mascot for hipster whale as of september 2016 . type private industry video game industry founded november 20 2014 ; 22 months ago 2014 11 20 1 founders andy sum matt hall headquarters the arcade 2 melbourne australia area served worldwide key people adam sum matt hall ben weatherall clara reeves president products crossy road pac man 256 disney crossy road shooty skies services video game development video game publishing website hipster.whale hipster whale pty ltd is an australian independent video game developer and publisher founded in 20 november 2014 by andy sum and matt hall shortly before making the game crossy road . 3 the company has also created the games shooty skies pac man 256 in collaboration with bandai namco entertainment and disney crossy road in collaboration with disney interactive studios . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit crossy road gameplay after meeting at gcap game center asia pacific 2013 andy sum and matt hall decided to make hipster whale . 4 the name came from discussing free to play games and the word whale came up in the conversation . sum was doodling as they were talking and began drawing a whale which would later become the company s logo . sum and hall kept the whale as the mascot for later on . 5 hipster whale s first game crossy road was planned to take a total of 6 weeks . but after seeing its potential the developers spent more than 12 weeks developing it . crossy road was inspired by games such as temple run flappy bird disco zoo frogger skylanders tiny wings subway surfers and fez . 6 the name and concept of the game is based on the joke why did the chicken cross the road . 7 in 22 may 2015 bandai namco entertainment and hipster whale announced pac man 256 which featured pac man trying to escape ghosts and overcome a glitch while performing the same mechanics as the 1980 video game with the glitch based on the level 256 glitch from the original arcade game 8 but with upgrades and freemium purchases . 9 on 20 august the game was released with the game then being released on microsoft windows playstation 4 and xbox one on 22 june 2016 10 in march 2016 hipster whale announced a spin off of crossy road disney crossy road which would be published by disney interactive studios . 11 on 20 july the company announced it s move into video game publishing and appointed former atari and krome studios melbourne employee clara reeves as the president of hipster whale who recently worked at film victoria . 12 in 7 september the company released an update towards disney crossy road which added monsters inc. characters to the game and a mode called the weekend challenge . 13 products edit year title genre platform 2014 crossy road endless arcade mobile game ios tvos android windows phone 2015 pac man 256 ios android microsoft windows playstation 4 xbox one os x linux shooty skies ios android 2016 disney crossy road ios android windows phone references edit hipster whale press kit . hipster whale . retrieved 15 september 2016 . the arcade melbourne . the arcade . retrieved 15 september 2015 . publisher spotlight hipster whale adcolony . adcolony . crossy road press . http www.redbull.com us en games stories 1331701011749 crossy road hipster whale interview matt hall . twitter . more than fun and games with local developers . the sydney morning herald . dotson carter 22 may 2015 . pac man 256 by hipster whale is pac man meets crossy road . toucharcade . retrieved 15 september 2016 . hamilton kirk 21 august 2015 . pac man 256 is endless pac man with a fun glitchy twist . kotaku . retrieved 15 september 2016 via univision communications . wilson jason 22 june 2016 . pac man 256 is munching endless pellets on ps4 xbox one and steam . venturebeat . retrieved 15 september 2016 . disney and hipster whale announce new game . creative victoria . 17 march 2016 . retrieved 15 september 2016 . brightman james 20 july 2016 . crossy road studio hipster whale expands into publishing . gamesindustry.biz . retrieved 15 september 2016 via eurogamer . disney crossy road guide monster inc. update unlock all characters weekend challenge and more . mobipicker . 8 september 2016 . retrieved 15 september 2016 . external links edit crossy road official website shooty skies official website pac man 256 official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hipster whale & oldid 740964218 categories video game developersvideo game publishersvideo game companies of australiaindependent video game developersvideo game development companies2014november eventshidden categories use dmy dates from september 2016use australian english from september 2016all wikipedia articles written in australian english 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 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