private industry mobile gaming founded 2009 founders arash keshmirian iman mostafavi volker sch nefeld headquarters palo alto california u.s. products towermadness towermadness zero towermadness hd nuts zombie gunship towermadness 2 zombie gunship arcade website www.limbic.com not to be confused with german game developer limbic entertainment . limbic software is an independent mobile game development company founded in 2009 by arash keshmirian iman mostafavi and volker sch nefeld . 1 limbic has designed and developed ios and android titles towermadness towermadness zero towermadness hd grinchmas nuts zombie gunship towermadness 2 and zombie gunship arcade with over 25 million game downloads worldwide . 1 limbic s debut title towermadness launched in 2009 and in summer 2011 limbic released two new titles nuts and zombie gunship . following up with their debut title they released the sequel towermadness 2 in the beginning of 2014 . after initially announcing a new title as an april fool s joke 2 limbic released zombie gunship arcade shortly after in may 2014 . the company s mantra is to create the best mobile gaming experience . 1 contents 1 mobile games developed 1.1 towermadness 1.2 grinchmas 1.3 nuts 1.4 zombie gunship 1.5 towermadness 2 1.6 zombie gunship arcade 2 references 3 external links mobile games developed edit towermadness edit main article towermadness towermadness was released on may 23 2009 for ios . 3 the mobile game is an open map tower defense game with a zoomable 3d camera . the objective is to defend a base filled with a flock of sheep from waves of aliens by destroying them with diverse weapons in the form of towers . ufos drop invading aliens on landing pads and the waves of enemies make their way to the base to abduct the sheep . the goal of each alien is to abduct one sheep . the player can destroy the aliens by building towers . each enemy destroyed provides the player with more in app coins to obtain new towers and upgrade existing towers for more damage output . once all waves of enemies are destroyed or all sheep have been abducted the game ends . 4 5 6 on december 5 2013 an android version of towermadness launched on the google play store . 7 three versions of towermadness exist towermadness released on may 23 2009 ; 3 towermadness zero the ad enabled version released on october 25 2009 ; 8 and towermadness hd the version enhanced for the ipad that exclusively includes split screen multiplayer mode released on may 23 2010 . 9 grinchmas edit grinchmas was released on november 25 2009 10 designed and developed by limbic as the first ios game for the dr. seuss enterprises brand and published by oceanhouse media . 4 10 11 the mobile game includes two gameplay modes mean grinch and merry grinch . as mean grinch the player swipes the screen to throw snowballs and target the whos houses down in who ville in order to silence the christmas noise . as merry grinch the player swipes the screen to throw colored presents to the matching colored whos houses . 4 10 11 nuts edit nuts was released on may 24 2011 . 12 the mobile game is an endless climbing game where the player helps jake the squirrel run up a tree while dodging tree branches finding power ups and collecting coins by the player tilting their device . the player can complete over 40 challenges including collecting scattered picnic basket items that a crow snatched from jake and his friend miranda in the beginning story of the game . 4 on july 16 limbic released nuts on google play for android devices . 13 zombie gunship edit main article zombie gunship zombie gunship was released on july 21 2011 . 14 the mobile game is a first person shooter with a 3d night vision display where the player fires from a heavily armed ac 130 ground attack aircraft . 4 the objective is to target and destroy endless waves of zombies and protect human survivors as they make their way to the safe bunker . the player can choose to use a 25mm gatling gun 40mm bofors auto cannon and a 105mm howitzer cannon all of which all can be upgraded to enhance damage radius faster cooling time faster reload faster firing rate and bullet speed . the player can complete objectives earn ranks and collect coins for each zombie killed and human saved to use for upgrades or bypassing objectives . the game ends once a zombie has breached the bunker or when the player kills three or more humans . on september 19 2013 an android version of zombie gunship launched on the google play store 15 and on october 8 2013 the app was released on amazon . the ios version of zombie gunship supports apple s airplay which allows the game to be played on any television connected to an apple tv . towermadness 2 edit main article towermadness 2 towermadness 2 was released on january 23 2014 for both ios and android and is the sequel to the original towermadness . 16 17 the mobile game is an open map tower defense game with a zoomable 3d camera . the objective is to defend a base filled with a flock of sheep from waves of aliens by destroying them with diverse weapons in the form of towers . ufos drop invading aliens on landing pads and the waves of enemies make their way to the base to abduct the sheep . the goal of each alien is to abduct one sheep . the player can destroy the aliens by building towers . each enemy destroyed provides the player with more in app coins to obtain new towers and upgrade existing towers for more damage output . once all waves of enemies are destroyed or all sheep have been abducted the game ends . this sequel features updated graphics all new maps new and improved weapons new characters including bo and xen and new enemies . 4 zombie gunship arcade edit zombie gunship arcade was released on may 1 2014 for ios . 18 the game was initially announced as an april fool s joke but was developed soon after receiving an overwhelming number of positive feedback via facebook and twitter . the mobile game takes the core idea of zombie gunship by shooting zombies from an ac 130 . the game is presented in a classic arcade mode with sideview gameplay . the player is to tap the gunship in order to fly up shoot zombies and dodge humans . 19 references edit a b c about limbic . limbic software . retrieved november 6 2012 . limbic turning their april fool s joke zombie gunship arcade into a real game . toucharcade . retrieved may 19 2014 . a b app annie towermadness . app annie . retrieved november 6 2012 . a b c d e f limbic s games . limbic software . retrieved november 6 2012 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name limbic .27 s games defined multiple times with different content see the help page . limbic software presents towermadness . limbic software . retrieved november 6 2012 . toucharcade towermadness a new perspective on tower defense . toucharcade . retrieved november 6 2012 . app annie towermadness on google play . app annie . retrieved february 7 2014 . app annie towermadness zero . app annie . retrieved november 6 2012 . app annie towermadness hd . app annie . retrieved november 6 2012 . a b c app annie grinchmas . app annie . retrieved november 6 2012 . a b oceanhouse media grinchmas . oceanhouse media . retrieved november 6 2012 . app annie nuts . app annie . retrieved november 6 2012 . android police nuts . android police . retrieved july 21 2014 . app annie zombie gunship . app annie . retrieved november 6 2012 . app annie zombie gunship on google play . app annie . retrieved october 4 2013 . app annie towermadness 2 on ios . app annie . retrieved february 7 2014 . app annie towermadness 2 on google play . app annie . retrieved february 7 2014 . app annie zombie gunship arcade . app annie . retrieved may 19 2014 . limbic s games zombie gunship arcade . limbic . retrieved may 19 2014 . external links edit official website towermadness website towermadness gamepedia oceanhouse media website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title limbic software & oldid 687237836 categories video game companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in californiavideo game development companiescompanies established in 20092009 establishments in californiahidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference names 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 24 october 2015 at 06 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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