
Factsheet
Developer:
Third Party Ninjas
Based in Saint Peters, Missouri
Founding date:
February 25, 2012
Website:
thirdpartyninjas.com
Press / Business Contact:
jesse@thirdpartyninjas.com
Social:
twitter.com/3PNinjas
facebook.com/ThirdPartyNinjas
Releases:
Final Flight Of The Perseus
Happy Piggy
Phone:
N/A
Description
Third Party Ninjas is an independent game studio operated by husband and wife team Jesse and Mollie Chounard. We're making the world a more fun place, one game at a time.
History
Superhero Origin StoryA lifelong gamer, Jesse always dreamed of writing video games. When Microsoft created XNA and the Xbox Live Community Games program, he and Mollie began creating games as a hobby. Their first game, called Being, was released as an Xbox Indies launch title in November 2008, and Bluebones' Curse was released in October 2010.
Hypership Out of ControlFollowing the release of Bluebones' Curse, Jesse started experimenting with programming for iOS devices, and approached Kris Steele of Fun Infused Games about porting the Xbox Live Indie hit Hypership Out of Control. Hypership was released on iOS in September of 2011, and went on to outsell the original Xbox Live version. It received an excellent critical response, and was nominated in the 2012 Pocket Gamer Awards for Best Action/Arcade Game alongside megahit games like Jetpack Joyride, Grand Theft Auto 3, and Super Mario 3D Land.
Happy Piggy!Watching their three year old daughter playing iPad games, Jesse noticed an unfortunate trend for her to get frustrated because she would get stuck on upsell screens or complicated menus. The team next worked to create a bright, cheerful, educational title for children her age. Happy Piggy! was born. Created for 2-5 year olds, Happy Piggy! is a spelling game that focuses on letting kids play and have fun.
Final Flight of the PerseusExcited to return to the realm of action games, the team next launched a new space shooter called Final Flight of the Perseus for iOS. Built on the incredibly intuitive touch-based input system that was so successful in Hypership Out of Control, Perseus is a wave based shooter, with exciting boss fights, and procedural content for infinite replayability.
Projects
Videos
Final Flight of the Perseus YouTube
Bluebones' Curse YouTube
Hypership Out of Control - Fun Infused Games YouTube
Images
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Logo & Icon
Awards & Recognition
- "2012 Pocket Gamer Awards - Nominated for Best Action/Arcade Game" - For Hypership Out of Control
Selected Articles
- "It's the art style that really makes it stand out."
- Rob Rich, Crush Frag Destroy - "Just a couple of gamers"
- David Baugher, STL Today - "A must-buy on iOS."
- Chris Schilling, Pocket Gamer
Additional Links
@Chounard
Follow Jesse Chounard's private twitter account twitter.com.
Team & Repeating Collaborators
Jesse Chounard
Code Monkey
Mollie Chounard
Artist
Contact
Inquiries
jesse@thirdpartyninjas.com
Twitter
twitter.com/3PNinjas
Facebook
facebook.com/ThirdPartyNinjas
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