With just 3 games, Supercell made $924M in profits on $2.3B in revenue in 2015

The company made profits (before certain items) of €848 million, or $964 million, on revenues of €2.109 billion, or $2.326 billion. That compares to earnings before income tax, depreciation, and amortization of €515 million, or $592 million, in 2014, on revenues of €1.545 billion, or $1.777 billion.

The company also paid a dividend of €14 ($15.50) per share, resulting in a total dividend payout of €603 million, or $669 million. Supercell also initiated a share buyback scheme from its employees amounting to €114 million, or $128 million, in the past year.

That’s an incredible financial result for a company with just 180 employees. And 2016 is off to a good start, as Supercell’s Clash Royale has take the No. 1 spots in top downloads and top-grossing games in the U.S. Apple app store. The game is No. 1 in 44 countries right now. Supercell just announced that it has more than 100 million daily active users in almost every country.

Source: With just 3 games, Supercell made $924M in profits on $2.3B in revenue in 2015

Gauntlet 2014 released!

Four Heroes Search the Deadly Gauntlet For Untold Riches

WILL THEY MAKE IT OUT ALIVE?

For ages, fool-hardy adventurers have been lured by promises of countless treasures in the depths of the Gauntlet, yet none have ever made it out alive. The corrupt wizard Morak conjures minions and devious traps against would-be champions and taunts them all along the way. But a new group of heroes looks to succeed where all others have failed.

via Gauntlet | Invade the Darkness this September on PC!.

Hope it’s as much fun as the original!

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

First person multiplayer sword fighting or…

Players have real-time control over their swings, allowing them to aim strikes and blocks with precision and become master swordsmen over time. Players exchange attacks and blocks in a fast-paced competitive multiplayer setting with truly satisfying combat including gruesome decapitation and advanced swordplay.

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare – Torn Banner Studios.

Ancient Space | The Game

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Ancient Space features real time strategic starship battles that encourages tactical maneuvering. In time honored RTS tradition, you build and upgrade your fleet as you complete mission objectives and gather resources which allow you to progress further into the game. Chart your approach – from defense to offense and everything in between such as escort and stealth missions.

Embark and explore the darkest recesses of space in this tale of strategic resource management and engrossing interstellar warfare.

via Ancient Space | The Game.

Science Has Finally Figured Out How to Win Rock-Paper-Scissors

“if a player wins over her opponent in one play, her probability of repeating the same action in the next play is considerably higher than her probabilities of shifting actions.”

On the other hand, if a player loses two or more times in a row, he or she will not play the same sign, but will instead play whichever sign would have beaten the one that had just allowed his or her opponent to win

Science Has Finally Figured Out How to Win Rock-Paper-Scissors.

Using EMS to create haptic feedback

Zapping your forearm using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) makes your muscle contract, meaning you have to use another muscle to counteract it, resulting in a force feedback feeling. Because the system uses just 2 wires, it can easily be miniturised and fitted to smartphones for haptic gaming.

Muscle-zapper forces gamers' own hands against them – tech – 31 January 2013 – New Scientist.

Polymorphous Perversity

Very worth reading are the a few reviews bottom right column under: “They have spoken” from big name game blogs. They all treat it very intellectually. The history of what the game is and how it was built are very interesting also.

Very bizarre.

You can download it for free

The other games the author has made are equally bizarre and equally praised…

Have fun!

Polymorphous Perversity: Game.