Secret Lab is an independent computer game developer based in Hobart, Australia. They are best known for their work on Night in the Woods, the Qantas Joey Playbox games, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Play School Play Time and Art Maker games.
| Industry | Video game development |
|---|---|
| Founded | 8 July 2008 in Hobart, Tasmania |
| Founder | Paris Buttfield-Addison Jon Manning |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Video games |
| Website | http://www.secretlab.com.au |
History
editSecret Lab was slated to develop the Tiki Bar TV video game, Day of the Tiki.[1][2] Secret Lab also developed the tie-in video games for Canadian superhero web series, Heroes of the North. Secret Lab also works on the critically acclaimed adventure game, Night in the Woods, building dialogue engine tools, and creating the mobile version of the game.[3]
In December 2010, Secret Lab's founders were jointly awarded one of Australia's most prestigious awards for technology, the Pearcey Award by then Premier of Tasmania David Bartlett.[4] Secret Lab was also awarded three Tas ICT Awards in 2010: "Success in Exporting ICT Solutions", "Excellence in Digital Media or E-Marketing" and the "Tas ICT President's Award for Excellence".[5] In 2013, Secret Lab received the Tas ICT Award for "Best Software Product" for their work on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Play School Play Time app for iPad.[6]
Secret Lab was responsible for the development of a number of popular iPad Applications, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Foodi app for iPad, as well as the Play School Art Maker and Play Time apps for iPad. Both Foodi and the Play School Art Maker app were finalists for the 2011 Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) Awards in the "Best Cultural and Lifestyle" and "Best Application on a Tablet or Mobile" categories, respectively.[7]
In 2013, Secret Lab's Play School Play Time app was a finalist for the AIMIA "Best of Tablet - Entertainment" and "Best of Tablet - Learning and Education" awards, and went on to win "Best of Tablet - Entertainment" and the overall "Best of Tablet" AIMIA awards.[8] Secret Lab's work for Qantas also yielded a 2016 iAward for "Mobility Innovation of the Year".[9] Co-founder Paris Buttfield-Addison received a 2016 "Gold Disruptor" award at the Australian Computer Society Reimagination Thought Leaders' Summit in Sydney.[10]
Secret Lab's founders, Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison and Dr Jon Manning, are co-authors of more than 20 books for O'Reilly Media and For Dummies.[11][12][13][14][15]
References
edit- ^ "Day of the Tiki announcement". Archived from the original on 4 March 2011.
- ^ "Joystiq reports on Day of the Tiki".
- ^ "How Night in the Woods Uses Yarn Spinner". Secret Lab. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "The winners of the 2010 Tasmanian Pearcey Award".
- ^ "Tas ICT Award Winners for 2010". Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Tas ICT Award Winners for 2013". Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.
- ^ "18th AIMIA Awards Finalists". Archived from the original on 18 March 2012.
- ^ "AIMIA winners for 2014". Archived from the original on 15 April 2014.
- ^ Association, AIIA - Australian Information Industry. "2016 State iAwards Winners". www.iawards.com.au. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "2016 ACS Digital Disruptors Awards". www.acs.org.au. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Wiley page for iPhone and iPad Game Development for Dummies".
- ^ "Wiley page for Unity Mobile Game Development for Dummies". Archived from the original on 4 November 2010.
- ^ Manning, Jonathon; Buttfield-Addison, Paris (24 December 2012). O'Reilly Media page for Learning Cocoa with Objective-C Third Edition. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN 9781449318499.
- ^ Manning, Jonathon; Buttfield-Addison, Paris (2014). O'Reilly Media page for iOS Game Development Cookbook. O'Reilly Media, Incorporated. ISBN 9781449368760.
- ^ Manning, Jon; Buttfield-Addison, Paris; Manning, Jonathon; Nugent, Tim (2014). O'Reilly Media page for Learning Cocoa with Objective-C Fourth Edition. O'Reilly. ISBN 9781491901397.