Mighty Rabbit Studios, Inc. is an American independent

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based in

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History

Mighty Rabbit Studio was founded by Josh Fairhurst and Nicholas Allen. They first met in 2005 while attending

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and then collaborated on a student project that was never released. Fairhurst went on to

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to study

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. In his

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year, he developed the game ''Terraform'' alongside other students. Allen would develop the

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game ''Cylinder'' and obtain a full-time job. While the two had remained friends, Fairhurst chose to establish Mighty Rabbit Studios with two other people in August 2010. However, this arrangement did not work out; as Fairhurst was in need of help, Allen quit his job and joined Mighty Rabbit Studios full-time. Together, they joined the game development

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Joystick Labs, where they developed the game ''

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''. Separately from the game's development, Mighty Rabbit Studios released quickly developed games about contemporary topics, branded "Mighty Minis". Among them, ''Bed Intruders'' was released for Android, iOS, and for

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. The studio also brought ''Cylinder'' to the

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via

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. ''Saturday Morning RPG'' was released for iOS in April 2012.

Games developed

References

External links

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