A Thinking Ape
Developer of social mobile video games
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Gaming
- Entertainment
- Mobile
- Video
- West End, Vancouver, BC
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Company mission
To build and create online games, communities and technologies that change how people socialize and play on mobile devices.
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Mobile video games have existed since smartphones first hit the market, often being associated with single-player novelty games aimed to pass the time. Whilst many mobile developers have attempted to make games that emulate the social communities that console and PC multi-player games host, these generally do not succeed due to lacking sufficient social infrastructure.
A Thinking Ape develops video games for mobile devices, focusing on integrating social features that facilitate communities which are commonplace on other video game platforms. The company's games include Kingdoms of Heckfire, Party in my Dorm, and Casino X, each of which is free-to-play with in-game purchases and revolve around independent in-game social features.
Whilst A Thinking Ape is not the first developer to produce such games for mobile, many of its competitors have stuck to lazy ports from PC and console. The company instead makes the mobile platform its priority, allowing it to fill a nice gap in the market. Though not immune from the industry woes that saw layoffs across gaming in recent years, the company has appeared positive throughout restructuring and there's no reason it won't have a bright future.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Monthly “Birthiversaries”, ad-hoc game tournaments and pop-up team events. Oh, and our summer and holiday parties? They’re epic!
- On-site yoga sessions, a monthly massage clinic and our company-sponsored hockey and dodgeball teams. (Go Rampage!)
- Unlimited sick days, flexible scheduling and work from home options
- Professional development funding, regular lunch and learns, annual game jams and bi-weekly 1:1s with team leads
- Our kitchen is always stocked with a wide variety of snacks and every Wednesday we provide catered lunch
- Health and dental
Leadership
Eric Diep
(Founder)Also Founder at manifold.xyz. Graduate in Mathematics and Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo. Founded A Thinking Ape as CTO.
Tayber Voyer
(CEO)Joined the company in 2015 as Director of Product Management and Game Design. Was then VP of Product before becoming CEO in 2023. Former Producer at East Side Games.