Halfbrick Studios
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Halfbrick's current logo | |
| Private | |
| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
| Founded | Brisbane, Australia (2001) |
| Headquarters | Brisbane, Australia |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Shainiel Deo |
| Products |
Fruit Ninja Jetpack Joyride Raskulls Age of Zombies Monster Dash |
| Website | halfbrick.com |
Halfbrick Studios is an Australian video game developer based in Brisbane, Australia. They have developed the Fruit Ninja[1] and Jetpack Joyride[2] franchises.
Halfbrick Studios was founded in 2001.[3] The studio is currently based in Brisbane, Australia and has offices in Sydney, the US and Spain.[4] In March 2012, Halfbrick Studios acquired Onan Games for an undisclosed price.[5] Onan is best known for Mandreel, which allows games to support iOS, Android, Flash and HTML development.[6]
The iPhone game Fruit Ninja had accumulated 300 million downloads by January 2013.[7]
Personnel
The Chief Executive Officer is Shainiel Deo.[3] Executive Producers include Mik Dobele. Currently their staff consists of 85 employees within their Brisbane office[4] and up to 200 employees worldwide.[8]
Software
Halfbrick Studios utilizes C++ as their programming language of choice. They also use software such as Microsoft's Visual Studio and Apple's Xcode since it allows them to "avoid having to rewrite a lot of code, control over performance, fine tune things, control memory usage as well as utilise third party libraries for game developers".[9]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Rocket Power: Beach Bandits | PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube, Xbox |
| 2003 | Fuzz & Rocket (unreleased) | Game Boy Advance[10] |
| 2004 | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue | Game Boy Advance |
| 2005 | Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan | Game Boy Advance |
| 2006 | Barnyard | Game Boy Advance |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Game Boy Advance | |
| Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island | Game Boy Advance | |
| 2007 | Heatseeker | PlayStation Portable |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth | Game Boy Advance | |
| The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night | PlayStation 2, Wii | |
| 2008 | Hellboy: The Science of Evil | PlayStation Portable |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno | Nintendo DS | |
| 2009 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes | PC |
| Marvel Super Hero Squad | Nintendo DS | |
| Halfbrick Blast Off | Xbox Live Indie Games, PlayStation Minis | |
| Halfbrick Echoes | Xbox Live Indie Games, PlayStation Minis, Zune HD | |
| Halfbrick Rocket Racing / Aero Racing | Xbox Live Indie Games, PlayStation Minis | |
| 2010 | Age of Zombies | iOS, PlayStation Minis |
| Fruit Ninja | iOS, Android, Bada, Ovi, Windows Phone | |
| Fruit Ninja HD | iOS, Android | |
| Sunset Studio - Behind the Scenes! | PC | |
| The Last Airbender | Nintendo DS | |
| Monster Dash | iOS | |
| Raskulls | Xbox Live Arcade | |
| 2011 | de Blob 2 | Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS |
| Fruit Ninja FX | Arcade | |
| Fruit Ninja Kinect | Xbox Live Arcade | |
| Fruit Ninja Frenzy | ||
| Age of Zombies | Android | |
| Fruit Ninja Free | Android | |
| Monster Dash | Google Chrome[11] | |
| Jetpack Joyride | iOS | |
| Fruit Ninja: Puss In Boots | iOS, Android | |
| Steambirds: Survival | iOS, Android | |
| Age of Zombies Anniversary | iOS | |
| 2012 | Jetpack Joyride | Android, BlackBerry, Facebook, PlayStation Vita, Windows 8 |
| 2013 | Fish out of Water | iOS |
| Fruit Ninja Skittles | Android, iOS | |
| Band Stars | iOS, Android | |
| Colossatron: Massive World Threat | Android, iOS | |
| 2014 | Bears vs. Art | iOS, Android[12] |
| Birzzle Fever | iOS, Android | |
| Yes Chef | iOS, Android | |
| Radical Rappelling | iOS, Android | |
| Top Farm | iOS, Android | |
| 2015 | Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 | Xbox One[13] |
| Fruit Ninja Academy: Math Master | iOS, Android |
Other games
Halfbrick's 2014 Bears vs. Art was the studio's first puzzle game. The game was soft launched in March 2014 in a few select countries such as Australia, Canada, United Kingdom but as of 1 May 2015 it is available worldwide.[14][15] Gamezebo appreciated the game's "charm" and puzzle variety but not its microtransaction-based energy meter and controls.[16]
See also
References
- ↑ "FruitNinja.com". Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "Halfbrick "Our Games" Page". Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- 1 2 "About Us". Halfbrick. 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- 1 2 "Step inside the Brisbane lab of Fruit Ninja app creators Halfbrick Studios, With Queensland Business Monthly". couriermail.com.au. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
- ↑ "Halfbrick Studios acquires Onan Games for quick cross-platform ports". VentureBeat. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ↑ "Halfbrick acquires Onan Games". news10.net. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ↑ Natalie Bochenski (4 January 2013). "Game on at the State Library". Brisbane Times (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ↑ Halfbrick (15 May 2014). "Linkedin - Halfbrick". Linkedin (Linkedin). Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ Frederic Lardinois (3 March 2013). "How Halfbrick Studios Develops Games Like Fruit Ninja, Age Of Zombies And Jetpack Joyride". Tech Crunch (Tech Crunch). Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Fuzz & Rocket – GBA – IGN". Au.gameboy.ign.net. 2005-05-19. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ↑ http://chrome.monsterdashgame.com/
- ↑ "Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride Developer Halfbrick Announces Bears vs. Art". Grab It Indie Games Magazine. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ↑ "Fruit Ninja Kinect Website". Halfbrick Studios. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ "Bears vs. Art vs. Analytics". GamesIndustry.biz. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ Matulef, Jeffrey (2014-03-11). "Halfbrick's upcoming game is a puzzler called Bears vs Art". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ http://www.gamezebo.com/2015/05/04/bears-vs-art-review-clawed-monet/