2005 ; 11 years ago 2005 founder mat annal heather stancliffe headquarters london england products various games number of employees 15 citation needed website nitrome.com nitrome commonly known as nitrome limited is a british independent game development company based in london . the company makes unity based games 1 previously flash based . their games are recognizable by the pixel art design and cartoon like appearance along with a jingle to the start of every game and the use of chiptune . nitrome was originally started by mat annal and heather stancliffe two graphic designers intending to create games for mobile phones . instead the company began taking on commissions internet based flash games . some of the games of nitrome have characters which are inspired other characters from video games tv shows and others . nitrome s games are published on their website and are often available to license on other websites such as miniclip mtv arcade and friv . contents 1 history 2 games 3 versions 3.1 nitrome 1.0 3.2 nitrome 1.2 3.3 nitrome 1.5 3.4 nitrome 2.0 3.5 nitrome 2.5 4 references 5 external links history edit nitrome s creation stemmed from a conversation between mat annal and heather stancliffe in which annal suggested that they make a game for mobile phones . stancliffe was initially hesitant but was persuaded that it could be a successful idea . 2 the temporary website for their upcoming project was first launched on april 3 2005 3 with a preview video of chick flick their intended first game . 4 since then nitrome has made 146 flash games their 135th game being turn undead released october 7 2014 and are venturing into mobile phone and pc gaming as their current flash games aren t providing enough revenue . in november 2011 nitrome released their 100th game nitrome must die in which players shoot enemies from the previous 99 games that nitrome has made before nitrome must die . their 136th game is endless doves . 5 in 2015 nitrome made history by releasing their 140th game fluffball their unreleased game from 2007 and their 141st game silly sausage in meat land sequel to their 2011 game silly sausage . also in 2015 their 142nd game cooped up was released 6 followed by green ninja vault beneath the lighthouse and ultimately their first published game ultimate briefcase in 2016 . games edit main article list of nitrome limited games the games made by the company are divided into four main categories . hearted 7 are the games that have received the most hearts from the heart button upon every game and are thus considered the most popular . all games 8 is a list of all games produced by nitrome while multiplayer games 9 are designed for more than one person to play at once . last touchy released in 2012 featured games that are playable on nitrome s mobile phone app nitrome touchy . games can be in more than one category . on july 8 2015 nitrome announced that nitrome touchy was officially discontinued . all links and services related to touchy were taken down . 10 turn undead was the final touchy game released october 2014 . nitrome has made games for mtv arcade 11 candystand and miniclip . most of the games are divided into levels usually between 10 and 100 and also give the player the option to replay any level they have completed even if they have lost . some games also feature the concept of bosses . in july 2009 nitrome limited released twin shot 2 their first game to use mochicoins a system allowing players to pay for extra content in browser games . 12 mat annal said that nitrome were trialling and that they don t intend to use it in every game . 13 they used mochicoins again in b.c. bow contest which they have updated twice . mochicoins however were discontinued by mochi media preventing nitrome from using them in any more of their games . 14 since 2014 nitrome s game development has focused on producing mobile games . versions edit nitrome 1.0 edit nitrome.com 1.0 is the first version of nitrome.com . it was launched on april 5 2005 and was small at the time . the website did not stay up long as it was replaced by version 1.5 in 2006 between 8 and 16 november . 15 nitrome 1.2 edit nitrome 1.2 was a previous version of the nitrome limited website with a slightly different game grouping no heart system and subtitled pictures instead of icons . nitrome 1.5 edit nitrome 1.5 was an updated version of nitrome 1.2 ; thinner icons and blog shop added . nitrome 2.0 edit new features include more content on the front page rss feeds and the introduction of hearting sharing and tweeting . nitrome 2.5 edit the current version as of july 19 2013 . nitrome accounts added . references edit nitrome made with unity . made with unity . retrieved 2016 10 08 . about us . nitrome limited . 2006 06 19 . archived from the original on 2005 04 06 . retrieved 2009 02 04 . one day mat said to heather y know all this web stuff s ok but wouldn t it be great if we could just make whatever we wanted ... i don t think anyone s gon na give us free reign sic to do just do whatever we want ... well why don t we make a mobile phone game web page launched . nitrome limited . 2005 04 03 . archived from the original on 2005 04 06 . retrieved 2009 02 04 . we ve launched our temporary web page today . chick flick video . nitrome limited . 2005 04 03 . archived from the original on 2005 04 06 . retrieved 2009 02 04 . exclusive first showing of our soon to be finished java mobile phone game . http www.nitrome.com blog articles 1192 http www.nitrome.com blog articles 1312 nitrome hearted games . nitrome all games . nitrome multiplayer games . http www.nitrome.com blog articles 1339 mtv arcade . annal mat 2009 07 20 . twin shot 2 good and evil . nitrome limited . retrieved 2009 07 20 . annal mat 2009 06 25 . twin shot 2 ... more info . nitrome limited . retrieved 2009 07 20 . annal mat 2012 07 19 . mochi coins to be discontinued . nitrome limited . nitrome . archived from the original on december 1 2006 . retrieved august 6 2012 . external links edit pockect gamer profile official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nitrome & oldid 743239622 categories companies established in 2005video game development companiesbrowser based game websitesvideo game companies of the united kingdomvideo game companies established in 2005companies based in london2005 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal espa oleuskarafran aisitaliano nederlandsportugu ssuomit rk e edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 18 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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