Factsheet
Developer:
Clockwork Acorn
Based in Cape Town, South Africa
Founding date:
January, 2014
Website:
clockworkacorn.com
Press / Business contact:
press@clockworkacorn.com
Releases:
Jetstream
Monsters And Medicine
Phone:
please email
Description
Clockwork Acorn is an interactive software development studio, based in Cape Town, South Africa, but working with collaborators all around the world, to make games and other interactive software.
History
2013Clockwork Acorn started as an idea in late 2013 when the three founders, Hilgard Bell, Francois van Niekerk and Leon van Niekerk, were busy completing their postgraduate studies at the MIH Media lab at the University of Stellenbosch. Each was doing research into some aspect of games, and was starting to contemplate life after university.
2014
Clockwork Acorn officially came into existence in 2014, setting up in a small office at the InnovUS Launch Lab in Stellenbosch. The three founders bootstrapped the business themselves. They spent the majority of the year prototyping games, building ties with the local game dev community and getting to grips with all things business. This process culminated in a host of prototypes and the launch of the company’s first commercial game, Monsters and Medicine, in October 2014.
The end of 2014 was also when Clockwork Acorn expanded into doing contractual work, building specialised software solutions for its first clients.
The start of 2015 saw Clockwork Acorn set up its first long-term commercial clients and hire its first employees. Throughout the year the company grew and focused on its new commercial ventures with client projects.
The end of the year also had the company launch its second commercial game, Luminare, to the Google Play and iOS App stores.
In early 2016 the company officially moved out of incubation and into new offices located in Woodstock, Cape Town. Since then the company has focused on growing its client base while still finding time to work on its internal game development projects.
Projects
Videos
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Logo & Icon
Awards & Recognition
Team & Repeating Collaborator
Leon van Niekerk
Francois van Niekerk
Hilgard Bell
Contact
Inquiries
press@clockworkacorn.com
Twitter
twitter.com/clockworkacorn
Facebook
facebook.com/clockworkacorn
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