NimbleBit
 Company logo | |
| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
|---|---|
| Founders | Ian Marsh and David Marsh |
| Headquarters | 13955 Stowe Drive, Poway, California, U.S.A. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Ian Marsh David Marsh |
| Products | Apple iOS games |
| Website | http://www.nimblebit.com/ |
NimbleBit is an American developer and publisher of iOS and Android mobile apps. Some of their popular titles include Pocket Frogs, Tiny Tower, and Pocket Planes. It was co-founded by brothers David and Ian Marsh.[1]
Founder Ian Marsh has accused Zynga of copying its award-winning Tiny Tower game to create Dream Heights.[1][2] Zynga had attempted to buy NimbleBit, but on refusal, Zynga created Dream Heights. NimbleBit then added a mission in Tiny Tower called "Beware of dog", a reference to Zynga's logo, with the caption stating "After failing to buy your tower, a rival developer would like:"; several materials are listed, with which they want to build their own tower.
Games Developed by NimbleBit
List by years
2008-2009
- Sky Burger
- Scoops — Ice Cream Fun for Everyone
- Hanoi
- Hanoi Plus
- Threads
- Textropolis
- Bluebird
- Fishtropolis — Word Fun for Everyone
- Moon Drop
- Kyper
2010
- Dizzypad — Frog Jump Fun
- Dizzypad HD
- Mega Panda
- Omium - 2 Player Shooter
- Zero Gear
- Pocket Frogs
2011-2015
- Tiny Tower
- Pocket Planes
- Nimble Quest
- Pocket Trains
- Star Wars: Tiny Death Star
- Tiny Tower Vegas
- Disco Zoo
- Golfinity
- Letterpad
- Capitals
- Cheeky Nando's
- Banter with the Lads
Most Popular Games
Tiny Tower
Tiny Tower is a business simulation video game developed by NimbleBit for iOS and Android devices. In Tiny Tower, the player manages an expanding tower filled with virtual people, who are referred to as “bitizens”. The tower has multiple types of floors, all of which are randomly generated. The game is customizable, allowing the player to customize their bitizens, repaint new floors, or even evict bitizens. The goal of the game is to build the tallest of towers, which will attract bitizens to move in and work in any floor the player designates. On February 7, 2012, Tiny Tower reached 10 million downloads, so Nimblebit gave all Tiny Tower users 10 free "tower bux".[3] The game received a positive reception, reaching a score of 82/100 on Metacritic, with no negative reviews. In the App Store, Tiny Tower reached 4.5 / 5 stars, based on more than 155 thousand user reviews. The game has many aspects, such as active and passive playing and pixel art graphics, making the game successful with recognition that includes iPhone Game of the Week, and was elected by Apple as The Game of the Year for iPhone in 2011. Tiny Tower released on June 23, 2011 for iOS devices and on November 16, 2011 for Android devices.
Pocket Frogs
The aim is to earn money by breeding and selling one's own frogs. It has Game Center support. When the game begins, the player owns two frogs, a Cocos Bruna Anura and a Green Folium Anura, one regular habitat, a nursery habitat, and 1000 coins. In the pond view, players control their frog, eating flies to tame it, which makes it happy, breeding with other frogs players find, and finding presents. Presents include various breeds of frogs, potions (for quick frog growths and races), stamps (for quick delivery of mailbox items) and coins. Besides taming the frog, eating flies increases their happiness and, if they are not yet mature, can lessen the time left to maturation. The goal is to collect all 36,000 frogs available in-game. It was released on September 15, 2010 for iOS devices, and it is available in the Google Play Store by Mobage.
Pocket Planes
The player is in charge of an airline company. Similarly, one must purchase or construct airports, planes, and parts. The main gameplay is flying passengers and shipping cargo from one city to another. There are a total of 250 airports in the game, each based on real world locations. There are 60 different planes that carry passengers, cargo, or a combination of both passengers and cargo. The game bears several similarities to Tiny Tower in the use of its pixel world and "Bitizens". This game was released June 14, 2012 for iOS devices, and later the same year ported to Android by Mobage.
References
- 1 2 Zynga Shamelessly Rips Off 'Tiny Tower' With Canadian Release of 'Dream Heights'. Touch Arcade (2012-01-24). Retrieved on 2013-07-30.
- ↑ Everything Wrong with Zynga in One Image. Forbes (2012-01-25). Retrieved on 2013-07-30.
- ↑ "Tiny Tower in Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 14, 2011.