Grumpyface is a mobile game developer based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It was founded by Chris Graham in June 2010. They are best known for their collaboration with
Adult Swim Games and
Cartoon Network Games
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, and have developed over seven titles between the two publishers. Some of Grumpyface's most popular titles include ''
Castle Doombad
''Castle Doombad'' is a 2014 tower defense game developed by Grumpyface Studios and published by Adult Swim Games. In the game, the player controls Dr. Lord Evilstein, a villain who must defend a castle from invading heroes. It was originally re ...
'', ''
Super Mole Escape'', and ''
Steven Universe: Attack the Light!''.
Games released
''Wispin''
''Wispin'' is an arena based arcade game featuring a unique "color-matching" twist. It was released for the iPhone on November 18, 2010. The iPad version, ''Wispin HD'', was selected as Apple's iTunes "Game of the Week" on March 10, 2011.
''Bring Me Sandwiches!!''
''Bring Me Sandwiches!!'' is a cartoony 2D
puzzle-platform game
A platform game (often simplified as platformer and sometimes called a jump 'n' run game) is a sub-genre of action video games in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in an environment. Platform games are charac ...
released on the iOS App Store on October 10, 2011, and published by Adult Swim Games. It received a Metacritic score of 82.
''Super Mole Escape''
''Super Mole Escape'' is a cartoony 2D top-down "endless digger" released on the iOS App Store on July 30, 2012, and published by Adult Swim Games. The game has a Metacritic score of 85% based on 9 critic reviews.
''The Amazing World of Gumball: Mutant Fridge Mayhem''
''Mutant Fridge Mayhem'' is a 2D arena-based "beat em up" published by Cartoon Network and released on the iOS App Store on November 27, 2012. It received an Honorable Mention as part of the "Cynopsis Kids 2nd Annual !magination Awards 2013" for "Best Video Game for a TV Series/Special".Play as The Watterson children:Gumball,Darwin and Anais to save Elmore from Mutated leftover foods.Man up with moustache power,level up each Watterson kid and defeat the Mutant Fridge
''Regular Show: Ghost Toasters''
''Ghost Toasters'' is a side-scrolling shooter published by Cartoon Network and released on the iOS App Store and Google Play on November 21, 2013.
Note: First Grumpyface Studios Android game.
''Castle Doombad''
''Castle Doombad'' is a tower-defense game where players take on the role of the villainous Dr. Lord Evilstein, as he arms his castle with deadly traps in an attempt to prevent heroes from retrieving their stolen princess. It was released December 13, 2013, for the iOS App Store and Google Play, and a "Free to Slay" edition was released in January 2014. The game went on to receive numerous "Best of 2014" awards including Metacritic's "25 Best Reviewed iOS games of 2014", and selected as one of Apple's "Best Apps of 2014". It was published by Adult Swim Games.
''Area 777''
''Area 777'' is hybrid slot machine/lane defense arcade game starring the enigmatic Chazz Fabulous, a self-absorbed stage magician who is Las Vegas' only hope of stopping an alien invasion. It was published by
Adult Swim Games and released for the iOS App Store and Google Play on January 5, 2015.
''Adventure Time: Game Wizard''
''Adventure Time: Game Wizard'' is a side-scrolling
Metroidvania
Metroidvania is a sub-genre of platform video games focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration and progression. The term is a portmanteau of the names of the video game series ''Metroid'' and ''Castlevania'', with games in the ...
platform game
A platform game (often simplified as platformer and sometimes called a jump 'n' run game) is a sub-genre of action video games in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in an environment. Platform games are charac ...
. Players can draw a level on paper and capture it with their device camera, making it a playable in the game. The game was co-developed by Grumpyface and Pixel Press for Cartoon Network Games, and released on the
iOS App Store and
Google Play
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Games on January 15, 2015. The game was featured by Apple in the "Best Apps for Kids" category on
iTunes.
"Weird Al" Yankovic stars as the villainous Doodle Wizard, a character created for the game.
''Steven Universe: Attack the Light!''
''Attack the Light!'' is the first game based on the ''
Steven Universe
''Steven Universe'' is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe ( Zach Callison), who lives with the Crystal Gems—magical, mineral ...
'' animated television series to feature an original story co-written by
Rebecca Sugar
Rebecca Rea Sugar (born July 9, 1987) is an American animator and screenwriter. She is best known for being the creator of the Cartoon Network series ''Steven Universe'', making her the first non-binary person to independently create a series fo ...
and
Ian Jones-Quartey. It is a role-playing game released for mobile devices in 2015. It is the seventh game developed by Grumpyface Studios for Cartoon Network.
''Steven Universe: Save the Light''
''Save the Light'' is a direct sequel to ''Attack the Light!'', released on October 31, 2017, on
PlayStation 4 and November 3, 2017, for
Xbox One
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, it is the first game of the company released on consoles, it was released for PC on August 13, 2018, and for
Nintendo Switch on October 30, 2018.
''Steven Universe: Unleash the Light''
''Unleash the Light'' is the third game in the ''Steven Universe'' "Light Series", directly following ''Save the Light'', released on November 27, 2019, for
Apple Arcade
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. The game was later released on
Nintendo Switch,
Xbox One
The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third base console in the Xbox series of video game consoles. It was first released in North America, parts of ...
,
Xbox Series X/S
The Xbox Series X/S are home video game consoles developed by Microsoft. They were both released on November 10, 2020, as the fourth generation Xbox, succeeding the Xbox One. Along with Sony's PlayStation 5, also released in November 202 ...
,
PlayStation 4, and PC through
Steam on February 19, 2021.
''Teeny Titans''
Released on the 22nd of June, 2016 (June 22, 2016). Last updated on the 25th of March, 2020 (March 25, 2020).
A game based on the "
Teen Titans Go!
''Teen Titans Go!'' is an American animated television series developed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic for Cartoon Network. It premiered on April 23, 2013 and is based on the DC Comics fictional superhero team. The series was announce ...
" animated series. It follows
main character
A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a st ...
,
Robin, as he seeks to be the best figure fighter in Jump City(a fictional city in the
DC universe
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DC universes most noteworthy heroes(including the Justice League and the Title character, titular Teen Titans). A new Toy, toyline of Action figure, action figures that can "come to life" on a computer Computer monitor, screen, much like the
real world "
Toys to Life"
video game
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trend
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Fads are objects or behaviors that achieve shor ...
.
Also a follow-up sequel in 2019 released to tie in with the "
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
''Teen Titans Go! To the Movies'' is a 2018 American animated superhero comedy film based on the television series ''Teen Titans Go!'', which is based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name. This film is directed by Peter Rida Mi ...
" animated movie.
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