Organization:Sparkling Society
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mobile games |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Delft, Netherlands |
Key people | Mark Peeters (CEO). Edwin Morren (CTO) |
| Products | Full list |
| Website | sparklingsociety.net |
Sparkling Society is a game development company that creates games for mobile devices. It was founded in 2013 in the Netherlands by Mark Peeters (CEO) and Edwin Morren (CTO).
(As of May 2015), there were more than a million daily user sessions for Sparkling Society games.[1]
History
Edwin Morren started developing games in his attic. His first (Android) app game was called: "City Island". Mark Peeters joined him and together they started Sparkling Society.
When it was first released, City Island was only available for Android devices. Some Android users reviewed it as one of the best building tycoon games.[2][3]
After launching City Island, the company launched further versions - a premium version, City Island Premium (June, 2013) and City Island Winter Edition (September, 2013). Further releases followed based on the airport: City Island: Airport (May, 2013) and City Island Airport 2 (July, 2014).
Games and partnerships
In late 2013, Sparkling Society started a partnership with Innovattic, another company from the Netherlands. Together, they first brought City Island to iOS devices. Later, they developed more new games in Unity. Their current portfolio consists of the following games:[4]
- City Island 1 (2013)
- City Island: Winter Edition (2013)
- City Island (Premium) (2013)
- City Island: Airport (2013)
- City Island: Airport Asia (2013)
- City Island: Airport 2 (2014)
- City Island 2 (2013)
- City Island 3 (2014)
- Battle Empire: Roman Wars (2014)
- City Island 4 HD (2015)
- City Island 4 Basic (2016)
- Paradise Island Sim
- City Island 5
Currently, they are working on the next battle game.
Since June 2015, a number of their games have been made available on Windows Phones.
In 2013, they also started a partnership with Smartions[5] to distribute their games in China . Through this partnership, the Android versions of the games City Island 2 and City Island 3 are also available in the Chinese app stores.
To create all the game artwork, Sparkling Society make use of a worldwide network of passionate freelancers. They select freelancers based on both passion and expertise, and often only for individual elements of a game.
References
- ↑ "Great news! More than a million user sessions from all over the world per day - Welcome To The Sparkling SocietyWelcome To The Sparkling Society". https://www.sparklingsociety.net/blog/great-news-more-than-a-million-players-per-day/. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
- ↑ "City Island Review (Android)". Android Entity. http://www.androidentity.com/city-island-review-android. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Wilks, Paul (2013-05-24). "City Island - casual tycoon game, build an empire on an island". AndroidTapp. http://www.androidtapp.com/city-island/. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
- ↑ "Sparkling Society ™ - Android Apps on Google Play". https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Sparkling+Society+%E2%84%A2. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
- ↑ "Sparkling Society Archives". 2014-10-27. http://www.smartions.net/tag/sparkling-society/. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
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