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The Game Bakers
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2010
Headquarters
Montpellier
,
France
ProductsSQUIDS, SQUIDS Wild West, Combo Crew, SQUIDS Odyssey
Websitewww.thegamebakers.com/

The Game Bakers is an independent game studio based in Montpellier,[1] France. The company was best known for creating games for mobile devices including SQUIDS and Combo Crew, but has recently shifted its focus to console and PC games. The studio calls himself a “studio in the clouds”,[2] with the members of the core team dispatched about the world.

History

The Game Bakers was formed in 2010 by two ex-members of Ubisoft who worked on AAA licenses,[3] Emeric Thoa and Audrey Leprince.[4] The idea was to “make games as we cook: with a lot of care.”[5] The Game Bakers started by developing games for mobile devices and then decided to focus on consoles and computers games.[6] They are actually working on Furi, a new action bullet hell game for consoles and PC focusing on "epic boss fights".[7]

Games developed

Title Year of release Platform(s)
SQUIDS 2011 iOS, Android, (PC, Mac)
SQUIDS Wild West 2012 iOS, Android
Combo Crew 2013 iOS, Android
SQUIDS Odyssey 2014 Nintendo WiiU, 3DS
Furi 2016 PlayStation 4, PC

Reception

The Game Bakers games are well received. Their best ranked game is SQUIDS Wild West scoring a 89[8] on Metacritic.

Awards

  • EIGD Art Direction Award – SQUIDS[9]
  • Apple’s Editor Choice – Combo Crew[10]

References

  1. ^ "A Montpellier, les indés l'ont dans l'union".
  2. ^ "A GAME STUDIO IN THE CLOUDS". October 26, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  3. ^ "We make games like we make food". Official Website.
  4. ^ "Former Ubisoft & SQUIDS Producer Audrey Leprince Talks Industry". July 30, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  5. ^ "We make games like we make food". Official Website.
  6. ^ "THE GAME BAKERS ÉVOQUE SON NOUVEAU PROJET". August 3, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  7. ^ "Official sonyplaystation trailer". March 9, 2016.
  8. ^ "SQUIDS Wild West Review".
  9. ^ "Squids lauréat du prix de la Direction Artistique aux EIGD 2012".
  10. ^ "iTunes Preview – Combo Crew".
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