Freeverse

Infobox Company
company_name = Freeverse
company_
company_type = Corporation
foundation =
location = New York City, New York, USA
key_people = Ian Lynch Smith - President
Colin Lynch Smith - Vice President
Dino de Cespedes - Chief Financial Officer
David Joost - Channel Sales Manager
Steven Tze´ - Creative Director
Justin D'Onofrio - Producer
Bruce Morrison - Producer Brooks Cracktackle - Demon Rush Advisor
industry = Video game production, Software, Independent software vendor
products = Video game and Application software for Macintosh, Windows PC, Consoles, and Mobile devices
revenue = Unknown (privately held)
num_employees =
homepage = http://www.freeverse.com/

Freeverse Inc. (formerly Freeverse Software) is a computer and video game, and desktop software developer. Based in New York City, Freeverse titles have received numerous awards including a Macworld Game Hall of Fame, two Macworld San Francisco Best of Shows and three Apple Design Awards in 2004. Its original characters have appeared in TimeDigital, Wired, and Animation World magazines, as well as in national television commercials for Blockbuster Video.

History

Freeverse was founded as a shareware company in 1994 by Ian Lynch Smith. Freeverse's first product, a version of "Hearts Deluxe" for the Mac, contained a gaming artificial intelligence based on Ian's studies in Cognitive Science (the subject for which received his concentration from Vassar College). [http://www.freeverse.com/about/]

Mac Game Development, Porting And Publishing

Original Games

* "3D Bridge Deluxe"
* "3D Hearts Deluxe"
* "3D Euchre Deluxe"
* "3D Spades Deluxe"
* "3D Crazy Eights"
* "Active Lancer"
* "Airburst"
* "Airburst Extreme"
* "Arcane Arena"
* ""
* "Big Bang Board Games"
* "Big Bang Brain Games"
* Burning Monkey
** "Burning Monkey Casino"
** "Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab"
** "Burning Monkey Solitaire"
** "Burning Monkey Mahjong"
* "Hordes Of Orcs"
* "Hoyle Casino 2009"
* "Hoyle Puzzle And Board 2009"
* "Hoyle Cards 2009"
* "Kill Monty"
* "Neon Tango"
* "Solace"
* "ToySight"
* "WingNuts"
* ""

Ported Games

* "Heroes Of Might And Magic V"
* "Legion Arena"
* "Jeopardy! Deluxe"
* "Wheel Of Fortune Deluxe"

Published Games

* "8th Wonder Of The World"
* "KnightShift"
* "Massive Assault"
* "Northland"
* "Payback"
* "Project Nomads"
* ""
* "Spartan"
* ""

Xbox Development

Currently, Freeverse is developing a new version of Airburst for the Xbox 360 video game console from Microsoft. This includes original game modes from Airburst and Airburst Extreme as well as new modes.

Freeverse has delivered "TotemBall" which is a Xbox Live Arcade musical action game with Strange Flavour and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It takes advantage of the Xbox Live Vision camera with the camera tracking the players hand movements. It was released on October 4, 2006. On August 1, 2007 "Marathon: Durandal" and "Spyglass Board Games" were released to the Xbox Live Arcade.

Xbox Live Arcade Games

* "Airburst"
* ""
* "Spyglass Board Games"
* "TotemBall"

iPhone Development

Also among Freeverse's diverse library of games are a slew of iPhone games, some currently in development and some already highly regarded in the iTunes App Store.

iPhone Games

* "Big Bang Sudoku"
* "MotoChaser"
* "Jared"
* "SimStapler"
* "Big Bang Board Games"
* "Tranquility"
* "Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab"
* "Flick Bowling"
* "Plank"

Applications

* BumperCar
* Comic Life - Created by plasq
* Lineform
* Jared
* Periscope
* Sound Studio

External links

* http://www.freeverse.com/