• Source: IndiePub

indiePub Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Zoo Entertainment, Inc.) was a publisher of video games based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.




History


Zoo Games was a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoo Entertainment originally known as DFTW Merger Sub, Inc. In March 2007, DFTW merged with Green Screen Interactive Software, LLC to become Green Screen Interactive Software. Following the merger, Green Screen acquired SuperVillain Studios in June 2007, Destination Software in December 2007 and Zoo Digital Publishing in April 2008. In August 2008, Green Screen was renamed Zoo Games, Inc., and Destination Software was renamed Zoo Publishing, Inc., with Zoo Publishing becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoo Games. SuperVillain Studios was sold back to the original owners in September 2008 and six months following the acquisition of Zoo Digital Publishing it was sold back to the original owners in order for the company to refocus on their Zoo Publishing operations.
On May 7, 2009 it was announced by Zoo Publishing that the company had acquired the rights from New World IP to publish and distribute Empire Interactive's entire catalog which includes titles such as Big Mutha Truckers and Flatout Head On. The rights were acquired from New World IP who had recently purchased Empire's intellectual property as the company went into administration. In June 2009, Zoo Games created a wholly owned subsidiary, Zoo Entertainment Europe Ltd., in order to move into the European market however, operations were discontinued in December 2009.
September 28, 2011, indiePub announced that it was a year into development of an indies-only game and application (apps) distribution or publishing platform. Developers will be able to create a "Pub" (online storefront) to sell their games and apps. The following week (October 7, 2011) indiePub revealed that it would give indie developers 75% of the revenues from their games sold through the service and that it would support games and other apps made for PC (Windows), Macintosh (OS X), Linux and Android devices (phones and tablets). iOS games, can be linked from a Pub. It will also use distributed sales tools which have not yet been detailed.
May 15, 2012, Zoo Entertainment, Inc., officially became indiePub Entertainment, Inc.
indiePub closed in 2013.




indiePub Games


Zoo Publishing is also the sponsor of indiePub Games, a community of independent video game developers. Zoo originally launched indiePub as 2Bee Games in 2009 but changed to indiePub in 2010 and periodically holds indie game development competitions with cash prizes for the best games.
Mid 2010, indiePub held its 3rd Independent Game Developers' Competition when indiePub launched. (The first two developer competitions were under 2Bee Games). Winners were announced October 8, 2010, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) Online in Austin, Texas (USA). The winners were:

Grand Prize: Dustforce! by Hitbox Team developers Woodley Nye, Matthew Bush and Alexander Dostal in Brisbane, Australia.
Technical Excellence: Hazard: The Journey of Life by Alexander Bruce.
Best Art: The Dream Machine created by Cockroach Inc. developers Anders Gustafsson and Erik Zaring from Denmark and Sweden.
Best Audio: Coma by Thomas Brush.
Best Design: Vanessa Saint-Pierre Delacroix and Her Nightmare by Bad Pilcrow.
Staff Pick: Catapult for Hire by developer Tyrone Henrie of PixelMega.
Mid to late 2010, indiePub held a Mobile Game Competition. The winners were announced December 15, 2011:

Grand Prize: SteamBirds for Android (Spry Fox and Radial Games)
Art: PLEXXR for iOS (Tactile Media)
Audio: Spark It Up for iOS(sumiguchi)
Design: SKWER for iOS (Alebrije Studios)
Technical Excellence: Hero Mages for Android (D20Studios)
Early 2011 indiePub held an indie game developer competition called the Independent Propeller Awards and featured $150,000 in prizes, an award sponsored by Unity Technologies and an award sponsored by Intel AppUp developer program. Winners were announced on March 13, 2011, at the ScreenBurn Arcade, the gaming portion of the 2011 South by Southwest event in Austin, Texas (USA). The winners were:

Grand Prize: GLiD (Glid) by Spiderling Game Studios
Best Art: The Uncanny Fish Hunt by Uncanny Games
Best Audio: Skinny by Thomas Brush
Best Design: Chewy by Happy Candy Co.
Technical Excellence: Creo by Turtle Sandbox
Intel Innovation Award: Deep Sea by Robin Arnott of WRAUGHK Audio Design
Unity Development Award: Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers by Black Pants Game Studio
Late in 2011 indiePub started their fifth indie game developer competition called the 2012 Independent Propeller Awards and featured $50,000 in prizes. Winners were announced on April 18, 2012.
The winners were:

Grand Prize: Deity by DigiPen's Double++ (Ryan Chew, Caroline Sugianto, Michael Travaglione, Christopher Mingus, Ying Liu, Matt Frederick, Aariel Hall and Ryan Hickman)
Best Art: The Bridge by Ty Taylor and Mario Castaneda
Best Audio: The Red Solstice by IronWard (Hrvoje Horvatek, Daniel Mandić, Marko Pintera, Vjeko Koščević, Danijel Ribić and Marko Kovačić with audio by Andy Mack, Cory Richards, Žarko Dragojević and Dominik Zorić)
Best Design: FYI by Digital Dreams (Geert Nellen, Thijmen Bink and Roy van de Mortel)
Technical Excellence: Nitronic Rush by DigiPen's Team Nitronic (Kyle Holdwick, Andy Kibler, Chris Barrett, Andrew "Angrew" Nollan, Jason Nollan, Laura Borgen, Eddie Peters, Ariel Gitomer, Nathan Aldrich, Jordan Hemenway and M.J. "The Quiggles" Quigley)
Mobile Game: CreaVures by MuseGames (Howard Tsao and Conrad Kreyling)
In 2013, indiePub Games closed with all the subsidiaries of indiePub.




indiePub Mobile


February 1, 2011, Zoo Entertainment, Inc., announced that it launched indiePub Mobile to develop mobile games for iOS and Android. EA Mobile's former Development Director, Rob Cassidy, was named indiePub Mobile Director. Initially announced mobile games were: Fractal, Blocks: The Devilish Delivery Game (renamed Kona's Crate), Paper Venture, Totem Destroyer Deluxe (HD) and Cargo Delivery. According to the company, this was the first time an indie game publisher has expanded with a designated mobile division.
In 2013, indiePub Mobile closed with all the subsidiaries of indiePub.




Games


This is a list of games published under the Zoo Games label and, further below, under indiePub. For the games published by Destination Software before it was acquired; see List of Destination Software games.




= Released (Zoo Publishing)

=
2008

Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune (2008) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii
Bigfoot: Collision Course (2008) Nintendo DS, Wii, Windows
Calvin Tucker's Redneck Jamboree (2008) Wii, Windows
Chrysler Classic Racing (2008) Nintendo DS, Windows
M&M's Adventure (2008) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii
Margot's Word Brain (2008) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows
NARC (2008) Windows
Order Up! (2008) Wii
Puzzler Collection (2008) Nintendo DS, Wii
Skate City Heroes (2008) Wii
Story Hour: Adventures (2008) Wii
Story Hour: Fairy Tales (2008) Wii
Twin Strike: Operation Thunder (2008) Wii
Wordmaster (2008) Nintendo DS
2009

Animal Paradise Wild (2009) Nintendo DS
Arcade Shooting Gallery (2009) Wii
ATV Quad Kings (2009) Wii
Build 'n Race (2009) Wii
Chrysler Classic Racing (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii
Chicken Blaster (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii
Deal or No Deal (2009) Wii
Diner Dash: Flo on the Go (2009) Nintendo DS
Dodge Racing: Charger vs. Challenger (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii
Dream Dance & Cheer (2009) Wii
Dream Dancer (2009) Nintendo DS
Dream Salon (2009) Nintendo DS
Glacier 2 (2009) Wii
Groovin' Blocks (2009) iPhone, Wii
Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams (2009) Nintendo DS
Jelly Belly: Ballistic Beans (2009) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii
Love Is... In Bloom (2009) Nintendo DS
Margot's Bepuzzled! (2009) Nintendo DS
M&M's Beach Party (2009) Wii
Monster Trucks Mayhem (2009) Wii
Pacific Liberator (2009) Wii
Puzzle Kingdoms (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii
Smiley World Island Challenge (2009) Nintendo DS, Wii
Ultimate Duck Hunting (2009) Wii
Wedding Dash (2009) Nintendo DS
2010

Boot Camp Academy (2010) Wii
Chocolatier (2010) Nintendo DS
Color Cross (2010) Nintendo DS
Dream Chronicles (2010) Nintendo DS
The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna (2010) Wii
Glacier 3: The Meltdown (2010) Wii
Martian Panic (2010) Wii
Hello Kitty: Birthday Adventures (2010) Nintendo DS
Hall of Fame: Ultimate Hoops Challenge (2010) Wii
Jane's Hotel (2010) Nintendo DS
Let's Paint (2010) Wii
Monster Frenzy (2010) Nintendo DS
Speed (2010) Wii
Minute to Win It (2010) Wii
Shawn Johnson Gymnastics (2010) Wii
Mathews Bowhunt (2010) Wii
Hello Kitty Seasons (2010) Wii
Kevin VanDam's Big Bass Challenge (2010) Wii
Silly Bandz (2010) Nintendo DS
2011

Dino Strike (February 2011) Wii
Mayhem 3D (March 2011) Xbox 360
Mayhem 3D (March 2011) PS3
Photo Phantasy (February 2011) DS
ZombieZ Seeker (February 2011) DS
Minute to Win It for Kinect (October 18, 2011) Xbox 360




= Released (indiePub & indiePub Mobile & indiePub Entertainment)

=
2010

Silly Bandz (December 21, 2010) iPhone, iPad
2011

Kona's Crate (June 23, 2011) iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Windows, Mac
Fractal (August 18, 2011) iPad
Totem Destroyer Deluxe (October 2011) Windows, Mac
2012

Vessel (March 1, 2012) Windows
Fireburst (April 25, 2012) Windows
Diamond Trust of London (July 2012) DS
Pictago (October 26, 2012, Canada) iOS
Pictago (December 21, 2012, US) iOS
Turkey Stuffin' (November 9–15, 2012) iOS, Android
2013

Auditorium (January 9, 2013) PlayStation Network
Capsized+ (February 28, 2013) iOS (iPad)
Pictago (February 13, 2013) iOS
Hungry Gows (March 7, 2013) iOS
Kona's Crate (March 7, 2013) Android
Bad Bots (May 17, 2013) Windows, Mac
Storm (June 14, 2013) Xbox Live
Fireburst (June 14, 2013) Xbox Live
Storm (June 18, 2013) PlayStation Network (US)
Storm (June 27, 2013) Windows
Capsized (July 5, 2013) Xbox Live
2014

Vessel (March 12, 2014) PlayStation Network
Announced - Cancelled games

Storm (2013) iOS
Catapult for Hire (video game) (2013) Windows
Bad Bots (2013) iOS, Android
Stunt Flyer 3D (Unknown) 3DS




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• IndiePub
• Destination Software
• Storm (2013 video game)
• Antichamber
• Vessel (video game)
• Diamond Trust of London
• List of Nintendo DS games (D–I)
• Capsized (video game)
• Storm (disambiguation)
• Fireburst