One Happy Giant

Factsheet

Developer:
One Happy Giant
Based in Santa Monica, CA

Founding date:
June 8, 2012

Website:
onehappygiant.com

Press / Business contact:
press@onehappygiant.com

Social:
twitter.com/1happygiant
facebook.com/1happygiant
onehappygiant.tumblr.com

Releases:
Pixel Puzzles
Trump Jump
Pokémon Black And Blue
Call Your Reps
Gun Runner
Pokémon Red White And Blue

Address:
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Phone:
+1 (646) 737-4628

Description

Games that expand your mind.

History

History

Kristian Bauer was the first graduate of the B.S. in Game Design and Development program from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Upon graduating in 2009, he joined the infamous Mac software company Freeverse, which had just started dipping its toes into mobile games for the iPhone. This was right around the time Apple opened its App Store and SDK to developers. After almost 3 years working on a variety of titles (Moto Chaser, We Bowl, Days of Thunder, and more!), Kristian decided to depart from Freeverse to join Callaway Digital Arts to work on The Great Cookie Thief. Unfortunately, 1 month in, Callaway Digital Arts closed their New York office and the team working on The Great Cookie Thief stuck around for another month to complete the app.

Birth

Having been disheartened after going through the interview process only to be unemployed 2 short months later, Kristian started One Happy Giant as an outlet for making games. His first game was Gun Runner, which he worked on with one of his former producers at Freeverse, Bruce Morrison. Around this time, he met the New York based game studio This Is Pop and was brought on as a contractor to create Pokémon Black & Blue.

Hiatus

In October of 2012, Kristian met the cofounders of Vine and fell in love with the beta. He joined the Vine team in November of 2012 and helped create the Vine iOS app. The urge to create games never dissipated, but the amount of time to work on them did. 1 year into working at Vine, This Is Pop approached Kristian about creating a sequel to Pokémon Black & Blue. He was hesitant due to time constraints, but through the power of moonlighting and caffeine, Pokémon Red White & Blue was born. After almost 4 years working at Vine, Twitter made the decision to sunset the Vine app, which allowed Kristian to begin creating as One Happy Giant again.

Rebirth x2

It was at this point that he threw himself into the deep end of being a game developer and surrounded himself with everything gaming: podcasts, news, and playing all the latest titles. He attempted to revamp the outdated and abandoned Gun Runner, but was unsuccessful. He would eventually return to a full time job at Snapchat after 10 months. After fully removing himself from the gaming world and taking a step back, he is now ready to approach games on his own terms rather than those he thought were expected of a game developer. One Happy Giant lives again!

Projects

• Pixel Puzzles
• Trump Jump
• Pokémon Black And Blue
• Call Your Reps
• Gun Runner
• Pokémon Red White And Blue