{{Short description|American video game development studio}} {{Infobox company | logo = File:Pixeljam_games_logo.png | type = | industry = Video game Developer | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = {{Start date and age|2005}} | founders = {{unbulletedlist| * Miles Tilmann * Rich Grillotti}} | defunct = | hq_location_city = Asheville, North Carolina | hq_location_country = United States | area_served = | key_people = | products = | owner = | num_employees = 5 | num_employees_year = 2015 | parent = | website = {{URL|www.pixeljam.com}} }} '''PixelJAM Games''' is an American independent video game studio run by Richard Grillotti (b. 1972), Miles Tilmann and A.D. Bakke, known for their pixellated Flash games that "toy with traditional genres, but have quirky ideas and touches."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Webster |first1=Andrew |title=8-bit heroes: Ars explores the resurgence of pixel art |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2010/05/8-bit-heroes-ars-explores-the-resurgence-of-pixel-art/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Ars Technica |date=24 May 2010 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="guardianinterview1">{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Keith |title=Pixeljam: the art and science of browser game design. Part one |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2008/may/27/pixeljamtheartandscienceo |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=the Guardian |date=27 May 2008 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="guardianinterview2">{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Keith |title=Pixeljam interview: part two |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2008/may/28/pixeljaminterviewparttwo |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=the Guardian |date=28 May 2008 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="destructoid2">{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=Jonathan |title=Adult Swim, success, and failure with PixelJam |url=https://www.destructoid.com/adult-swim-success-and-failure-with-pixeljam/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Destructoid |date=23 February 2013 |language=en-CA}}</ref> Their most notable games include ''Dino Run'', ''Gamma Bros'', and ''Potatoman Seeks the Troof''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-15 |title=Everything All at Once with Pixeljam Complete - Hardcore Gamer |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/news/everything-all-at-once-with-pixeljam-complete/359862/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=hardcoregamer.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="destructoid">{{cite news |last1=Burch |first1=Anthony |title=GDC 09: Making Web Games: The Indie Experience |url=https://www.destructoid.com/gdc-09-making-web-games-the-indie-experience/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Destructoid |date=25 March 2009 |language=en-CA}}</ref>
==History== The name "PixelJam" comes from an "abstract pixel animation art experiment/site" that Richard Grilloti was playing around with in the late 1990s. Around 2004, he and his friend from college, Miles Tilmann, made their first game, also collaborating with 8bit musician Mark Denardo.<ref name="guardianinterview1" /><ref name="destructoid" /> Grilloti and Tilman were originally both based in Chicago, then the studio went virtual for a couple of years when Grilloti lived in Oregon, but both Grilloti and Tilman later moved to Asheville, North Carolina.<ref name="asheville">{{cite news |last1=Byrd |first1=Caitlin |title=Asheville indie game company isn't playing around |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/money/business/2014/11/08/asheville-indie-game-company-playing-around/18707205/ |work=The Asheville Citizen Times |date=November 8, 2014}}</ref><ref name="guardianinterview1" /> The studio has made many games for Adult Swim.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Webster |first1=Andrew |title=Nothing too crazy: why Adult Swim may be the best indie game publisher |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/06/nothing-too-crazy-why-adult-swim-may-be-the-best-indie-game-publisher/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Ars Technica |date=15 June 2011 |language=en-us}}</ref> In 2015, the studio had 5 employees.<ref name="asheville" />
In 2007, PixelJAM developed a Flash shoot 'em up game, called ''Gamma Bros''. It was nominated for "Best Web Browser Game" at the Independent Games Festival.<ref name="asheville"/> The player takes control of brothers Buzz and Zap Gamma who are on their way home from a galactic commute and must survive hordes of oncoming enemies.<ref name="destructoid">{{cite news |last1=Burch |first1=Anthony |title=GDC 09: Making Web Games: The Indie Experience |url=https://www.destructoid.com/gdc-09-making-web-games-the-indie-experience/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=Destructoid |date=25 March 2009 |language=en-CA}}</ref>
In November 2013, PixelJam launched a Kickstarter campaign for a sequel to ''Dino Run'', but it failed to achieve its funding goal. A second campaign in 2018 succeeded. The game remains unreleased.
==Games== *''Cookie Party 2'' *''Corporate Climber'' *''Cream Wolf -'' *''Dino Run'' *''Dino Run DX'' *''Dino Run: Marathon of Doom'' *''Dino Run: Enter Planet D'' *''Dino Run SE'' *''Gamma Bros'' *''Glorkian Warrior: The Trials of Glork'' *''Hipster Kickball'' *''[https://gx.games/games/e0i37j/last-horizon/ Last Horizon]'' *''Mountain Maniac'' *''Mountain Maniac Xmas'' *''Pizza City!'' *''Potatoman Seeks the Troof'' *''Ratmaze'' *''Ratmaze 2'' *''Ratmaze Nightmare'' *''Sausage Factory'' *''Snowball'' *''Turbo Granny''
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Category:Video game companies of the United States Category:Indie game developers