Toronto's
Massive Damage brings an interesting twist to the world of zombie-apocalypse video games. Its first title,
Please Stay Calm, has its brain-eating action take place wherever the user is. Using GPS technology and Foursquare's platform, the game is placed right at a mobile device's location.
"Basically our whole company is based on location-based gaming, using the real world as a playground for the game," says co-founder Ken Seto.
The launch of the mobile title in Canada in September and the US and the rest of the world in mid-October was the coming out for Massive Damage, which
attracted $325,000 in angel funding on the launch. Seto says the free title (paid users get premium options) has been downloaded 166,000 times, with almost 10,000 daily users as of the end of November.
Seto says the staff has increased to eight employees from the two founding employees. They continue to hire, and expect to build the team to about 20 employees over the next 12 months.
Writer: Edward Keenan
Source: Ken Seto, Co-founder, Massive Damage