WildWorks

WildWorks (formerly Smart Bomb Interactive) is an American game development studio based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The studio was assembled from game industry veterans, being co-founded by Kris Johnson, Corn Stacey, and Jeff Amis. The studio is known to develop titles for all ages across all platforms, including home consoles, PCs and handheld devices.[1]

WildWorks
FormerlySmart Bomb Interactive
TypePrivate
IndustryGame developer
Founded2003
FounderKris Johnson

Corn Stacey

Jeff Amis
Headquarters,
US
Products
Websitewww.wildworks.com

Games

Animal Jam (Formerly "Animal Jam: Play Wild!")

In December 2014, WildWorks released a 3D mobile app version of Animal Jam Classic called Animal Jam (formerly "Animal Jam: Play Wild" before April 2020).[2] In 2016, it was announced that Animal Jam received over one million downloads despite having no paid user acquisition. Animal Jam has been the number one downloaded iPad game for kids 9–11 in 35 countries, the number one downloaded iPad educational game in 20 countries, and the number one top-grossing iPad game for kids 9–11 in 54 countries. As of late 2020, Animal Jam and Animal Jam Classic had 3.3 million monthly active users and a lifetime total of 130 million registered players in 200 countries.[3]

Animal Jam Classic (Formerly "Animal Jam")

The studio's flagship title was Animal Jam Classic (formerly "Animal Jam" before April 2020),[2] is a virtual world for kids, being developed within a partnership with National Geographic Society. Users are placed in an online world called Jamaa, where they can learn facts about animals and the environment. The game offers additional interactive educational resources for kids, teachers and parents. In early 2016, Animal Jam Classic was named the fastest growing game site in the US with over 50 million users registered worldwide.[4]

Fer.al

On April the 24th of 2019, WildWorks announced Feral at UDEN #22 (stylized as "Fer.al"), a MMO game based around fantasy and myth, unlike Animal Jam Classic and Animal Jam, Feral was going to be directed at a 13+ audience as stated at UDEN.[5] Feral was in Closed Beta from December the 11th, 2019 until May the 20th, 2020, it went into Early Access from May the 20th but never reached full release.

On February the 17th of 2022, wwadmin, the administration account of WildWorks in the Feral Discord server, announced they were shutting down the game, it was to reopen on February the 19th,[6] but due to violation of Feral's Terms of Service, the reopening was pushed to March the 26th and shortened to 3 hours. Feral permanently closed its doors on March the 26th after a 3-hour shutdown period.[7]

Cinder

Cinder is a 2021 Solana-Based NFT MMO game, created using the engine and assets of the now-defunct WildWorks title Fer.al. The game is populated with characters referred to as the Cinder Fae, whose traits are procedurally generated for sale as NFT character tokens. At launch, the initial mint contained 4,444 Cinder Fae NFTs for sale on the Solana marketplace. According to the Cinder white paper, the Wildworks team began beta testing in April 2020.

List of Titles

Technology

Bombshell

The studio also developed Bombshell, an engine and toolset for the development of high-fidelity interactive entertainment. The studio previously received first-round funding from the Canopy Group.

References

  1. IGN at IGN Review
  2. "Animal Jam's Instagram photo: "Today is a special day in the history of Animal Jam! It has been nearly 10 years since the launch of Animal Jam; in recognition of this…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  3. "WildWorks' Animal Jam online playground hits 130 million registered players after a decade". VentureBeat. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  4. "Press Release | WildWorks | News".
  5. "UDEN #22 - WildWorks Studio + Networking". Jon Dean. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  6. Octokoi. "Fer.al is Shutting Down". Fer.al Archives. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  7. "fer.al". fer.al. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  8. "Animal Jam Classic". www.animaljam.com.
  9. "Feral". fer.al. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  10. "Makers of 'kid's first virtual world' Animal Jam targets Gen Z teens with Fer.al debut". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
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