BulkyPix

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Bulkypix
Company type Société par actions simplifiée
IndustryVideo game development and publishing
FoundedJanuary 12, 2009 (2009-01-12) (registration)
Headquarters
Vélizy-Villacoublay
,
France
Key people
Olivier Pierre (CEO)
Vincent Dondaine (COO)
Élodie Martinaud (VP Prod)
Roch Roustan (CFO)
Bertrand Pierre (VP Sales)
Revenue€2,589,000 (2014)
€-871,900 (2014, loss)
Total equity €1,681,700 (2014)
Number of employees
27 (2014)

BulkyPix was a French company specializing in the development and publishing of video games, founded in December 2008 and dissolved in August 2016. [1] The company published over 200 games, primarily for the mobile market but also for web browsers and PC. [2] It went into liquidation in August 2016. [3]

Contents

Notable successes include the games My Brute , Saving Private Sheep , Autumn Dynasty , The Sandbox , Type:Rider , Joe Dever's Lone Wolf , and Please Don't Touch Anything .

History

BulkyPix was founded in December 2008 by former employees of Vivendi Games Mobile. [4] BulkyPix was managed by a management committee. [5] The company began by developing and publishing games on the iPhone before diversifying.

Starting in 2010, the company had an office in San Francisco. [6] The American market accounted for over 40% of the company's business. [4] In early January 2011, the company acquired the studio Uacari.

18 months after the company was founded, Bulkypix raised its first round of funding with Oterma, an investment holding company in SMEs. [4] The goal was to expand the game catalog and accelerate research and development. [4] In 2012, for the same purpose, Axa Private Equity (renamed Ardian in 2013) became a shareholder in the company. [7] That same year, the company announced a budget of several million dollars for independent developers. [2]

The company began judicial restructuring proceedings on March 29, 2016, [8] and without finding a buyer, it went into liquidation in August 2016. [3]

Activities

Developer and publisher

BulkyPix's main activity was the development and publishing of video games. Among its original licenses created and developed in-house, its most famous games include Hysteria Project , My Brute, and Saving Private Sheep. The list of the most famous published games of the company also includes Babel Rising in 2009, Pix'n Love Rush in 2010, Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition and PyramidValley Adventure in 2011, Autumn Dynasty and The Sandbox in 2012, CandyMeleon and Type:Rider in 2013.

Service and consulting activities

One of BulkyPix's main activities was creating games and applications for clients:

Research and development

BulkyPix worked on several research and development projects in the field of interactivity and video games. In 2011, a research project on interactive video on smartphones was funded by an innovation grant from Oséo. [11] BulkyPix collaborated with the Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse (IRIT) on topics such as augmented reality and geolocation. [11] In 2012, the company led the "Polymathic" project labeled by Cap Digital as part of the call for projects "Digitization and valorization technologies for cultural, scientific, and educational contents" developed in partnership with CNAM, Kylotonn, MocapLab, and XediX. [12] [13]

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  2. 1 2 Chièze, Julien (2012-07-25). "BulkyPix : 3 millions de dollars pour les développeurs indés". gameblog.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  3. 1 2 "En liquidation judiciaire, l'éditeur Bulkypix tire sa révérence". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Une première levée de fonds pour BulkyPix qui s'installe aux Etats-Unis". afjv.com. 2010-08-31. Archived from the original on 2010-09-03. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  5. ↑ "BulkyPix est pressé de croître". La Tribune (in French). 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  6. ↑ "Bulkypix s'étend aux Etats-Unis". www.gamekult.com (in French). 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
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  8. ↑ "Annonce n° 2465 du BODACC A n° 20160071 publié le 04/10/2016". www.bodacc.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  9. ↑ "BulkyPix développe le Serious Game "Dans la peau d'un marin"". AFJV (in French). 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  10. ↑ "Le Louvre se développe sur les nouveaux supports mobiles". AFJV (in French). 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  11. 1 2 "BulkyApps. Partenaires institutionnels". bulkyapps.com. 2011-11-28. Archived from the original on 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
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