Reflexive Entertainment is a computer game developer

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 based in Lake Forest, California

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. The company was founded by Lars Brubaker (and partners) in 1997. Since then they have developed nineteen games independently (for the Windows

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, Xbox 360

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 and Mac

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 platforms), published two games, started distribution of downloadable casual game

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s on their online Arcade, created a division of their Arcade entirely devoted to Mac games for Mac users and started hosting ad supported free online web browser games

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. In 2005, Reflexive's Wik and the Fable of Souls

Wik and the Fable of Souls

Wik and the Fable of Souls is a game developed by Reflexive Entertainment. The main character, Wik, who is a frog-man like character, uses a combination of jumping and his long, grapple-like tongue to navigate the world. Accompanying Wik on his journey is a mule-like creature named Slotham...

won three awards at the 2005 Independent Games Festival

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 which included Innovation in Visual Art, Innovation in Game Design and the Seumas McNally Award For Independent Game Of The Year. In October 2008, Reflexive Entertainment was officially acquired by Amazon.com

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. On February 3, 2009, Amazon.com began hosting casual game content for internet download.

On March 31, 2010, Reflexive announced plans to stop selling games through its Game Center Solutions affiliate program in order to focus entirely on game development. In a letter sent to Game Center Solutions affiliates, Reflexive Entertainment CEO Lars Brubaker stated that the Game Center Solutions program would continue its business as usual, which includes web support and payment of referral fees on game sales until June 30.

Games

All games are developed and published by Reflexive Entertainment unless otherwise stated.

Game Title	Year Released	System	Notes
Swarm	1998	Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
Star Trek: Away Team Star Trek: Away Team Star Trek: Away Team is an isometric real-time tactics game set in the fictional universe of Star Trek and focusing on commando-style reconnaissance and combat...	2001	Windows	Published by Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
Zax: The Alien Hunter Zax: The Alien Hunter Zax: The Alien Hunter is a game that was created by Reflexive Entertainment in September 2001. It is an isometric 2d shooter adventure game for the PC.-Gameplay:...	2001	Windows	Published by JoWooD Productions
Ricochet Xtreme	2001	Windows
Crimsonland	2003	Windows	Developed by 10tons Entertainment
Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader is an action role-playing game, developed for the PC by Reflexive Entertainment, and released on August 13, 2003. The game is viewed from a 3/4 isometric camera angle...	2003	Windows	Published by Interplay Entertainment Interplay Entertainment Interplay Entertainment Corporation is an American video game developer and publisher, founded in 1983 as Interplay Productions by Brian Fargo. The company had been a quality developer until they started publishing their own games in 1988, like Neuromancer and Battle Chess. The company was renamed...
Ricochet Lost Worlds Ricochet Lost Worlds Ricochet Lost Worlds was developed by Reflexive Entertainment and is the sequel to Ricochet Xtreme. It features several new bricks, power-ups and background art. It also has the new "ring" feature, where you try to collect all the rings on each level. If you collect all five rings on every level,...	2004	Macintosh Macintosh The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a... , Windows
Wik and the Fable of Souls Wik and the Fable of Souls Wik and the Fable of Souls is a game developed by Reflexive Entertainment. The main character, Wik, who is a frog-man like character, uses a combination of jumping and his long, grapple-like tongue to navigate the world. Accompanying Wik on his journey is a mule-like creature named Slotham...	2004	Windows, Xbox 360 Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...  (XBLA Xbox Live Arcade Xbox Live Arcade is a type of video game download distribution available primarily in a section of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft's digital distribution network for the Xbox 360, that focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent game developers... )
Ricochet Lost Worlds: Recharged Ricochet Lost Worlds: Recharged Ricochet Lost Worlds: Recharged is the third game in the Ricochet video game series by Reflexive Entertainment. The difference between the earlier Ricochet Lost Worlds and Ricochet Lost Worlds: Recharged is the idea of user-made levels that are downloadable online...	2004	Windows
Big Kahuna Reef Big Kahuna Reef Big Kahuna Reef is a puzzle game that was created by Reflexive Entertainment. Released in 2004 on the PC, it became the first of a series of Big Kahuna titles. The look of the game is that of ocean scenes, exotic fish and tiki heads. It is a match-making casual game that involves breaking boxes in...	2004	Macintosh, Windows
Big Kahuna Words Big Kahuna Words Big Kahuna Words is a boggle-style puzzle game played on a Microsoft Windows PC, and written and distributed by Reflexive Entertainment. Hawaiian themed, this game is similar to a previous title developed by Reflexive Ent. . In Big Kahuna Words, one must break all the boxes by making words in...	2005	Windows
Mosaic: Tomb of Mystery Mosaic: Tomb of Mystery Mosaic: Tomb of Mystery is a puzzle game that was made by Reflexive Entertainment. It is somewhat similar to Tetris and it is themed in Ancient Egypt. This game uses graphic shapes borrowed from PuzzleLab's popular games Charm Tale, Puzzle Myth and Fresco Wizard, as well as Alawar's hits Arctic...	2006	Windows
Big Kahuna Reef 2 Big Kahuna Reef 2 Big Kahuna Reef 2: Chain Reaction is a puzzle game that was created by Reflexive Entertainment. It is the sequel to Big Kahuna Reef. This casual game is a three in a row matchmaking game. The player must make strings of objects in order to break the boxes beneath; when all of the boxes are broken...	2006	Macintosh, Windows
Monarch: The Butterfly King Monarch: The Butterfly King Monarch: The Butterfly King is a personal computer game that was created by Reflexive Entertainment. It is a match-3 style game. It is very similar to Big Kahuna Reef , but with a new story line and new art...	2007	Windows
Ricochet Infinity Ricochet Infinity Ricochet Infinity is the fourth installment in the Ricochet video game series by Reflexive Entertainment. As its preceding titles Ricochet Xtreme , Ricochet Lost Worlds and Ricochet Lost Worlds: Recharged , it is a Breakout clone. As in Atari's Breakout game, the purpose of each level is to...	2007	Windows
The Great Tree The Great Tree (video game) The Great Tree is a game that was developed by Reflexive Entertainment. The game is centered around the player collecting "pollen" with their faerie character. Each level progresses only when enough pollen is collected to fill up the meter...	2007	Windows
Airport Mania Airport Mania Airport Mania: First Flight is a game that was created by Reflexive Entertainment and jointly developed with South Wind Games. The game is a click management game where the player has to manage the wants of the planes as they come in for landings...	2008	iPhone IPhone The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007... , Macintosh, Windows
Build In Time Build In Time Build In Time, created by Reflexive Entertainment, is a home building themed game of the click management genre. It has an ordering based game play mechanic , while incorporating a construction based theme...	2008	Macintosh, Windows
Big Kahuna Party Big Kahuna Party Big Kahuna Party is a WiiWare game by Reflexive Entertainment. It is part of Reflexive's Big Kahuna series, which includes Big Kahuna Reef and Big Kahuna Words. It was released for the WiiWare in North...	2008	Wii Wii The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...  (WiiWare WiiWare WiiWare is a service that allows Wii users to download games and applications specifically designed and developed for the Wii video game console made by Nintendo. These games and applications can only be purchased and downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare section... )
Miss Teri Tale: Where's Jason	2008	Macintosh, Windows	Developed by Ouat Entertainment
Music Catch Music Catch Music Catch is a widely played music game available for the iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms by Reflexive Entertainment. The fairly simple gameplay is centered around catching, with the cursor, different colored falling shapes that appear on screen in sync with the music playing in the...	2008	iPhone, Macintosh, Windows
Swarm Gold	2008	Macintosh, Windows
Costume Chaos	2009	Macintosh, Windows
A Fairy Tale A Fairy Tale (video game) A Fairy Tale is a game that was released by Reflexive Entertainment. The game is a matching game that is similar to the popular match-3 video games, but is unique in its game play. The game follows the adventures of three young fairies journeying through the forest as they attempt to save their...	2009	Macintosh, Windows
Sprouts Adventure	2009	Macintosh, Windows
Simplz: Zoo Simplz: Zoo Simplz: Zoo is a game that was created by Reflexive Entertainment and jointly developed with South Wind Games. The game is a puzzle and simulation game. The puzzle part is the match-3 game . The simulation part is where players build their zoos. Players play through matching levels to collect...	2010	Macintosh, Windows
Demolition League	2010	Web Game (Facebook)

Awards

Ricochet Lost Worlds

Ricochet Lost Worlds

Ricochet Lost Worlds was developed by Reflexive Entertainment and is the sequel to Ricochet Xtreme. It features several new bricks, power-ups and background art. It also has the new "ring" feature, where you try to collect all the rings on each level. If you collect all five rings on every level,...

receives Best Action/Arcade game for 2004 award from Real Networks and an emmy for outstanding gaming information.

Wik and the Fable of Souls

Wik and the Fable of Souls

Wik and the Fable of Souls is a game developed by Reflexive Entertainment. The main character, Wik, who is a frog-man like character, uses a combination of jumping and his long, grapple-like tongue to navigate the world. Accompanying Wik on his journey is a mule-like creature named Slotham...

won three awards at the 2005 Independent Games Festival

Independent Games Festival

The Independent Games Festival is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference, the largest annual gathering of the indie video game industry. It was founded in 1998 to assist and inspire innovation in video game development and to recognize the best independent video game developers...

 in San Francisco.
Wik also won the 2005 Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Award for Downloadable Game of the Year.

Awards:

• 2005 Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences

Downloadable Game of the Year!

• 2005 IGF Downloadable Game of the Year!

(Seumas McNally Award)

• 2005 IGF Innovation in Visual Arts
• 2005 IGF Innovation in Game Design