Georgia and Maya - Angry Birds Research

• Developer:

"Rovio is an entertainment media company based in Finland, and the creator of the phenomenally successful Angry Birds franchise. Rovio was founded in 2003 as a mobile game development studio, and the company has developed several award-winning titles for various mobile platforms.

Rovio has shipped over 50 mobile titles and developed games with Electronic Arts, Nokia, Vivendi, Namco Bandai and Mr. Goodliving/Real Networks.

In 2009, Rovio released Angry Birds, a casual puzzle game for touchscreen smartphones that became a worldwide phenomenon from 2010 onwards, now available on further platforms as well. The Angry Birds games have enjoyed continuing worldwide chart success, and the franchise has since expanded to a variety of new business areas.

Rovio is rapidly expanding its activities in broadcast media, merchandising, publishing and services."

(Copied from http://www.rovio.com/index.php?page=company)

• Publisher:

Clickgamer Media Chilingo (Bought over by Electronic arts)

• Consoles available: 

Apple iOS, Maemo, Oalm webOs, Android, Symbian^3, PSP, PS3, Windows XP and 7, Mac OSX, iPhone.

• Process of Development:

"In early 2009, Rovio staff began reviewing proposals for potential games. One such proposal came from senior game designer Jaakko Iisalo in the form of a simulated screenshot featuring some angry-looking birds with no visible legs or wings. While the picture gave no clue as to what type of game was being played, the staff liked the characters,and the team elected to design a game around them.As the concept of Angry Birds was developed, the staff realized the birds needed an enemy. At the time, the "swine flu" epidemic was in the news, so the staff made the birds' enemies pigs.The game's mechanics were inspired by other petrary physics games that have been released over the years, including another 2009 release, Crush the Castle.The initial cost to develop Angry Birds was estimated to exceed €100,000, not including money spent on the subsequent updates.

When Rovio began writing new versions of the game for other devices, new issues came to light. As the team began working on a version for Android systems, they observed the large number of configurations of device types and versions of the Android software" - (copied from www.wikepedia.com)


"Angry Birds" has generated about 2.35 million paid downloads since its launch in December, Chief Executive Officer Mikael Hed, Niklas's cousin, said in an interview. It costs 99 cents, of which Rovio gets 70% based on its revenue-sharing agreement with Apple, minus what it pays its publisher, ClickGamer."