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Sherman3D is an independently owned video game developer company incorporated in 2003 by Sherman Chin and Tiffany Lim, which develops cute, bright, and colorful Anime inspired video games.

Overview

Sherman3D started as an independent game development community but was incorporated in April 2003 in Malaysia and in July 2006 in Canada. Sherman3D's has online developers from across the globe from countries such as Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and America. Sherman3D specializes in pixel art outsourcing and has worked on over 20 internationally recognized games including Drawn To Life published by THQ in 2007, Scribblenauts published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2009, Nickelodeon Diego's Build & Rescue published by 2K Play in 2010. In 2011, Sherman3D created its own story and trademarked intellectual property in the form of a sci-fi fantasy PC Role Playing Game entitled Alpha Kimori™ Great Doubt™ Episode One, which was distributed by Big Fish Games, IGN Entertainment and GameHouse in the US, IGN in the UK, GamersGate in Sweden, and DLsite in Japan.

Sherman3D is an authorized Nintendo DS developer and provides pixel art partner studio outsourcing services to other game development companies such as 5th Cell. Sherman3D and its services is also listed in the Game Developer's Market Guide book

History

Sherman3D was first incorporated as Sherman3D Sdn. Bhd. after securing the 2nd-runners up award in Venture 2002,Malaysia's first nationwide business plan competition organized by McKinsey & Company. The award was presented to Sherman3D by Malaysia's Prime Minister, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Sherman3D Sdn. Bhd. was recognized by the Malaysian government as an MSC Malaysia Status Company in 2004 and part of the technopreneur development division .

Sherman3D worked on a MMORPG prototype entitled Vibeforce on IBM's Butterfly Supercomputing Grid for Sony's PlayStation 2, which was showcased at E3 2003. Sherman3D was mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

The Sherman3D 3D BSP Game Engine and documentation has been used as university research paper reference .

Sherman3D Multimedia Inc. was incorporated in British Columbia, Canada in 2006 and it provides 2D game pixel art and animation outsourcing services.

Sherman3D is invited to speak on the philosophy of Great Doubt in Alpha Kimori at the Defense, Science & Research Conference 2011 organized by the National University of Singapore in Singapore in August 2011.

Reception

Alpha Kimori™ had its first official review by Gamezebo with a rating of 4 out of 5 stars and is titled, "Alpha Kimori™: Great Doubt™ is an excellent, thought-provoking RPG."

Sherman3D worked on all the in-game pixel art graphics of Scribblenauts, which was rated at 8.5 out of 10 by IGN Entertainment. Scribblenauts went on to sell over a million copies worldwide.

Sherman3D worked on all the in-game pixel art graphics of Lock's Quest, which was rated at 8.5 out of 10 by IGN Entertainment.

Sherman3D worked on all the in-game pixel art graphics of Drawn To Life, which was rated at 8.0 out of 10 by IGN Entertainment.

Original Titles

• 2011 | Alpha Kimori (PC) - Published and Distributed by Big Fish Games, IGN Entertainment, GamersGate

Partner Titles

• 2003 | In-game art for SEAL Team 6 (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
• 2003 | In-game art for Siege (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
• 2003 | In-game art for Mini Poccha (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
• 2004 | In-game art for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Mobile) - Published by EA Mobile
• 2005 | In-game art for Darts Pro! (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
• 2005 | Game Port Programming for Ministry of Sound: Club Manager (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
• 2006 | Game Port Programming for Moto GP Manager (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
• 2006 | Game Port Programming for Full Spectrum Warrior: Mobile (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
• 2006 | In-game art for D.N.A. (PC) - Published by
• 2007 | In-game art for Drawn to Life (DS) - Published by THQ
• 2007 | In-game art for Aveyond 2 (PC) - Published by Big Fish Games
• 2008 | In-game art for Lock's Quest (DS) - Published by THQ
• 2008 | In-game art for Majestic Forest (PC) - Published by IGN Entertainment
• 2009 | In-game art for Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (DS) - Published by THQ
• 2009 | In-game art for Scribblenauts (DS) - Published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• 2009 | Chat Code Programming for Tradewars Rising (PC) - Published by Sylien Games
• 2009 | In-game art for Aveyond 3 (PC) - Published by Big Fish Games
• 2010 | In-game art for Nickelodeon Diego's Build & Rescue (DS) - Published by 2K Play

References

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External links

• Official Sherman3D website
• Sherman3D's Alpha Kimori game website

• Video game developers