Agate (game company)
| Founded | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Bandung, Indonesia |
Key people | Arief Widhiyasa, Andrew Pratomo Budianto, Aditia Dwiperdana, Aswin Juari, Andhika Estrada, Beatrice Nauli Pohan, Charles Haryadi, Erga Ghaniya, Fandri Indrayadi, I Made Teguh Arief Baskara, Nadia Kusumahdewi, Nikki Dibya Wardhana, Ray Suryadipta Susanto, Riyani Mardikaningrum, Shieny Aprilia, Teguh Budi Wicaksono, Vincentius H.W. Ismawan, Wiradeva Arif |
| Products | Football Saga Earl and this Rupert Guy |
Number of employees | +/- 80 |
| Website | www.agatestudio.com |
Agate Studio is an Indonesian video game developer based in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia[1] . It was founded in April 1st, 2009 by 18 people. In September 2010, Agate created a point and click puzzle game called Earl Grey and this Rupert Guy hit 1 million players in the first week of its launch[2]. In February 2011, their first web based social games called Football Saga was launched and had 58.000 monthly active users and 10.000 daily active users[3]. They also launched the first Near Field Communication[4] and Augmented Reality Game in the world title Smash Mania on Nokia’s phone[5].
The company’s motto is, “Live the Fun Way”, believing that life would be better when fun is around and games is one of the ways achieving it[6]. Hence, In October 22nd and 23rd 2011, Agate Studio together with Kummara and AnimartDigi held Indonesia Bermain in Bandung[7]. It was recorded that more than 7000 people attended and hundreds of digital and conventional games were played.
Company History
The founders of Agate Studio met in October 2007 as college students when they decided to make a game with no budget. With no experience on making games beforehand, the game only made it to a playable state before being scrapped. Learning from this experience, the team moved on to make a game for Microsoft’s Dream Build Play competition, titled Ponporon! The title was showcased on Indonesia Game Show in 2008 and fired up the team. They decided to start an actual video game company, which was officially founded on April 1st, 2009.
Agate Studio’s founder consists of 18 people: Arief Widhiyasa, Andrew Pratomo Budianto, Aditia Dwiperdana, Aswin Juari, Andhika Estrada, Beatrice Nauli Pohan, Charles Haryadi, Erga Ghaniya, Fandri Indrayadi, I Made Teguh Arief Baskara, Nadia Kusumahdewi, Nikki Dibya Wardhana, Ray Suryadipta Susanto, Riyani Mardikaningrum, Shieny Aprilia, Teguh Budi Wicaksono, Vincentius H.W. Ismawan, Wiradeva Arif. During that time, all of them are college students, except one is a high school student.
Seeing condition market at that time, Agate focused in flash games before it started to make advergames and service games in 2010. In addition Agate made advergames and service games In 2010, it merged with Lucidrine too, which has developed a lot of successful flash game titles. The team expanded once more in 2011 with establishment of Agate Jogja in the Yogyakarta. Today, Agate has its own publishing division.
Games Developed
| Title | Platform(s) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bug War | Symbian 3 | 2011 |
| Celestial Navigator | Symbian 3 | 2011 |
| Infectonator | Symbian 3 | 2011 |
| Dilemma | Symbian 3 | 2011 |
| Urban Fatburner | Symbian 3 | 2011 |
| Urband Fatburner Ramadha Rush | J2ME | 2011 |
| Urban Fatburner Macho! | J2ME | 2011 |
| MiMoMachi | Blackberry | 2011 |
| Raid Mission | Flash | 2011 |
| Shopping Paradise | Flash Social Game | 2011 |
| Football Saga | Web Social Game | 2011 |
| Smash Mania | Symbian 3, Symbian Belle, Symbian Anna | 2011 |
| Sexy Witch | J2ME | 2011 |
| Cube Colossus (Lucidrine) | Flash | 2010 |
| Earl Grey and this Rupert Guy | Flash | 2010 |
| Vroom | Flash | 2010 |
| Where is Number One | Flash | 2010 |
| ASDF Hero | Flash | 2009 |
References
- ^ Purwanti, Tenni; Wahyudi, Reza (December 13, 2011) Agate Studio Pengembang Game dengan Modal Awal Passion. Kompas.com. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ^ Putra, Julian Sukmana ( April 10, 2011). Indonesian Game Lets You Be a Football Legend on Facebook Penn-Olson. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
- ^ Purwanti, Tenni; Wahono, Tri ( April 13, 2011). Football Saga, Berangkat dari Mimpi Sepakbola Indonesia Kompas.com. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
- ^ Fauzi, Andrian (December 12, 2011). Smash Mania, Saat Tak Sendirian Main Game di Ponsel. DetikInet. Retrieved January 13, 2012).
- ^ Baskoro, Wiku (December 16, 2011). Agate Studios Officially Launch Two New games. Daily Social. Retrieved January 14, 2011).
- ^ Baskoro, Wiku (October 29, 2011). Event Report: Indonesia Bermain 2011 --Video-- Daily Social. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
- ^ Hidayat, Wicak (October 22nd, 2011) Indonesia Bermain Sebarkan Semangat Positif Game Detikinet. Retrieved January 13, 2012.