Bart Bonte is a Belgian independent game developer most well-known for his numerous abstract puzzle games, among them Sugar, Sugar (2012), Yellow (2017) and Green (2020).[1][2][3][4] Some of the ideas he has built games around include a bath duck, a CRT monitor in a field, and his daughter's teddy bear.[3] He releases his games under the moniker bontegames.

Bart Bonte
NationalityBelgian
OccupationGame developer

Biography

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Bonte grew up in Belgium, and enjoyed playing games on his Commodore Amiga as a kid. From that time forward, Bonte knew he wanted to be a game developer, and in 2005, he released his first game, an escape the room game made in Adobe Flash. By 2017, he had developed and released over 50 games.[1]

Games

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  • Full Moon (2011)
  • Duck (2011)
  • Yellow (2017)
  • Black (2018)
  • Red (2018)
  • Blue (2019)
  • Green (2020)
  • Pink (2021)
  • Orange (2023)
  • Purple (2024)
  • sugar game
  • What's inside the box?
  • Words for a bird
  • tap tap tap
  • 25
  • Where is cat?
  • sugar, sugar
  • Boo!
  • Logica Emotica
  • Blocky XMAS
  • Sweet Drmzzz
  • furiosity
  • factory balls
  • Mr. Antonio (2024)

References

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  1. ^ a b Sinha, Anusha (1 July 2017). "App Weekly: Game developer Bart Bonte talks about creativity and the joys of game development". Firstpost.
  2. ^ Harris, Iain (17 April 2018). "Indie Spotlight: Bontegames' Bart Bonte on creative constraints and the allure of puzzles". pocketgamer.biz.
  3. ^ a b Rose, Mike. "The wonderfully abstract worlds of Bart Bonte". Gamasutra.
  4. ^ Bald, Cameron (19 March 2020). "BartdnuBonte's green is the latest entry in his masterful puzzle game series". www.pocketgamer.com.
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