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Tinysoft is a Slovakian video game development studio operating from Brno that creates mobile video games which has gathered more than 250 million installs worldwide.[1] The studio is best known for developing mobile video game Tic Tac Toe Glow, which accumulated more than 160 million installs worldwide[2] since it release in 2011 just on android Google Play platform (under google developer name Arclite Studios). Tinysoft also created popular turn-based strategy game Magic War Legends which was downloaded by more than 1 million android[3] and iOS users since it release in 2020 or Diablo-like action RPG Path of Evil: Immortal Hunter which was nominated at CEEGA in category best mobile game from Eastern and Central Europe in 2022.[4] Tinysoft created many other mobile video games released both on iOS and android operating systems.
Tinysoft belongs among 50 most profitable companies in Slovakia.[5]
History edit
Tinysoft was founded in 2010[6] by two indie developers and in 2011 it released its most successful game(in terms of number of installs) Tic Tac Toe Glow. Over the years, it released more than 50[7] other mobile video games.
Games edit
Tic Tac Toe Glow edit
Tic Tac Toe Glow was released in 2011. The game is mobile phone version of popular paper-and-pencil game tic-tac-toe with ability to play either against computer opponent or human opponent, either locally on the same device or remotely with random opponent. The game is highly popular worldwide, with more than 160 million installs and millions of active players. The game includes several other mini-games mostly puzzle and casual games.
Magic War Legends edit
Magic War Legends was released in 2018 on Android. and iOS. The game is a turn-based strategy inspired by classic turn-based PC games like Heroes of Might and Magic set in fantasy universe similar to fantasy worlds like Game of Thrones or The Lord of the Rings, Since it release, the game has been downloaded by more than 1 million players worldwide from Google Play and several more hundreds of thousands of players downloaded the game from iOS App Store.
Magic War Legends is among the most popular games created by Tinysoft. The game is currently available worldwide and translated into 15 languages, with userbase mostly located in Central Europe and Eastern Europe.
Era of Magic Wars edit
Era of Magic Wars was released in 2022. It is a turn-based strategy with elements of role-playing game like character advancement using experience points. It is successor of Magic War Legends, set in the same fantasy world filled with mythological creatures and characters typical for fantasy games genre.
The main difference from Magic War Legends is more modern graphics and gameplay elements typical for mobile rpg games. It is a mixture of strategy and rpg genres adapted to mobile phone users with bigger focus on user experience, because the advancements in mobile phones technology means users are using phones with higher quality screens which are also bigger and game design of Era of Magic Wars reflects that.
The game was also released on iOS in 2023 under name Strategy Games: Magic War Age.[8]
Sandbox edit
Sandbox was released in 2021 on Android[9] and iOS.[10] The game is a sandbox style physics simulation, created in pixel art style. Since the release, the game has been downloaded by more than 1 million players worldwide from Google Play and several more hundreds of thousands of players downloaded the game from iOS App Store.
In this video game as in other sandbox style games, you do not need to complete specific tasks, but as in most sandbox style games, the game works like playground or laboratory, where you can test physics principles and chemical reactions. Physics principles like gravity, behaviour of fluids, gasses, explosions or difference of behavior of various materials exposed to different elements is important part of the gameplay.
Path of Evil: Immortal Hunter edit
Path of Evil: Immortal Hunter is an action RPG released in 2021 on Android. This game was inspired by classical isometric action RPGs like Diablo or Hades. To win the game, player needs to fight with thousands of creatures while moving deeper into the dungeon. As player is fighting his way deeper into the dungeon, the creatures he is facing are getting more powerful, so he needs better gear to destroy them. The more powerful creatures also means higher chance of getting better gear, which is one of the key elements of almost all action RPGs.
Path of Evil: Immortal Hunter was the first game created by Tinysoft that was nominated at Central & Eastern European Game Awards.
Triple Match Master - Match 3D edit
Triple Match Master - Match 3D is a mobile casual game released in 2022 on Android[11] and iOS.[12] Player's task is to find three identical items in big pile of various items. These items are mostly common household items like eggs, toys, balls, vegetables and similar items and player needs to find them as fast as possible to beat the level. Each level is harder than the previous one, there is more items and the player has less time to finish it.
The game was inspired by massive wave of "find three" games that appeared in the Apple Appstore and Google Play store in 2021 and attracted several millions players, but adds several unique game mechanics that makes it different from the rest of similar "find three" games.
References edit
- ^ "tinysoft.sk – Tinysoft". Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "Tic Tac Toe Glow - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "Magic War Legends - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "CEEGA 2022 – the Nominees! | Poznan Game Arena 2022". gamearena.pl. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ Haluza, Ivan (2023-07-24). "50 najziskovejších slovenských biznisov: Do rebríčka sa dostal aj obchodník s havarovanými autami, štrkáreň či kafiléria". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ Area, GameDev. "BRNO - The city of GameDev". www.brnogamedev.city (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "tinysoft.sk – Tinysoft". Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "Strategy Games: Magic War Age". App Store. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "SandBox: Powder Simulator - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "SandBox - sand box". App Store. 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "Triple Match 3D Master - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "Triple Match Master - Match 3D". App Store. Retrieved 2023-08-02.