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JOY Entertainment is a Vietnamese mobile game company oriented to become a full-fledged mobile game developer and publisher. This game company was founded on April 21, 2012 by four young founders with previous experiences about game making at Gameloft SEA – Le Giang Anh, Tran Quang Huy, Hoang Ngoc Toan, and Nguyen Huu Le Trong Tin.
| Company type | Joint Stock Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Game mobile developer |
| Founded | April 21, 2012 |
| Headquarters | 4th Mekong Tower Building, 235 Cong Hoa st., Ward 13, Dist. Tan Binh, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam |
Key people | Mr. Le Giang Anh - CEO Tran Quang HUY - Creative Director Hoang Ngoc Toan - CTO Nguyen Huu Le Trong Tin - Lead Programmer |
| Products | Mobile Game: Captain Strike, Auto Racing: Upstream, Amazing Kick, Troll Running, Blocks Buddies, Kupid, Clash of Allstars (coming soon), Dream Life (coming soon) Technology: JAB Engine |
Number of employees | Over 40 |
| Website | joy-entertainment.com |
In early times, company made simple casual games such as Auto Racing: Upstream, Amazing Kick, Troll Running, Blocks Buddies, and Kupid to train basic and advanced skills for developers. In 2014, they shipped their breakthrough hit Captain Strike that attracted over 3 million users.[1]
History edit
JOY Entertainment was founded on April 21, 2012 by four game developers in HCMC small office.
2012–2013 edit
- Company started their activities with the original idea being develop casual games to cultivate more experience. And embark on making their first game, Kupid.[2]
2013–2014 edit
- This company completed Kupid - a simple casual game.
- Next, company was continues developing new games Blocks Buddies and Bounce on iOS operating system of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad on August 15, 2013.
2014–2015 edit
- Continuous released three quality game: Troll Running, Auto Racing, Amazing Kick.
- Change location of office to Mekong Tower Building.
- Implementation and completion game, Captain Strike.[3]
2015–2016 edit
- Captain Strike game title is exported to foreign countries with the transfer contract for a publisher in Thailand.[4]
- Won the 1st prize in the Asia Incubate contest Camp in Singapore with the idea of mobile game Clash of Allstars.[5]
- Continue with important projects: Clash of Allstars and Dream Life.
Products edit
Developed games edit
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kupid | 2013 | Mobile | Casual |
| Blocks Buddies[6] | 2013 | Mobile | Puzzle |
| Troll Running | 2014 | Mobile | Casual |
| Auto Racing: Upstream[7] | 2014 | Mobile | Action |
| Amazing Kick[8] | 2014 | Mobile | Sport |
| Captain Strike | 2014 | Mobile | Action |
| Clash of Allstars | In development | Mobile | Strategy |
| Dream Life | In development | Mobile | Casual |
Technology edit
In the process of developing game, they have created an engine to serve for their work named JAB Engine. This is the first engine developed by Vietnam.[citation needed]
Copyright edit
On June 5, 2015 they completed the registration of the Captain Strike brand product with code number 2013/2015/QTG.
Awards edit
February 26, 2015 A mobile game product under the name of Clash of Allstars have topped the competition in Asia Incubate Camp organized by Incubate Fund (Japan).
References edit
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150515185743/http://downgame.vn/ghe-tham-dai-ban-doanh-joy-entertainment-thu-lua-voi-project-khong-ten.html/. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)[bare URL] - ^ "CEO JOY Entertainment: Nếu sản phẩm tốt, hãy tự tin mang ra quốc tế". ICTNews. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Captain Strike - Sản phẩm E-Sport Việt vươn mình ra biển lớn | Gamehub". Gamehub.vn. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ "Game Việt Captain Strike lọt top những tựa game eSports tiềm năng nhất tại Thái Lan". Vietnamnet.vn. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "MOBA Clash of Allstars giúp JOY Entertainment thắng lớn tại Incubate Camp Asia | Gamehub". Gamehub.vn. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ "JOY Entertainment giới thiệu game Blocks Buddies trên di động". goNews.vn. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Auto Racing: Upstream – 1 phiên bản Asphalt của người Việt". gamek.vn. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "JOY Entertainment hé lộ game mới Amazing Kick". GameLand Mobile. Retrieved 22 July 2015.