John Cooney (video game developer) explained

John Cooney
Other Names:jmtb02
Nationality:American
Occupation:Game designer

John Cooney (born), also known by his pseudonym jmtb02, is an American game developer and former chief executive officer of Armor Games. He is best known for his numerous Flash games, many of which feature a blue elephant as the player avatar, including Achievement Unlocked and This is the Only Level.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Life and career

Cooney got into development of Flash games during high school.[5] While enrolled at University of California, Davis, Cooney kept developing games and founded his own game development company, JMTB02 Studios. The money he earned through his games were enough to pay for his college tuition. In 2007, Cooney joined Armor Games as their first employee.[6] [7] in 2012, he joined Kongregate, where he stayed until rejoining Armor Games in 2019 as the vice-president of business development of Armor Games Studios.[8] In 2021, Cooney became the CEO of Armor Games.[9] [10] [11] In June 2023, he announced that he would be stepping down as CEO.[12] The previous month, Armor Games announced that they would be publishing The Elephant Collection, a compilation of several of Cooney's Flash games.[13] [14]

Games

Notes and References

  1. News: Simón. Jaime San. 4 September 2011. Juegos Indie: Metajuegos • Página 2. 7 August 2021. Eurogamer.es. es.
  2. Book: Sohier. Rémy. DES SENSATIONS INTERACTIVES AU SERVICE D'UNE EXPRESSION ARTISTIQUE. Université Paris 8. 13–14.
  3. Verneau. Loan. Paralect - An example of transition focused design. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. en. 27–28. .
  4. Book: Rae Selvig. Dines. Schoenau-Fog. Henrik. HCI in Games . Non-intrusive Measurement of Player Engagement and Emotions - Real-Time Deep Neural Network Analysis of Facial Expressions During Game Play . 2020. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_24. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . 12211 . en. Springer International Publishing. 330–349. 10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_24. 978-3-030-50163-1 . 220530811 .
  5. Web site: Bardinelli . J. . In the Flash: Four Second Firestorm . Engadget.
  6. News: Brescini . Megan . Little Games Are Big Business at Armor Games . OC Weekly . 7 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100707060423/http://www.ocweekly.com/2010-07-01/culture/armor-games/. 7 July 2010.
  7. Web site: About . John Cooney.
  8. Web site: John Cooney on LinkedIn . 25 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Rousseau. Jeffrey. 2021-11-03. Armor Games shares four-day work week findings. 2022-01-16. GamesIndustry.biz. en.
  10. 1440011483027443713. jmtb02. I have some exciting news to (finally) share, I am the new CEO of Armor Games!. John Cooney. John Cooney (video game developer). 2021-09-20. 2022-01-16. ymd-all.
  11. News: Le . Khai Trung . John Cooney talks Armor Games' four-day working week . pocketgamer.biz.
  12. Web site: Carter . Justin . 2023-06-13 . Armor Games CEO John Cooney announces departure . 2023-06-18 . . en.
  13. Web site: Arguello . Diego . 2023-05-09 . Flash game preservation evolves with The Elephant Collection . 2023-06-18 . . en.
  14. News: Serin . Kaan . 2023-05-10 . The Elephant Collection remasters 10 classic Flash games . en . . 2023-06-18.
  15. Web site: Stretching The Definition: This Is The Only Level 3 . Rock Paper Shotgun . 17 April 2022 . en . 12 May 2012.

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