Today Gamebrain announced a series of new strategic partnerships to further build out its game development workflow platform, including AppThwack, Bugsnag, and Babel Media. The new round of deals follows Gamebrain’s initial signing of Kontagent, solidifying additional facets of game development support needed by small to mid-sized developers to succeed. Gamebrain’s workflow solution aims to offer the best game development tools in the industry on an affordable level, combining a central knowledge bank of resources and tools with manageable processes and milestones to keep projects on track.
“Gamebrain was built upon the premise that the inspiration to build a game can present itself in many ways, and when it comes to turning a great concept into a viable thing in the marketplace, developers are often paralyzed by a panoply of decisions to make,” explained Eduardo Cervantes, CEO, Gamebrain. “Partnering with top-of-class game development tools such as AppThwack, Bugsnag, and Babel reinforces our mission to provide indie developers a centralized environment with the essential tools and services they need, all without ascribing to a one-size-fits-all model in game development.”
“We’ve seen some amazing talent churn out incredible games using our solution, many of which are independent or small teams that end up stumbling along in other aspects of the development and business process,” said Conrad Irwin, Vice President of Engineering, Bugsnag. “I like what Gamebrain is doing to address this problem by bringing some coherency to the development research and implementation process. Developers will also undoubtedly appreciate having Bugsnag resources available to them alongside the other tools early on in Gamebrain’s workflow process.”
“The world has become dominated by smartphone and tablet devices, while at the same time making game development accessible to anyone with the talent, will and idea to execute,” stated Pawel Wojnarowicz, Co-Founder, AppThwack. “With thousands of devices out there for which to optimize your software, AppThwack will become an integral component of Gamebrain’s workflow, one that we’re proud to lead early on in the platform’s maturation.”
Babel Media’s CEO, Richard Leinfellner, further added, “Gamebrain will be an important element in ensuring that opportunities exist for indies to continue bringing their fantastic ideas to market, while lowering the barriers to entry by consolidating development resources. Great app quality with extended global consumer reach are critical things to consider early on in any development phase, and the inclusion of Babel’s QA & localization services into Gamebrain’s processes will ensure that the right partners are part of the consideration and just a few clicks away.”
AppThwack is a Portland, Oregon-based company offering automated mobile device testing tools and services for Android, iOS and mobile web developers, particularly in areas involving complex interactions between distributed devices.
Babel Media is the leading global provider of outsourced specialist services to the games and interactive entertainment industries, offering customers a complete outsourced testing and localization service for all Console, PC, Online, Handheld and Mobile content. The company was voted Best Outsourcing Company 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008 at the Develop Industry Excellence Awards.
Bugsnag’s real-time error-reporting platform helps developers cut costs and save time by catching errors as they happen. Bugsnag’s comprehensive yet flexible web, mobile, and desktop support (OS X), lets developers easily track and navigate exceptions from multiple projects all under a single dashboard.
Gamebrain is now accepting Closed Beta signups on its website at www.gamebrain.com. Applications for the first group of signees is currently being rolled out, with access to the Closed Beta anticipated to begin in November. Interested developers are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible for consideration in the early stages of the program.
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