the first full 3D action games in the browser and the first to introduce the cross-gaming concept of a single avatar used in multiple games. Moondo was up for a year (2008–2009) and had over 150,000 active players over that period. As part of the company reset in 2009, Moondo was taken down.
Acrobatix is a revolutionary rendering and animation system that enables a high fidelity representation of animated characters and items on low end, non-hardware accelarated user platforms like Flash, mobile devices and netbooks. The system is optimized for item based economies and enables a swift pipeline with a lean distribution system that is highly cost efficient. One of the major benefits of Acrobatix is the use of motion capture data for ultra high resolution characters.