thumbfood is an unusual concept in the video games industry – an Independent Production Company comparable to the modern Hollywood model. What do we do? Independent Production Create & fund our own concepts then hire established development studios to build them into full games. Executive Production Give creative mentorship, provide initial funding, and offer business development for great concepts from development studios and talented Indie Devs that want help in taking their next steps. Licensing Production Buy the rights to properties and then produce video games based on them, or produce games for rights holders on a work-for-hire model. -------------------- The company was founded by Simon Smith, a videogames professional with over 15 years experience in the industry at Codemasters, Blitz Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), and Reloaded Productions. At Blitz Games, Simon designed the original Burger King xbox/xbox360 advergames for agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky. The games sold over 3 million copies, won a Clio advertising award, and were credited as contributing to a 40% increase in profits that quarter.
