Moai (software)

This article is about the game development platform. For other uses, see Moai (disambiguation).

Moai

Developer(s)	Zipline Games
Repository	github.com/moai/moai-dev
Written in	Lua, C++
Type	Game engine, Cloud computing
License	Common Public Attribution License, Proprietary
Website	getmoai.com (down since 2018)

Moai is a development and deployment platform designed for the creation of mobile games on iOS and Android smartphones. ^[1] The Moai platform consists of Moai SDK, an open source game engine, and Moai Cloud, a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) for the hosting and deployment of game services. Moai developers use Lua, C++ and OpenGL, to build mobile games that span smartphones and cloud. Several commercial games have been built with Moai, including Crimson: Steam Pirates , ^{[2] [3]} Invisible, Inc. , ^[4] and Broken Age . ^[5] Moai integrates third-party game analytics and monetization services such as Apsalar and Tapjoy.

History

A public beta of Moai was launched in July 2011. ^[6] The first Moai game to ship was Crimson: Steam Pirates, developed by Jordan Weisman and published by Bungie Aerospace in September 2011. ^[2] The 1.0 release of Moai was announced in March 2012. ^[1] As of 2017, the platform is no longer supported. ^[7]

Notable games

Year	Title	Developer	Ref.
2011	Crimson: Steam Pirates	Harebrained Schemes	[2] [3]
2011	Wolf Toss	Zipline Games	[8] [9]
2014-2015	Broken Age	Double Fine	[5]
2014	Spacebase DF-9	Double Fine
2015	Invisible, Inc.	Klei Entertainment	[4]
2017	The Franz Kafka Videogame	Denis Galanin
2021	Eastward	Pixpil

References

1. Takahashi, Dean (23 March 2012). "With 6,000 followers, Zipline launches Moai game-dev platform". VentureBeat ..
2. Woodward, Curt (6 June 2011). "Zipline's Moai Powering 'Crimson', the First Mobile Game Release through Bungie Aerospace". Xconomy. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011..
3. Bolden, Aljernon (26 September 2011). "How Crimson: Steam Pirates (#1 game on iPad) Was Built in just 12 Weeks". Game Developer ..
4. Wawro, Alex (17 February 2015). "Road to the IGF: Klei Entertainment's Invisible, Inc". Game Developer . Retrieved 31 December 2016.
5. "Video: Double Fine Adventure built with Moai". MCVUK . 2 May 2012.
6. Orland, Kyle (6 July 2011). "Moai Mobile Game Development Platform Launches Open Beta". Game Developer .
7. Meehan, Patrick (18 November 2017), Commit changing repository readme to reflect no support, GitHub .
8. Takahashi, Dean (8 December 2011). "Zipline Games launches its first Moai-based mobile game Wolf Toss". VentureBeat .
9. Woodward, Curt (8 December 2011). "Zipline's Wolf Toss Game Goes for Hat Trick Debut on iOS, Android, Chrome". Xconomy. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012..

Further reading

• Maczewski, Pawel 'Kender' (2 April 2013). "How To Make a Simple Game with Moai". Kodeco.