Gamious

Gamious
IndustryVideo games
FoundedFebruary 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02)
Founders
  • Pim Bouman
  • Jos Bouman
Headquarters,
Websitegamious.com

Gamious is a Dutch video game developer and publisher founded in Haarlem, Netherlands, in February 2011.[1]

History

Gamious was founded in 2011 by Pim and Jos Bouman. They created a platform called the "Game Train" to collaborate with other game developers.[2][dead link] The Game Train enabled freelancing game developers to work with Gamious to create games.[3] Gamious would publish and market the game, and share the revenue with the developers. Gamious had a database of over 400 people working on 21 projects. Gamious eventually dropped the Game Train as they felt that it was too much for them and gave back the titles to their respective owners.

Some Game Train games were developed further, and became some of Gamious's early released Briquid and iO.

Games

Title Year Genre Platforms
Briquid 2013 Puzzle Windows, iOS, Android
iO 2014 Platformer Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
Briquid Mini Puzzle Windows, iOS
Lines 2015 Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
Turmoil 2016 Simulation Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS
Sprawl Puzzle iOS, Android
Turnbased Templars Turn-based strategy Android
Team Racing League 2017 Racing Windows, macOS, Linux
Lake 2021 Narrative-adventure PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5
Words in Progress Upcoming Word game Mobile

Awards

Year Award Nominee Category Result Ref
2013 Dutch Game Awards Briquid Best Mobile Game Nominated [4]
Gamious Industry Award [1][better source needed]
2014 European Innovative Games Award iO Overall Shortlisted
Dutch Game Awards Honorable Mention
IndieCade Finalist
2015 GDC Best In Play Honorable Mention
Dutch Game Awards Lines Best Casual Game Won [5]
2016 International Mobile Gaming Awards Best Quickplay Game Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b "Press". Gamious. Archived from the original on April 10, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Gamious - Company information". Keen Gamer. February 13, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "How Gamious started their illustration or graphics journey". 99designs. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  4. ^ Redactie (October 30, 2013). "AWARDS • Nominatie Control Industry Award 2013: Briquid van Gamious" (in Dutch). Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Lines the Game". International Mobile Gaming Awards. Retrieved December 26, 2018.