type limited industry computer and video game industry founded april 2005 headquarters bradford west yorkshire united kingdom key people simon barratt les ellis number of employees 15 20 website www.fourdoorlemon.com four door lemon ltd currently based in bradford west yorkshire is one of the uk s longest living and successful independent videogames and middleware developers . commonly known as fdl the company s unusual name is derived from a children s joke . with a history of successful middleware projects and games for various publishers all over the world four door lemon has recently started to develop and publish their own titles based on self owned and new ip . four door lemon have developed games for platforms such as ; ios android nintendo ds wii playstation 2 psp ps vita ps3 xbox xbox 360 mac and pc using their own lemon engine . future projects will include developments for xbox one and playstation 4 using an enhanced version of the lemon engine . contents 1 history 2 company philosophy 3 technology 4 softology 5 charity and education 6 industry organisations 7 exhibitions and conferences 8 references 9 external links history edit the company was founded in 2005 by programmers simon barratt and tim wharton . after developing and launching the lemon engine as a middleware solution the team expanded and began development on games for various publishers alongside continued development on the lemon engine . fdl developed games continued to be released which include an augmented reality launch title table football developed for sony computer entertainment europe for the playstation vita s 2011 european release . the team has continued to expand as the company develops games for many publishers as well as the development and launch of its own titles including a major multi platform release due for summer 2014 . games industry website develop recently voted four door lemon as one of the top developers in their develop 100 poll . 1 company philosophy edit after years of focussing on middleware and for hire game developments four door lemon have started to develop games to be self published on various platforms alongside work for hire titles for other publishers . 2 technology edit four door lemon utilises its own technology for developments . the multi platform lemon engine has been used in all fdl developed titles with an enhanced version now being used for the ps4 and xbox one developments . softology edit foul play ps4 ps vita published by mastertronic mediatonic joe danger infinity ps vita published by hello games joe danger touch android published by hello games table mini golf ps vita published by scee table football ps vita published by scee table ice hockey ps vita published by scee oddworld munch s oddysee hd ps3 ps vita published by oddworld inhabitants new star soccer 1.5 ios android published by newstargames football director nds published by sports director the lighthouse hd ios published by kavcom ltd you are the ref ios android playstation mobile self published you are the umpire ios android playstation mobile self published cricket captain 2010 ios published by myinteractive premier manager ps2 pc licensed technology published by focus multimedia puzzler collection nds ps2 psp wii pc published by ubisoft little britain the video game ps2 published by mastertronic tic toc body pop ios self published quizquizquiz ios android playstation mobile kindle self published aurifi ios published by punk pie ltd busy bees pc touch screen developed for the eureka national children s museum charity and education edit four door lemon md simon barratt is an ambassador for special effect a charity dedicated to providing videogame control systems for disabled people so they can play and enjoy videogames . as well as fund raising for various projects he also helps publicise and attract attention to the various aspects of special effect s work . fdl also spends time with various local educational groups lecturing and advising students . industry organisations edit four door lemon is a member of numerous videogames related bodies including ukie board member 3 game republic 4 tiga made in creative uk 5 and ga ma yo . 6 it also continues to support many local groups in the north of england . exhibitions and conferences edit four door lemon attend a large number of videogames conventions and exhibitions both to show off its various projects and deliver speeches and opinions on various aspects of game development and being an independent developer . references edit develop 100 2013 . content.yudu.com . retrieved 2016 06 04 . four door lemon from hired gun to full indie . gamesindustry.biz . retrieved 2016 06 04 . more top uk games makers win seats in ukie board elections ukie . ukie.org.uk . retrieved 2016 06 04 . game republic student showcase 2014 welcome to game republic . gamerepublic.net . retrieved 2016 06 04 . made in creative uk supported by . www.madeincreativeuk.com . archived from the original on 2014 04 16 . retrieved 2016 06 04 . go teams gamayo . ga ma yo.com . retrieved 2016 06 04 . external links edit official web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title four door lemon & oldid 723741627 categories video game companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 2005video game development companies 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 add links this page was last modified on 4 june 2016 at 23 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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