HipSoft is a Redmond, Washington

Redmond, Washington

Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 54,144 at the 2010 census,up from 45,256 in 2000....

-based developer

Video game developer

A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...

 of casual video games

Casual game

A casual game is a video game targeted at or used by a mass audience of casual gamers. Casual games can have any type of gameplay, and fit in any genre. They are typically distinguished by their simple rules and lack of commitment required in contrast to more complex hardcore games...

 founded in 2002 by three of the original founders of Monolith Productions

Monolith Productions

Monolith Productions is a Kirkland, Washington-based computer game developer. Monolith is also known for the development of the graphical game engine Lithtech, which has been used for most of their games...

: Brian Goble, Garrett Price, and Bryan Bouwman. HipSoft has made over a dozen games, many of which have become popular in the casual gaming industry. Its games have been translated into many different languages and are distributed and sold worldwide through websites and retail outlets. All of the games are available for Windows

Microsoft Windows

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 and most for Mac OS X

Mac OS X

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, and are being developed by partner companies for the Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

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, mobile phones and other platforms.

These casual games, mainly Build-A-Lot

Build-a-lot

Build-a-lot is a 2007 casual video game for Microsoft Windows. The object of the game is to construct, upgrade and sell houses for profits. They can flip houses for quick cash or collect rent to make funds go up. Players help mayors from eight different areas and through 35 different levels to...

, have taken the industry by storm
, have been rated 4.5 out of 5 stars and "E" for Every One.

Games

• Build-a-lot
  Build-a-lot
  Build-a-lot is a 2007 casual video game for Microsoft Windows. The object of the game is to construct, upgrade and sell houses for profits. They can flip houses for quick cash or collect rent to make funds go up. Players help mayors from eight different areas and through 35 different levels to...
  
  
• Digby's Donuts
• Five Card Deluxe
• Flip Words
• Flip Words 2
• Gem Shop
• Gift Shop
• Holiday Express
• Jig Words
• Lucky Streak Poker
• MicroMan
• Ocean Express
• Puzzle Express
• Sportball Challenge
• Trivia Machine

Distributors

• ArcadeTown
• Big Fish Games
  Big Fish Games
  Big Fish Games is a provider of Internet media delivery software and game services based in Seattle, Washington. The company was founded in 2002 by Paul Thelen , and currently employs more than 400 people...
  
  
• GameHouse
  GameHouse
  GameHouse is a casual game developer, publisher, digital video game distributor, and portal, based in Seattle, Washington, United States-History:...
  
  
• IWin
  Iwin
  Iwin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grzmiąca, within Szczecinek County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szczecinek and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...
  
  
• MSN Gaming Zone
• PlayFirst
  PlayFirst
  PlayFirst is a San Francisco-based publisher of casual games. The company’s mission is to deliver delightful games for everybody, every day. PlayFirst was founded in 2004 by industry veterans...
  
  
• RealArcade - first game published in 2003
• Reflexive Arcade
• Shockwave
• Wild Tangent
• Yahoo Games
• Zylom
  Zylom
  Zylom is a distributor, developer and publisher of PC-based casual games. Based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Zylom delivers the casual games throughout 12 countries in Europe...
  
  

Awards and nominations

• RealArcade Developer Contest (Digby's Donuts)
• RealArcade Word Game of the Year (Flip Words)
• Big Fish Games
  Big Fish Games
  Big Fish Games is a provider of Internet media delivery software and game services based in Seattle, Washington. The company was founded in 2002 by Paul Thelen , and currently employs more than 400 people...
  
   Action/Arcade Game of the Year (Build-a-lot)
• RealArcade Strategy Game of the Year (Build-a-lot)
• Interactive Achievement Awards Nomination for 2008 Downloadable Game of the Year (Build-a-lot)

External links

• Official HipSoft website
• Interview: Brian Goble of HipSoft from Gamezebo
  Gamezebo
  Gamezebo is a website that focuses on editorial coverage of the casual games industry, offering interviews, features, reviews, previews, strategy guides, news and podcasts....
  
  
• Hipsoft's profile from MobyGames
  MobyGames
  -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...