Brainy Studio Explained

Brainy Studio LLC
Foundation:	2013
Location Country:	Russia
Location City:	Perm
Location:	614023, Russia, Perm, 122 Ekaterininskay str.
Type:	Privately held company
Area Served:	Worldwide
Industry:	Video games

Brainy Studio LLC is a Russian entertainment and independent video game development company, best known for developing the game TurnOn, with which has been won Imagine Cup 2014 in "Games" category^[1] held by Microsoft and other partners. The company's headquarters is located in Perm.

History

Brainy Studio was founded in January 2013 by students of Perm National Research Polytechnic University: web-developer Evgenii Romin, programmer Anton Baranov and digital artist Ilya Antonov. In the same year they launched first game WitchCraft on Windows Phone platform,^[2] with which placed second at Imagine Cup Russia Finals in Moscow.

In 2014 company joined Unity-developer Alexander Frolov (left in summer of 2015) and marketeer Dmitri Ogorodnikov. In summer studio won in "Games" category of Imagine Cup International Finals with a prototype of the game TurnOn, and got the right to go to the AppCampus acceleration program, organized jointly by Microsoft and Nokia in the Finnish University of Aalto.^[3]

In February 2015 the company released the first demo episode of TurnOn for Windows Phone. The same year they began Steam Greenlight campaign.^[4] Full version will be launched on June 1^[5] 2016 on Xbox One (as a member of ID@Xbox^[6]) and in Steam (got Greenlit 17 April 2015^[7]).

List of games released

• WitchCraft (2013), platforms: Windows Phone.^[8]
  • 2nd place at Imagine Cup Russia Finals 2013.
• Clumsy Sheep Lullaby (2014), platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows Store.
• Angry Bees (2014), platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows Store.
• TurnOn (2015), the first episode, platforms: Windows Phone.^[9]
  • 1st place in the "Games" category on the world's largest technology competition Imagine Cup 2014 in Seattle.^[10]
  • "Best Indie Game" at the conference for game developers and publishers DevGamm Moscow 2014.^[11]
  • 3rd place at the festival GamesJam Kanobu 2014 among 450 games.^[12]
  • Semi-finalist at the international competition Adobe Design Achievements Awards in Game Art and Design Nominees.

External links

• • Company Blog

Notes and References

1. http://blogs.microsoft.com/firehose/2014/08/01/imagine-cup-world-finals-2014-winner-eyenaemia-receives-50000-and-a-private-session-with-bill-gates/ Imagine Cup World Finals 2014
2. http://pstu.ru/en/news/2013/10/21/940/ WitchCraft has entered the international market
3. https://www.imaginecup.com/Custom/Index/2014Winners_Challenges 2014 Award and Challenge Winners
4. http://www.loadthegame.com/2015/04/05/steam-greenlight-spotlight-turnon/ Steam Greenlight Spotlight: TurnOn
5. http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/05/10/puzzle-platformer-turnon-receives-xbox-one-pc-mac-release-date/206515/ Puzzle-Platformer TurnOn Receives Xbox One, PC, Mac Release Date
6. Web site: E3 brings new 124 trailers! . 10 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150902102939/http://www.idatxbox.com/2015/06/30/e3-brings-126-new-trailers/ . 2 September 2015 . dead .
7. http://brainystudio.ru/blog-en/86-greenlit_12days_en TurnOn has been Greenlit!
8. http://www.winbeta.org/news/brainy-studios-turnon-2014-imagine-cup-winner-and-available-windows-phone Brainy Studios' TurnOn is a 2014 Imagine Cup winner and available on Windows Phone
9. http://wmpoweruser.com/turnon-is-an-adventure-platformer-game-available-exclusively-for-windows-phone-devices/ ‘TurnOn’ Is An Adventure Platformer Game Available Exclusively For Windows Phone Devices
10. https://www.imaginecup.com/Custom/Index/2014Winners_Finals Imagine Cup 2014 Winners
11. http://devgamm.com/moscow2014/en/games/awards/ DevGamm winners 2014
12. http://blog.gamesjam.org/post/80578582697/gamesjamkanobu GamesJamKanobu ended