![]() ![]() Why? Because his indie game went mainstream in a twist of fate similar to the meteoric rise of Candy Crush, Fruit Ninja and various other games in the iOS and Android app stores. Dong Nguyen, the Vietnam-based creator of Flappy Bird, had somewhat of a meltdown in February this year. But there is a difference – and it lies in the mindset of the founders. The company’s first proposition Crossy Road was downloaded 2.5 million times in less than a week, dominating the ‘family’ category charts and claiming the number one position on the iPad App Store in Australia, US, UK, Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, South Korea and the Netherlands.Ĭrossy Road’s success that can easily be likened to that of Flappy Bird. And then there are companies like Melbourne-based Hipster Whale, the indie game development company behind one of the most successful debuts into the mobile game space since Flappy Bird. They spend year after year chasing scale, but never quite reaching it. Hipster Whale continues to make and publish bright and funny games with broad appeal, including the Apple Arcade exclusive Crossy Road Castle, and Piffle, developed by Mighty Games.For many founders, from the moment they wake up, the thought ‘how do I scale’ permeates their mind, racing against the clock before their day has even begun. Hipster Whale has also joined forces with world-renowned companies along the way, including Bandai Namco and Disney to create more top-charting games like PAC-MAN 256 and Disney Crossy Road. Since then, this small indie studio has continued to make big waves, receiving over a dozen nationally and globally recognised awards, including the Apple Design Award for Crossy Road and the 2015 Studio of the Year at the Australian Game Developers Awards. Their first release, Crossy Road, quickly became a viral success and has to-date amassed more than 250 million downloads. Hipster Whale is a multi-award winning Australian studio founded in 2014 by Matt Hall and Andy Sum. ![]() Join Crossy Chicken to collect all the characters and discover Crossy Road Park! Hop back into the adventure with Crossy Road® re-imagined for Apple Arcade. ![]()
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