Misplaced Pages

YoYo Games: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 18:12, 2 December 2014 editBlitzGreg (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users1,536 edits rv long list per WP:Naming_conventions_(long_lists)← Previous edit Revision as of 18:13, 2 December 2014 edit undo195.99.213.226 (talk) nah sonNext edit →
Line 39: Line 39:


==Games== ==Games==
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable collapsed" {| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|- |-
! | Title ! | Title

Revision as of 18:13, 2 December 2014

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources.
Find sources: "YoYo Games" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
This article may require cleanup to meet Misplaced Pages's quality standards. The specific problem is: Remove text referenced by poor-quality sources, c/e and restructure. Stubify if necessary. Please help improve this article if you can. (January 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
(Learn how and when to remove this message)
YoYo Games Ltd.
File:YoYo Games New Logo.png
IndustrySoftware
Games Development
GenreGame Engine IDE
Desktop, Mobile and Web
Founded2007 (2007)
HeadquartersDundee, Scotland
Key peopleSandy Duncan
Mike Dailly
Russell Kay
ProductsGameMaker
Cross-platform Game development technology
Number of employees25–50
Websitehttp://yoyogames.com

YoYo Games is a software and game publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland. It is best known for developing the proprietary, game development IDE, GameMaker for Windows which can compile cross-platform, originally created by Mark Overmars.

History

On 26 January 2007, Mark Overmars announced his partnership with a company based in Dundee, Scotland called YoYo Games. The company, headed by CEO Sandy Duncan (ex Vice President of Xbox Europe), was founded to support the future development of GameMaker and to build a community for developers and casual gamers who could upload their games to the website.

The company established its European office in Dundee in May 2010 by opening an office within Abertay University with two team members. The company currently employs more than 25 employees. YoYo Games has announced plans to create an additional 25 positions, over the next 18 months, in systems development, software engineering, sales and customer service. The employees will be hired to help the company keep pace with the rapid evolution of the global games market and demand for Game Maker: Studio. To accommodate this expansion, in June 2013, YoYo Games moved from its old location within Abertay University into new office space on Dundee’s Waterfront redevelopment.

Games

Title Year Platform
They Need To Be Fed October 2010 iOS, HTML5, Android
Skydiver Mach II October 2010 iOS, HTML5, Android
Skydiver Mach II HD October 2010 iOS, HTML5, Android
Simply Solitaire November 2010 iOS, HTML5, Android
Simply Solitiare HD November 2010 iOS, HTML5, Android
Maddening November 2010 iOS, HTML5, Android
Maddening HD November 2010 iOS, HTML5, Android
Teka Teki November 2010 iOS, HTML5, Android
Karoshi January 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Prison Ball January 2011 iOS, Android
Green Tech Plus January 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Sync Simple March 2011 iOS, Android
Simply Poker Squares March 2011 iOS, Android
Skydiver Mach II Free March 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Skydiver Mach II HD Free March 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Prison Ball Free March 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Sync Simple Free March 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Simply Poker Squares Free March 2011 iOS, Android
Maddening Free March 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Maddening HD Free March 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Teka Teki Free March 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Skydiver Drop Zone April 2011 iOS, Android
Skydiver Drop Zone Free April 2011 iOS, Android
Super Snake HD June 2011 iOS, Android
Nimjammin Beat-jitsu June 2011 iOS, Android
Pollushot September 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Reflexions October 2011 iOS, HTML5, Android
Rick O'Shea November 2011 iOS, Android
They Need To Be Fed Lite January 2012 iOS, HTML5, Android
Karoshi Lite January 2012 iOS, HTML5, Android
Froad February 2012 iOS, HTML5, Android
Simply Solitaire Pro February 2012 iOS, HTML5, Android, Facebook
Simply Minesweeper March 2012 iOS, HTML5, Android, Facebook
Simply Word Search April 2012 iOS, HTML5, Android, Facebook
B.A.S.E Jumper September 2012 iOS, HTML5, Android, Facebook
Grave Maker October 2012 iOS, HTML5, Android, Facebook
Simply Sudoku Free January 2013 iOS, HTML5, Android, Facebook
Planet Descent February 2013 iOS, HTML5, Android
Lazy Mouse April 2013 iOS, HTML5, Android

Controversy

Digital rights management

In late 2012/early 2013, YoYo Games released a version of their new Studio IDE for cross-platform development that would import games and destroy all of the image type resources for some legitimate purchasers of the software by inserting a symbol of a pirate on top of the image. This was due to a fault in their Digital Rights Management software implementation which they use as a method of combating pirated copies of the software.

2013 April Fools' Day joke

On 30 March 2013, Mike Dailly announced that YoYo Games was being purchased by the Valve Corporation, the developers of Steam. The joke drew much criticism from the community and lead to widespread arguments within the community and a large removal of several users from the Game Maker Community. YoYo Games Chief Executive Officer, Sandy Duncan, later learned of the prank and promptly had it removed from the site, however several moderators continued reposting the topic. An apology was later given.

References

  1. Public announcement from Mark Overmars, Game Maker Community
  2. YoYo Games on CNNMoney.com
  3. "News Article". Dundee Waterfront. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  4. ^ "Dundee's YoYo Games looks to next level - News / Business / The Courier". Thecourier.co.uk. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  5. "YoYo Games to Double its Staff to 50". Interactive Tayside. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  6. ^ by scottishgames (2013-04-23). "YoYo Games Expanding, Recruiting New Staff, Moving To New Office | Scottish Games Network". Scottishgames.net. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  7. "Skull & Crossbones Vandalize Studio Games". Game Maker Blog. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  8. "Game Maker Studio DRM Misfires; Permanently Replaces Created Game Resources With Pirate Symbols". Techdirt. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  9. Published on 27th November 2012 by David Hing (2012-11-27). "Game Maker accidentally brands customers as pirates | bit-gamer.net". Bit-tech.net. Retrieved 2014-01-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. Chapple, Craig (2012-11-29). "Gamemaker anti-piracy bug destroys developer assets | Latest news from the game development industry | Develop". Develop-online.net. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  11. "Valve is buying Yoyogames, the makers of Game Maker : gamedev". Reddit.com. 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  12. "Yoyo Are Not Selling Out - April Fools - The Community - Game Maker Community". Gmc.yoyogames.com. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  13. "YoYo Games April Fool's Prank Angers Indie Game Community". Coin Arcade. Retrieved 2014-01-29.

External links

Category: