PixelJAM Games

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PixelJam Games
IndustryVideo game Developer
Founded2005; 17 years ago (2005)
Founder
    • Miles Tilmann
    • Rich Grillotti
Headquarters
Asheville, North Carolina
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Websitewww.pixeljam.com

PixelJam Games is an independent video game studio. One of their games, Gamma Bros., was nominated for "Best Web Browser Game" at the 2007 Independent Games Festival.[1]

History[]

Games[]

  • Glorkian Warrior: Trials of Glork - Pixeljam's first game developed for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch which was funded using the Kickstarter platform in 2010. Glorkian Warrior: The Trials of Glork is a collaboration with comic book artist James Kochalka. The gameplay is a hybrid of shoot 'em up and platformer, with the aesthetic of a Saturday-morning cartoon.[2]
  • Gamma Bros 1.5 (Early version)
  • Dino Run SE - An improved, extended version of Dino Run for Mac, PC, & Linux.
  • Dino Run DX - A further upgraded version of Dino Run SE
  • Potatoman Seeks the Troof - A "Punishment Platformer" where the player plays as a potato-person who has left his farm in seek of "The Troof"
  • Dino Run - an action game in which the player controls a dinosaur running across various terrains, trying to avoid the dinosaur apocalypse.'
  • Gamma Bros - an arcade-style shooter (there is a sequel currently in development)
  • Ratmaze - a game in which the player plays as a rat who is running around a maze racing to collect cheese
  • Ratmaze 2: a sequel with the same concept as Ratmaze.
  • Ratmaze Nightmare - Another Ratmaze game. Released for the Nitrome Jam 2014.
  • Dino Run: Marathon of Doom - Rather than a sequel to Dino Run, this is a challenging game where the player controls a raptor and runs away from the apocalypse to avoid becoming extinct for as long as possible.
  • Dino Run: Enter Planet D - Another version of Dino Run
  • Corporate Climber - A platformer in which players make their way up the corporate ladder from the janitor's closet to CEO, and beyond that.
  • Mountain Maniac - Mountain Man goes crazy and needs to smash everything! an action game made for Adult Swim
  • Mountain Maniac Xmas - An updated & improved holiday-themed sequel to Mountain Maniac. Mountain Maniac needs to get revenge on Santa. Also for Adult Swim.
  • Cream Wolf: Werewolf Ice Cream Truck Driver fattens kids up and eats them on the full moon while avoiding cops, animal control, and health inspectors. Collaboration with Mark Essen (Messhof). Made for Adult Swim.
  • Pizza City! - a free-roaming game made for Adult Swim
  • Sausage Factory - A puzzle/rhythm game made for Adult Swim
  • Snowball - A pinball-style game with a holiday theme.
  • Hipster Kickball - Kickball with a twist. Hipsters vs. Hippies battle it out on the kickball field.
  • Turbo Granny - a driving game where the player plays as a grandma for Adult Swim
  • Cookie Party 2 - Platformer adventure game created for The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central's website. Control a selection of freaky living cookies to collect chocolate chips in different worlds & encounter the cast of the show (with actual voice acting from the cast).

Music releases[]

  • Pixeljams Vol. 1[3]

Games in progress and planned for the future[]

  • Gamma Bros 1.5 Expanded Version
  • Dino Run DX Expanded Version
  • Dino Run iPhone/iPad

Confirmed games[]

  • Dino Run 2

Cancelled games[]

  • Outrageous Robot Battle/O.R.B.

Employees[]

  • Richard Grillotti (art, animation, design)
  • Miles Tilmann (programming, production, music/SFX production, design)
  • A.D. Bakke (production assistant, marketing coordinator, web development)

People Pixeljam works with[]

  • Mark DeNardo (music, sound effects)
  • Jeffrey Nielson (art, animation, level design)
  • Martín Sebastián Wain (programming)
  • Graham Lackey (art, animation)
  • John Davies/Datasette (Music)
  • Nate Pacyga (programming, project manager)
  • Orlando Martinez (programming)

References[]

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