Brainy Studio LLC is a Russian entertainment and independent video game development company, best known for developing the game TurnOn, with which has been won Imagine Cup 2014 in "Games" category[1] held by Microsoft and other partners. The company's headquarters is located in Perm.
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | 614023, Russia, Perm, 122 Ekaterininskay str., , Russia |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | brainystudio |
History
editBrainy Studio was founded in January 2013 by students of Perm National Research Polytechnic University: web-developer Evgenii Romin, programmer Anton Baranov and digital artist Ilya Antonov. In the same year they launched first game WitchCraft on Windows Phone platform,[2] with which placed second at Imagine Cup Russia Finals in Moscow.
In 2014 company joined Unity-developer Alexander Frolov (left in summer of 2015) and marketeer Dmitri Ogorodnikov. In summer studio won in "Games" category of Imagine Cup International Finals with a prototype of the game TurnOn, and got the right to go to the AppCampus acceleration program, organized jointly by Microsoft and Nokia in the Finnish University of Aalto.[3]
In February 2015 the company released the first demo episode of TurnOn for Windows Phone. The same year they began Steam Greenlight campaign.[4] Full version will be launched on June 1[5] 2016 on Xbox One (as a member of ID@Xbox[6]) and in Steam (got Greenlit 17 April 2015[7]).
List of games released
edit- WitchCraft (2013), platforms: Windows Phone.[8]
- 2nd place at Imagine Cup Russia Finals 2013.
- Clumsy Sheep Lullaby (2014), platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows Store.
- Angry Bees (2014), platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows Store.
- TurnOn (2015), the first episode, platforms: Windows Phone.[9]
- 1st place in the "Games" category on the world's largest technology competition Imagine Cup 2014 in Seattle.[10]
- "Best Indie Game" at the conference for game developers and publishers DevGamm Moscow 2014.[11]
- 3rd place at the festival GamesJam Kanobu 2014 among 450 games.[12]
- Semi-finalist at the international competition Adobe Design Achievements Awards in Game Art and Design Nominees.
References
edit- ^ Imagine Cup World Finals 2014
- ^ WitchCraft has entered the international market
- ^ 2014 Award and Challenge Winners
- ^ Steam Greenlight Spotlight: TurnOn
- ^ Puzzle-Platformer TurnOn Receives Xbox One, PC, Mac Release Date
- ^ "E3 brings new 124 trailers!". Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ TurnOn has been Greenlit!
- ^ Brainy Studios' TurnOn is a 2014 Imagine Cup winner and available on Windows Phone Archived 15 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ‘TurnOn’ Is An Adventure Platformer Game Available Exclusively For Windows Phone Devices
- ^ Imagine Cup 2014 Winners
- ^ DevGamm winners 2014
- ^ GamesJamKanobu ended Archived 7 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine