Mimimi Games
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 13 January 2011 |
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| Headquarters | , Germany |
Key people | Johannes Roth (managing director) |
| Products | |
Number of employees | 30 (2020) |
| Website | mimimi.games |
Mimimi Games GmbH (formerly Mimimi Productions) is a German video game developer based in Munich. It was founded in January 2011 by Dominik Abé and Johannes Roth, who had previously developed Grounded (2009) while studying video game design. Notable games developed by the studio include The Last Tinker: City of Colors (2014), Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2016), and Desperados III (2020). As of January 2020, Mimimi Games employs 30 people.[1]
History
Mimimi Games began as a co-operation between Dominik Abé and Johannes Roth, video game design students at the Mediadesign Hochschule in Munich. In October 2008, they began working together under the name "Mimimi" and developed their first game, Grounded, which was released in November 2009.[2][3] The game got second place in the "Gamesload Newcommer Awards" at the 2009 German Developer Innovation Prize and was nominated in the "Best Concept from a Student Competition" category for the 2010 Deutscher Computerspielpreis ceremony.[4][5] Following Grounded's release, the team began working in the Unity game engine to create a game, later titled daWindci, in which the player would control the weather to direct a hot air balloon to a destination. A prototype for personal computers was shown at Gamescom 2010, where it received positive reception. However, its mouse-based input system was perceived as an obstacle and the studio was advised to bring the game to mobile devices instead. Planning to develop it for iPad devices, the team found that it would need approximately €15,000 to acquired the needed hardware and software, which they could not finance themselves. They thus turned to developer Reality Twist, which agreed to publish the game and Mimimi hired Florian Smolka and Lucas Reiner as artists to overhaul the game's style. On 13 January 2011, Abé and Roth founded Mimimi Productions GbR, and daWindci was released on 14 April that year. Mimimi Productions was incorporated anew as Mimimi Productions UG in January 2012.[2][3][6]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Publisher(s) | Platform(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | daWindci | Reality Twist | iOS | [2] |
| 2014 | The Last Tinker: City of Colors | Unity Games, Loot Entertainment | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 | [7] |
| 2016 | Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun | Daedalic Entertainment | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | [8] |
| 2020 | Desperados III | THQ Nordic | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | [9] |
References
- ^ Fröhlich, Petra (10 January 2020). "Die größten Spiele-Entwickler in Deutschland 2020" [The largest game developers in Germany 2020]. GamesWirtschaft (in German). Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Abé, Dominik; Roth, Johannes (15 September 2011). "Die Entstehung von daWindci" [The origin of daWindci]. Making Games (in German). Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ a b "History". Mimimi Games. 2019. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Odak, Sandro (10 December 2009). "Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2009: And the winner is... – Deutschlands Spielebranche feiert sich selbst" [German Developer Innovation Prize 2009: And the winner is... – Germany's game industry celebrates itself]. Gamezone (in German). Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Sosinka, Michael (10 March 2010). "Deutscher Computerspielpreis: Die Nominierungen" [Deutscher Computerspielpreis: The nominations]. Gamezone (in German). Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Fröhlich, Petra (9 June 2017). "GamesWirtschaft Studiotour Episode 6: Mimimi Productions – München" [GamesWirtschaft studio tour episode 6: Mimimi Productions – Munich]. GamesWirtschaft (in German). Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Podolsky, Andrew (6 March 2014). "The Last Tinker: City of Colors is an artistic platformer with a handmade feel (preview)". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (22 November 2016). "Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun demo now available on Steam and GOG". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Wales, Matt (20 February 2020). "Wild West tactical stealth sequel Desperados 3 now due this summer". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.