HeroCraft

Infobox Company
company_name = HeroCraft
company_
company_motto = Fun On The Run!
company_type =
foundation = 2001
location = Kaliningrad
Russian Federation
key_people = Prokonich Pavel, CEO
Sazonov Alexey, Key Account Manager
industry = Mobile game industry
products = $tolen in $ixty $econds
Black Shark
Kamikaze Trilogy
Revival
revenue =
num_employees =
homepage = [http://www.herocraft.com/ www.herocraft.com]

HeroCraft is a Russian mobile game developer company with headquarters in Kaliningrad and offices in Saint Petersburg and Donetsk.

HeroCraft games are released on J2ME, BREW, Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, UIQ, UIQ v.3, Linux (TomTom devices) and Palm OS platforms. Most of the new projects are initially planned as cross-platform and released simultaneously on all supported equipment. The current support list includes over 1000 mobile, Smartphone and PDA devices, for which both 2D and 3D games are designed. All porting and testing is carried out internally, guaranteeing the demanded level of quality assurance. The current release schedule is typically two to three titles every month.

HeroCraft, along with two other Russian companies, I-free and FounDreams, have formed the United Fun Traders (UFT) Alliance.

Offices

HeroCraft's office in Saint Petersburg specialises in 3D games ("Black Shark 3D, Dragon and Dracula 3D").

HeroCraft's office in Donetsk (Ukraine) works on PDA and Smartphone games and has already released the following games: "Snow Lines, Robo, $tolen In $ixty $econds, Happy Lines, Ball Rush Aqua, 8 in 1: Arcade Park, 3 in 1: Arcades For Adults".

Publishing

HeroCraft's publishing services have been used by V&V, WarDreams, Cinematic Games, Zen Design and M-Alliance amongst others.

Notes, Awards and Achievements

HeroCraft participates in various game developer contests and won the gold prize of the annual Samsung Game Developer Contest [ [http://www.mobilegd.com/announcements/herocrafts-tolen-in-ixty-econds-wins-a-samsung-contest.html Press-release at MobileGD] ] in 2007 [ [http://developer.samsungmobile.com/Developer/news/board_read.jsp?idx=3&tableName=NEWSBOARD&blog Samsung official news board] ] .Multiple games from HeroCraft have been reviewed and won awards from mobile review sites:

*"Ball Rush-2 on Midlet-Review, Award [ [http://midlet-review.com/index?content=review&id=635&rel=j2me Ball Rush-2 on Midlet-Review] ] "
*"Ball Rush-2 on Mgmag [ [http://www.mgmag.ru/ball_rush2.html Ball Rush-2 on Mgmag] ] "
*"Ball Rush-2 on Mobilhry [ [http://www.mobilhry.cz/recenze-mobilher/ball-rush-2/ Ball Rush-2 on Mobilhry] ] "

*"Bird Flu on WirelessGaming [ [http://www.wirelessgaming.it/articoli/bird-flu/ Bird Flu on WirelessGaming] ] "
*"Bird Flu on Mobilhry [ [http://www.mobilhry.cz/recenze-mobilher/bird-flu/ Bird Flu on Mobilhry] ] "
*"Bird Flu on Play2Go [ [http://www.play2go.de/reviews_1061_site_summary.html Bird Flu on Play2Go] ] "

*"Black Shark-2 on Idnes [ [http://mobilnihry.idnes.cz/recenze-mobilher/blackshark-2-siberia/ Black Shark-2 on Idnes] ] "
*"Black Shark-2 on Mogaming [ [http://www.mogaming.it/?view=recensione.php&viewid=2009 Black Shark-2 on Mogaming] ] "

*"Black Shark 3D on O2Active [ [http://hry.o2active.cz/hra.php?id_hry=994&aw=h4099401 Black Shark 3D on O2Active] ] "

*"Bravian Lands on Idnes [ [http://mobilnihry.idnes.cz/recenze-mobilher/bravian-lands/ Bravian Lands on Idnes] ] "

*"Bubble Revolt on PocketGamer [ [http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Bubble+Revolt/review.asp?c=1120&srch=herocraft Bubble Revolt on PocketGamer] ] "

*"Crimsonland on Gaminator [ [http://www.gaminator.pl/gra-mobile/7138,Crimsonland-Mobile-Massacre.html Crimsonland on Gaminator] ] "
*"Crimsonland on Idnes [ [http://mobilnihry.idnes.cz/recenze-mobilher/crimsonland/ Crimsonland on Idnes] ] "
*"Crimsonland on Wirelessgaming [ [http://wirelessgaming.it/articoli/1079/crimsonland-mobile-massacre-1/ Crimsonland on Wirelessgaming] ] "

*"Eyes in the Dark on Midlet-Review [ [http://midlet-review.com/index?content=review&id=685 Eyes in the Dark on Midlet-Review] ] "
*"Eyes in the Dark on MobileGameFAQs [ [http://www.mobilegamefaqs.com/reviewfull.php?orig=rev&id=789 Eyes in the Dark on MobileGameFAQs] ] "
*"Eyes in the Dark on Handy-Player [ [http://www.handy-player.de/eyes-in-the-dark-test.html Eyes in the Dark on Handy-Player] ] "

*"Governator-2 on Midlet-Review [ [http://midlet-review.com/index?content=review&id=676 Gaminator-2 on Midlet-Review] ] "
*"Governator-2 on Handy-Player [ [http://www.handy-player.de/governator-2-test.html Governator-2 on Handy-Player] ] "

*"Last Exam on Midlet-Review [ [http://midlet-review.com/index?content=review&id=699&rel=j2me Last Exam on Midlet-Review] ] "

*"NeutronX on ProjectNext, "EXCELLENCE" Award [ [http://www.projectnext.eu/main-zone/mobile-game-reviews/p47935-86-100-neutron-x-eng/ NeutronX on ProjectNext] ] "
*"NeutronX on Gaminator [ [http://www.gaminator.pl/gra-mobile/7492,NeutronX.html NeutronX on Gaminator] ] "
*"NeutronX on GSM4U, "GREAT WORK" Award [ [http://www.gsm4u.cz/neutron-x-uz-jste-nekdy-vyuzili-jaderne-reakce-v-mobilni-java-hre-clanek2777.htm NeutronX on GSM4U] ] "

*"Peeptris on WirelessGaming [ [http://wirelessgaming.it/articoli/recensioni/486/peeptris/ Peeptris on WirelessGaming] ] "

*"Pet Xonix on MobileGameFAQs [ [http://www.mobilegamefaqs.com/reviewfull.php?orig=rev&id=793 Pet Xonix on MobileGameFAQs] ] "

*"Revival on Midlet-Review, Award [ [http://midlet-review.com/index?content=review&id=555&rel=j2me Revival on Midlet-Review] ] "
*"Revival on Handy-Player [ [http://www.handy-player.de/revival-test.html Revival on Handy-Player] ] "
*"Revival on WapStranky [ [http://wapstranky.cz/clanky/recenze-java-her/revival.html Revival on WapStranky] ] "
*"Revival on WirelessGaming [ [http://wirelessgaming.it/articoli/recensioni/215/revival/ Revival on WirelessGaming] ] "

*"Revival Deluxe on PiratesXXL, "VERY GOOD" Award [ [http://piratesxxl.cz/java-hry/Revival-Deluxe---mobilni-Civilizace-774 Revival Deluxe on PiratesXXL] ] "

*"Rise of Antares on Midlet-Review [ [http://www.midlet-review.com/index?content=review&id=633 Rise of Antares on Midlet-Review] ] "
*"Rise of Antares on WirelessGaming [ [http://www.wirelessgaming.it/articoli/rise-of-antares/ Rise of Antares on WirelessGaming] ] "
*"Rise of Antares on Handy-Player [ [http://www.handy-player.de/rise-of-antares-test.html Rise of Antares on Handy-Player] ] "
*"Rise of Antares on Mobilhry [ [http://www.mobilhry.cz/recenze-mobilher/rise-of-antares/ Rise of Antares on Mobilhry] ] "
*"Rise of Antares on WapStranky [ [http://wapstranky.cz/clanky/recenze-java-her/rise-of-antares-pekelne-dobra-strategie.html Rise of Antares on WapStranky] ] "
*"Rise of Antares on Wmgmag, "A must play" Award [ [http://wmgmag.com/page.php?20 Rise of Antares on Wmgmag] ] "
*"Rise of Antares on JavaGames [ [http://javagames.ru/page40/phone-0/oper-0/partner-121212/phfilter-0/adult-0/ri-328/ Rise of Antares on JavaGames] ] "

*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on Midlet-Review, Award [ [http://midlet-review.com/index?content=review&id=664&rel=j2me $tolen in $ixty $econds on Midlet-Review] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on Airgamer, Award [ [http://web.airgamer.de/68.html?cat=648!0!0!0!0!0 $tolen in $ixty $econds on Airgamer] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on MobileGameFAQs, SILVER Award [ [http://www.mobilegamefaqs.com/reviewfull.php?orig=rev&id=792 $tolen in $ixty $econds on MobileGameFAQs] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on WmgMag [ [http://wmgmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=30 $tolen in $ixty $econds on WmgMag] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on PocketGamer, SILVER Award [ [http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Stolen+in+Sixty+Seconds/review.asp?c=3278 $tolen in $ixty $econds on PocketGamer] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on Wmgmag, Award [ [http://wmgmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=30 $tolen in $ixty $econds on Wmgmag] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on WirelessGaming [ [http://www.wirelessgaming.it/articoli/stolen-in-60-seconds/ $tolen in $ixty $econds on WirelessGaming] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on Handy-Player [ [http://www.handy-player.de/stolen-in-60-seconds-test.html $tolen in $ixty $econds on Handy-Player] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on Play2Go [ [http://www.play2go.de/reviews_1046.html $tolen in $ixty $econds on Play2Go] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on Doupe [ [http://www.doupe.cz/h/Konzole/AR.asp?ARI=117022 $tolen in $ixty $econds on Doupe] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on O2Active [ [http://hry.o2active.cz/hra.php?id_hry=769&aw=h2076901 $tolen in $ixty $econds on O2Active] ] "
*"$tolen in $ixty $econds on JavaGames [ [http://javagames.ru/page40/phone-0/oper-0/partner-121212/phfilter-0/adult-0/ri-3 $tolen in $ixty $econds on JavaGames] ] "

*"Twice! on PocketGamer, BRONZE Award [ [http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Twice!/review.asp?c=5559 Twice! on PocketGamer] ] "
*"Twice! on Handy-Player [ [http://www.handy-player.de/twice-test.html Twice! on Handy-Player] ] "
*"Twice! on Gaminator [ [http://www.gaminator.pl/gra-mobile/7186,Twice.html Twice on Gaminator] ] "
*"Twice! on Midlet-Review [ [http://midlet-review.com/index?content=review&id=760&rel=j2me Twice! on Midlet-Review] ] "

*"Zum-Zum on Gaminator [ [http://www.gaminator.pl/gra-mobile/7517,Zum-Zum.html Zum-Zum on Gaminator] ] "
*"Zum-Zum on Airgamer, Award [ [http://www.airgamer.de/handyspiele/test/zeige/zum-zum.html Zum-Zum on Airgamer] ] "
*"Zum-Zum on MobileGameFAQs [ [http://www.mobilegamefaqs.com/reviewfull.php?orig=rev&id=952 Zum-Zum on MobileGameFAQs] ] "
*"Zum-Zum on PiratesXXL [ [http://piratesxxl.cz/java-hry/Zum-Zum---Prvni-recenze-721 Zum-Zum on PiratesXXL] ] "
*"Zum-Zum on Mogaming [ [http://www.mogaming.it/?view=recensione.php&viewid=2016 Zum-Zum on Mogaming] ] "
*"Zum-Zum on ProjectNext [ [http://www.projectnext.eu/main-zone/mobile-game-reviews/17952-73-100-zum-zum-eng/ Zum-Zum on ProjectNext] ] "
*"Zum-Zum on PocketGamer [ [http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Zum-Zum/review.asp?c=6955 Zum-Zum on PocketGamer] ] "

Portfolio

The HeroCraft portfolio comprises over 50 games from an array of genres, from simple games for a casual gaming audience to complex sim, strategy and role-playing games. HeroCraft games are published both under original IP and with branded licenses. Amongst others, the following original IP are most popular: Governator; Revival; Dragon and Dracula; Ball Rush and Arcade Park. HeroCraft has also designed and released games based on Hollywood blockbusters The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th.

Games developed and published by HeroCraft:

Java Games:

PDA and Smartphone games:

References