Available in English Industry Computer Games CEO Daniel McNeely (2005–) | Key people Daniel McNeely (CEO) Founder Daniel McNeely | |
Type of business Free online flash game publisher Type of site Host for Flash-based browser games, game publisher Founded fl. March 2004 (as Games Of Gondor)
October 2005 (under current name) Headquarters Irvine, California, United States Video games Kingdom Rush, GemCraft, Crush the Castle, Warfare 1917, Detective Grimoire Profiles | ||
Founded in 2004 by Daniel McNeely, Armor Games is a website based in Irvine, California, that hosts free Flash-based browser games across a wide variety of genres, including point-and-click adventure, arcade, puzzle, and MMO games. In addition to sponsoring certain browser games, Armor Games has begun acting as a publisher for other titles. The company has released games for iOS and Android mobile devices and Steam, and others slated to launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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Besides games, Armor Games also has online chat, the ability to comment on and discuss the games posted with other players, a wide variety of achievement-based "Quests" to unlock and earn badges for their profile, and a system that allows players to earn stars and merits for participating in the community. Contests are frequently held to win prizes such as free games for Steam, T-shirts, plush toys, and more. Each year a round of voting is held to allow the players to choose the best games in each genre released on the site.
Sushi Cat
In 2010, Armor Games developed and released Flash game Sushi Cat along with programmer Joey Betz and popular artist Jimp. The game was a sort of Pachinko-style physics puzzle where players dropped the titular squishy blue cat from the top of the screen in each level to try to catch sushi as it falls. Each level has a minimum amount of sushi that must be eaten to progress, and a limited number of attempts a player can make to do so. Sushi Cat received positive reviews, and over 4.5 million players on Armor Games alone, and was eventually ported to iPhone and iPad where it has been downloaded over 400,000 times. Sushi Cat remains Armor Games' most distinctive and well-known icon.
The series received several web-based Flash follow-ups, including Sushi Cat The Honeymoon later that same year, Sushi Cat 2 in 2011, and Sushi Cat 2 The Great Purrade in 2012. All games received high scores from visitors, and plays numbering in the millions.
In 2014, working by himself Jimp developed and released Sushi Cat-a-Pult for Armor Games, which has since been played over 12 million times. Unlike previous games in the series, it was a Sushi Cat-themed take on "launch style" arcade games. Players flung Sushi Cat across a screen after setting the force of the throw, and try to catch the required number of sushi to progress, using objects on the screen to bounce farther. Coins are earned for each launch that can be spent on upgrades for Sushi Cat to make him fly farther or bounce more.
In 2015, for an April Fool's prank, Armor Games released Sushi Cat: StoryCraft World Creato r. The game was allegedly going to feature sandbox gameplay, multiplayer capabilities, mining, crafting, and much more, though the joke was that it only amounted to an infinite loading screen that displayed increasingly ridiculous messages.
Sonny
In 2007, Armor Games sponsored the release of Sonny, a free online Flash RPG created by Krin Juangbhanich. In it, players controlled the titular character, a man who comes back from the dead without any memories in a post-apocalyptic world. The gameplay centered around turn-based combat, advancing through waves of enemies while gathering items and equipment to improve your party as they level up.
In 2009, Armor Games sponsored the release of the sequel, Sonny 2. While the gameplay remained the same, the core of it was tweaked and enhanced based on player feedback while continuing the story of the original game and focusing on increased challenge. Combined, the Sonny and Sonny 2 have been played nearly 35,000,000 times on Armor Games, making them the most popular series in the site's history, and received high marks from players.
in 2016, Armor Games announced that the third game would not be a direct sequel to the first two, but rather a reimagining of the whole series with the same style of gameplay. Called simply Sonny, and again developed by Krin Juangbhanich with art by Jet Kimchrea and an original soundtrack by David Orr, the game is planned to be released in early 2017 on iOS.