Room 8 Studio
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Industry | Video games |
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Founded | 2011 |
Services | Game development: full cycle development and co-development, porting, prototyping. Game art services: game art from concept to ready for implementation models. |
Number of employees | 830+ around the world |
Divisions | Art Division, Game Dev Division |
Website | https://room8studio.com/ |
Room 8 Studio is a Game Development and Art Production studio having its office in Limassol and representation in Los Angeles.
During the years Room 8 Studio have cooperated with 80+ companies including Carbine Studios (NCSOFT), Gaijin Entertainment, GREE, Wargaming, Rovio, Jam City (ex-SGN), PlayFusion, Outplay Entertainment, Ubisoft, Storm 8, CrowdStar (Glu Mobile), and Nitro Games.
Company history[]
Room 8 Studio was founded in 2011 with a goal to create high-quality mobile games. Later in 2012 Room 8 Studio received its first round of funding and began its growth.
On February 21, 2013 the first game developed by Room 8 Studio was published [1] - Cyto's Puzzle Adventure and it was featured right off by the App Store in the Best New Games category in 68 countries.
In July 2013 Room 8 Studio released its second game Riot Runners that won “Game in Show - Audience Award” at Casual Connect Kyiv 2013.[2] Riot Runners made its soft launch on Canadian and German App Stores,[3][4] and released globally in February 2014.
On September 24, 2014 the company released the music game Piano City,[5] which was acknowledged by the App Store and listed as #5 in the Best Games of September collection and reached #1 music game rank in 126 countries.[6]
In 2016 Room 8 Studio was working on the new casual music game Little Piano Monsters and continues co-developing several projects in cooperation with interactive entertainment companies.
Company structure[]
The company consists of two main divisions, which work together on full cycle projects.
The Art Division
Specializing in interactive art, offers pre-production, UI/UX, 2D/3D design, modeling and animation services.
The Games Division
Specializing in social and mobile games development. Provides porting, prototyping, development and co-development services.
Services[]
Game development: full cycle development and co-development, porting, prototyping.
Game art services: game art from concept to ready for implementation models.
2D/3D Art / UI/UX / 2D-3D Animations / Illustrations / Character Design / Concept Art / 3D HiPoly - LowPoly Modelling / Sculpting / Texturing / Skinning / Rigging / VFX / Matte Painting / Rendering / Compositing / Promotional Art / Trailers
Games developed by Room 8 Studio[]
Year | Title | Platform(s) | |||
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Android | iOS | Mac | Win | ||
2013 | Cyto's Puzzle Adventure | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Riot Runners | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2014 | Popcorn Party | No | Yes | No | No |
2014 | Piano City | No | Yes | No | No |
2014 | Escape Quest | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2014 | Hollywood Escape | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2014 | Horror Escape | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2014 | Bank Escape | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2014 | War Escape | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2014 | Can You Escape 3 | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2014 | Scary Escape | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Game Awards[]
2012 Cyto's Puzzle Adventure, Best Future Mobile Game[7]
2013 Riot Runners, "#1 Upcoming Game Of The Year" by SlideDB [8]
2013 Riot Runners, Best game in show - Audience Award at Casual Connect Kyiv 2013[9]
2014 Piano City, “One of the stand-out games of the Very Big Indie Pitch 2014” by Pocket Gamer.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Ukraine's Room 8 launches Cyto as a way to break into western mobile game markets - Venturebeat.com". Venturebeat.com. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ "Indie Prize Showcase Awards - indieprize.org". Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ "Riot Runners soft launch". room8studio.com. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
- ^ "Riot Runners on App Store |itunes.apple.com". Retrieved 2013-12-11.
- ^ "Piano City on the App Store". Retrieved 2014-09-24.
- ^ "Piano City on Room 8 Studio website". room8studio.com. 2014-09-24. Archived from the original on 2014-09-27. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
- ^ "FlashGamm Contest - Flashgamm". Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
- ^ "Best upcoming App of 2013 players choice, - Slidedb.com". Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- ^ "Indie Prize Showcase Awards - indieprize.org". Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ "Pocket Gamer Connects - The best of the rest of the Very Big Indie Pitch, - Pocketgamer.co.uk". Retrieved 2014-01-28.
External links[]
- Ukrainian companies established in 2011
- Video game companies established in 2011
- Video game companies of Ukraine
- Video game development companies