Hipster Whale
Logo and mascot for Hipster Whale as of September 2016.
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | November 20, 2014 |
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| Headquarters | The Arcade, Melbourne, Australia |
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| Website | hipster.whale |
Hipster Whale is an Australian independent video game developer and publisher founded in 20 November 2014 by Andy Sum and Matt Hall, shortly before making the game Crossy Road. The company has also created the games Shooty Skies, Pac-Man 256 (in collaboration with Bandai Namco Entertainment), and Disney Crossy Road (in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios).
After meeting at GCAP (Game Center: Asia Pacific) 2013, Andy Sum and Matt Hall decided to make Hipster Whale. The name came from discussing free-to-play games and the word "whale" came up in the conversation. Sum was doodling as they were talking and began drawing a whale, which would later become the company's logo. Sum and Hall kept the whale as the mascot for later on.
Hipster Whale's first game, Crossy Road was planned to take a total of 6 weeks. But after seeing its potential, the developers spent more than 12 weeks developing it. Crossy Road was inspired by linear movement games (modern successors to classic platform games)such as Temple Run, Flappy Bird, Disco Zoo, Frogger, Skylanders, Tiny Wings, Subway Surfers, and Fez. The name and concept of the game is based on the joke "Why did the chicken cross the road?".
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