spa united kingdom 2011 headquarters leamington spa united kingdom area served worldwide key people david darling products gobang social website kwalee.com kwalee is an independent uk video game developer . the company was founded in september 2011 by david darling cbe best known for founding codemasters . the company makes games for ios devices including the iphone ipad and ipod touch . the company is based in leamington spa 1 in the county of warwickshire . kwalee is one of several companies that go up to make the leamington spa video gaming cluster sometimes known as silicon spa . kwalee employs nearly 20 technical marketing and administrative staff in its leamington spa offices . andrew graham the designer of the micro machines series has joined the company as gameplay guru . contents 1 the kwalee name 2 developed titles 3 awards 4 notable staff 5 references 6 external links the kwalee name edit kwalee is the australian aboriginal for wait for me . it was the name of david darling s grandfather s sailing boat which david sailed on frequently in his youth . david s grandfather was a tv engineer who taught him electronics . the name kwalee is thus a homage to the grandfather who started david on his career . 2 developed titles edit iphone gobang social based on the game of gomoku gobang social is a multiplayer turn based game where players must get 5 pieces in a row either up down or diagonally before their opponent does . 3 pussy flip based on the game of reversi pussy flip is a turn based game where players sandwich their opponents cats and flip them over to take control of the game board . 4 farm fighters kwalee s first game which is not based on a board game . it features original gameplay character customization and farmyard characters . 5 awards edit in 2012 kwalee was named in the startups 100 awards as one of the uk s most innovative inspiring and ground breaking new companies . 6 notable staff edit david darling ceo previously founder of codemasters 7 jim darling chairman previously chairman of codemasters . 8 andrew graham gameplay guru designer of the micro machines video games . 9 references edit kwalee s david darling on the new challenge of making games and apps for ios interview . pocketgamer.biz . 2011 09 14 . retrieved 2012 06 29 . the story of the kwalee brand blog . kwalee.com . 2011 10 06 . retrieved 2012 07 11 . press releases kwalee launch game in asia and asia pacific . gamasutra . retrieved 2012 06 29 . usher anthony 2012 07 28 . codemasters co founder david darling working on pussy flip for ios news . pocketgamer.co.uk . retrieved 2012 07 11 . kwalee announce farm fighters for release in 2012 ; news . iphonelife.com . 2012 10 09 . retrieved 2012 10 22 . startups 100 2012 kwalee . retrieved 2012 07 13 . brown graeme 2011 09 16 . codemasters co founder david darling sets up iphone app business . birmingham post . retrieved 2012 06 29 . chapple craig 2011 09 29 . jim darling joins son david at kwalee news . develop online.net . retrieved 2012 07 11 . hussain tamoor 2012 02 02 . news codies founder hires micro machines designer for start up studio . computerandvideogames.com . retrieved 2012 06 29 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kwalee & oldid 728279699 categories video 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 july 2016 at 10 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view