TRICKY SOFTWARE

Our first breakout success was Spore Origins, which we created for Electronic Arts. The original platform was actually the iPod Click Wheel, but when Apple was getting ready to announce that they were opening up the iPhone platform to all developers they invited a few select companies to use their very early iPhone SDK to create a demo. EA turned to Tricky and asked us to create a Spore Origins demo in two weeks time. We worked extremely hard, and in the end Spore Origins was the only game title from an external company to be shown on the day Apple had their announcement event. Needless to say this set the stage for what would become a massive hit for EA. Spore Origins shot to #1 in the App Store when it launched, it was shown at an Apple Music Event on stage by Phil Schiller, and it won mobile game of the year... There are many more projects and moments worth mentioning, but one standout moment was participating in the "Appcessory" craze that took over for while around 2011. This is..

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