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Gendai Games Raises Series A Round to Serve GameSalad to the Masses

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Gendai Games Raises Series A Round to Serve GameSalad Mobile Game Creation to the Masses

AUSTIN, TX & LOS ANGELES, CA – July 14, 2010 – Gendai Games, makers of the GameSalad game creation tool allowing non-programmers to create advanced games for the iPhone and iPad, today announced that it has closed its Series A round of venture capital financing. The round was led by DFJ Mercury and includes co-investment from Steamboat Ventures, DFJ Frontier and ff Asset Management as well as individual investors Paul Bricault, Paige Craig, Tom McInerney, Josh Resnick and Mark Suster. 

“Gendai Games provides a paradigm shift in casual game development,” said Blair Garrou, managing director, DFJ Mercury. “Our firm is attracted to the simplicity and elegance of the GameSalad toolset, and is impressed by the company’s traction to date.” 

The launch of GameSalad — a powerful, accessible, and amazingly fast game creation toolset that publishes to the iPhone and iPad App Store — has quickly established Gendai Games as a unique and leading gaming company. GameSalad has been downloaded more than 70,000 times and in the nine months since the launch of its iPhone publishing service, GameSalad has powered over 800 titles in the iTunes App Store.  GameSalad has been used to consistently deliver top-100 ranked games such as Asplosion! HD and Doodle Cannon to the mobile marketplace. Many of these games have been taken rapidly to market, such as the iTunes-featured game Stunt Squirrels!, which was created and published in two weeks by only one designer at Fire Maple Games.

“Brands are continually looking to extend their customer experience into games and other forms of interactive media,” said Beau Laskey, managing director of Steamboat Ventures. “We believe Gendai Games provides a compelling option for creative professionals and developers to dramatically accelerate and simplify the development of sophisticated casual games, which helps to reduce total costs and turn-around time for development studios.” 

“Games are a powerful means of interactive expression. We believe that game creation should be democratized so that anyone from any age or culture can participate,” said Michael Agustin, CEO and co-founder of Gendai Games. “With this new round of funding, Gendai Games looks to expand our talented team, and take advantage of the ever-expanding capabilities of mobile computing.” 

As five billion cell phones worldwide are replaced with a new generation of intelligent mobile devices, Gendai Games has positioned itself to be the leading provider of innovative media creation solutions that change the way people learn, consume, and play. Gendai Games is continuing to develop tools that allow users to create content that takes advantage of the latest mobile hardware and provide unparalleled support for Apple’s iOS platform. This was evident in their latest release of GameSalad which fully supports Apple’s new iAd platform and high-resolution graphic output for the iPhone 4’s revolutionary Retina Display.

About Gendai Games, Inc.
Gendai Games is a new kind of game company that blends powerful, accessible, and rapid game creation technologies with independent publishing. Gendai Games’ flagship product is GameSalad, a game creation system for creative professionals. GameSalad enables non-programmers to create sophisticated 2D casual games for Apple’s mobile iOS platforms, such as the iPhone and iPad. Gendai Games was founded in 2007 by Michael Agustin, Tan Tran, and Dan Treiman, who come from companies such as Apple, Hotels.com, and Epic Systems, and have shipped games for Activision and Three Rings Design. For more information, please visit: www.gendaigames.com

About DFJ Mercury
DFJ Mercury is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focusing on investment opportunities in the midcontinent. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, DFJ Mercury invests in compelling and novel start-up opportunities in information technology, advanced materials and bioscience. With over $100 million under management, DFJ Mercury seeks to partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs to build globally competitive businesses. Our team has broad experience and relationships with tech transfer offices and regional technology incubators. DFJ Mercury is a Partner Fund in the DFJ Global Network of venture capital firms. For more information, please visit: www.dfjmercury.com

About Steamboat Ventures
With offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai and Hong Kong, Steamboat Ventures is a global venture capital fund that invests in digital media, consumer and technology companies in the U.S. and Asia. Steamboat Ventures pursues a distinctive investment strategy, cultivating investment opportunities that are simultaneously financially promising and also possess the potential to have significant strategic interest to The Walt Disney Company. Founded in 2000, Steamboat Ventures has invested in a range of leading digital media and consumer technology companies, including: Fastclick (acquired by VCLK), Iridigm Display Corporation (acquired by QCOM), Pure Digital Technologies (acquired by CSCO), Quigo Technologies (acquired by TWX), Freewheel, Baynote, and Duowan. For more information, please visit: www.steamboatvc.com

About DFJ Frontier
Headquartered in Los Angeles, DFJ Frontier is a venture capital firm that invests in seed and early stage companies on the west coast. DFJ Frontier backs passionate entrepreneurs in a broad array of industries, including information technology, life sciences, clean technology, and other emerging businesses. The firm typically leads the first round of investment, taking an active role to help entrepreneurs build extraordinary businesses. DFJ Frontier is a Partner Fund of Draper Fisher Jurvetson and has offices in Los Angeles, Portland, Sacramento and Santa Barbara. For more information, please visit: www.dfjfrontier.com

About ff Asset Management
ff Asset Management is focused on companies that can be the low cost disruptive player in their industry. These companies, coupled with the right management team and adequate financing, have the chance to grow significantly and become tomorrow’s leaders. The firm targets market entry opportunities with initial investments below $1 million. ff Asset Management president John Frankel has served on a number of boards including Alerts.com, ClearPath Immigration, The Goldman Sachs Trust Company, Klout, Patents.com, Quigo Technologies. StrongTech and Track.com, and is a member of the board of advisors of Phone.com and OrcaOne. For more information, please visit: www.ffassetmanagement.com

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GameSalad All Over iPad’s Top Games List

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Gendai Games’ GameSalad Tool Powers 13 of the Top 100 Paid Games on iPad
25 Games Made Using GameSalad Were Available on iPad Launch Day

AUSTIN, TX – April 6, 2010 – GameSalad, the game creation tool from Gendai Games, today announced that is has met with incredible success through this past weekend’s launch of Apple’s iPad. On launch day, the list of Top 100 Paid Games for the iPad included 13 titles developed using GameSalad. Games, built by members of GameSalad’s community of independent developers, include:

A number of other iPad titles created using GameSalad were available through iTunes at launch inlcuding:

Members of the media and bloggers interested in reviewing any of the released iPad games can contact Jonathan Hunt at pr@gendaigames.com.

About GameSalad
GameSalad is game creation technology which enables anyone to make games. It features a visual, drag-and-drop tool for developing and publishing games and interactive media to multiple platforms and for sharing them over social networks, such as Facebook or Twitter. GameSalad takes the need for programming skills out of game development as it redefines the entire process for building games. The platform is the fastest-growing game creation platform for the iPhone. For more information, please visit: www.gamesalad.com

About Gendai Games, Inc.
Gendai Games develops game creation technologies enabled by the social web. Gendai Games’ technologies provide powerful tools and processes ideal for the creation of sophisticated games and interactive media. The company pairs unique technology with social media to bring game creators and players together. Gendai Games is passionate about building great user experiences that are accessible to everyone. For more information, please visit: www.gendaigames.com

Gendai Games Releases Johnny Constellation For iPad

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Gendai Games Releases First iPad Game Title: Johnny Constellation

Johnny Constellation debuts as one of the first original iPad game titles

AUSTIN, TX – April 2, 2010 – Gendai Games, Inc., publishes it’s first iPad game title to the iTunes App Store. This fun-filled space adventure features Space Cadet Johnny Constellation in a battle to gain control of his failing spaceship. With touch-and-drag motions, players create a series of rescue barriers, bouncing Johnny safely to his destination while collecting stars along the way.

Johnny Constellation features 60 challenging levels, requiring the player to guide Johnny in and around marvelous galactic vistas, including planets, wormholes, dark matter, and even alien spacecraft!



A preview of Johnny Constellation can be seen here: http://www.johnnyconstellation.com


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Johnny Constellation will be available for download via iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/johnny-constellation/id364798666?mt=8), starting on April 3rd at a starting price of $2.99.

If interested in reviewing Johnny Constellation for your publication, please contact Jonathan Hunt at pr@gendaigames.com in order to receive a promotional code for downloading the game.

Johnny Constellation was created using Gendai’s own game creation tool GameSalad, which is free to download from gamesalad.com.

About GameSalad

GameSalad is game creation technology which enables anyone to make games. It features a visual, drag-and-drop tool for developing and publishing games and interactive media to multiple platforms and for sharing them over social networks, such as Facebook or Twitter. GameSalad takes the need for programming skills out of game development as it redefines the entire process for building games. The platform is the fastest-growing game creation platform for the iPhone. For more information, please visit: www.gamesalad.com



About Gendai Games, Inc.

Gendai Games develops game creation technologies enabled by the social web. Gendai Games’ technologies provide powerful tools and processes ideal for the creation of sophisticated games and interactive media. The company pairs unique technology with social media to bring game creators and players together. Gendai Games is passionate about building great user experiences that are accessible to everyone. For more information, please visit: www.gendaigames.com

GameSalad Now Supporting iPad Publishing

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Gamesalad Adds iPad to Expanding List of Publishing Options

Users can create games for iPad, iPhone, Web, or Mac using the GameSalad game creation tool

AUSTIN, TX – (March 23, 2010) – Gendai Games, Inc. today announced that it will support iPad publishing on it’s game creation platform, GameSalad. Developers can now use GameSalad to reach an even wider audience of players and mobile content consumers.

With over 200 games published to the iTunes App Store in five months, GameSalad is the fastest growing iPhone publishing tool. Gendai Games looks to bring the same success to the new Apple iPad.

Michael Agustin, Chief Exective Officer and co-founder of Gendai Games said, “We are very excited to see such a rapid adoption of GameSalad as a platform for mobile, desktop and Web game creation. GameSalad is targeted towards users of any skill set and it’s ease of use is what has led its success.”

GameSalad is a free tool available for download at gamesalad.com. Users ready to publish to the mobile or desktop platforms are required to register for a membership and have access to all available platforms.

GameSalad will be showcased at SXSW Interactive (http://sxsw.com/interactive) March 12-14 at booth #110.

About GameSalad
GameSalad (gamesalad.com) is a visual, drag-and-drop tool for creating and publishing games and interactive media to multiple platforms and for sharing them over social networks, such as Facebook or Twitter. GameSalad redefines the entire process for building games and makes game creation accessible to the 99% of people who are non-programmers. GameSalad is the fastest-growing game creation platform for the iPhone.

About Gendai Games, Inc.
Gendai Games (gendaigames.com) develops game creation technologies enabled by the social web. Gendai Games’ technologies provide powerful tools and processes ideal for the creation of sophisticated games and interactive media. The company pairs unique technology with social media to bring game creators and players together. Gendai Games is passionate about building great user experiences that are accessible to everyone.

MacWorld 2010 GameSalad Challenge Announced

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Gendai Games and Macworld 2010 Team Up For “Macworld 2010 GameSalad Challenge”
Game Development Contest Challenges Developers and Unites Mac Community at Macworld 2010

Austin, TX—December 21, 2009—Gendai Games and Macworld 2010 are teaming up to host “Macworld 2010 GameSalad Challenge,” Gendai Games and IDG World Expo, owner of Macworld 2010, announced today. From December 21, 2009 — January 25, 2010, teams of game creators can participate in this contest which challenges contestants to make the most innovative, creative, and fun video games for the Mac and iPhone. “Macworld 2010 GameSalad Challenge” will bring all types and levels of game creators from the community together at Macworld 2010, scheduled for February 9-13, 2010, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. All Macworld 2010 attendees and fans will be able to participate in the judging via Twitter, creating an interactive experience that continues on-site at Macworld 2010.

“’Macworld 2010 GameSalad Challenge’ is a great way for game developers in the community to participate in a different way at Macworld 2010,” said Paul Kent, Macworld 2010 General Manager and Vice President at IDG World Expo. “We are excited to see what kind of innovative games are created, as well as how our Macworld 2010 community votes to select the ultimate winner.”

Entrants must use GameSalad Creator for Mac to create their game. Games will be judged on overall fun, quality and creativity. The games will be available to play for free on gamesalad.com. Finalists will be announced January 29, 2010, and the Grand Prize Winner will be decided by 50% vote of the judges and 50% of the audience participation from Twitter. All Finalists will receive a Macworld 2010 Platinum Pass (a $1600 value) and have their game showcased during the awards presentation at Macworld. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced on the show floor during a live awards presentation on February 13, 2010, by judges from the Mac and gaming communities: Jason Citron, Founder and CEO of Aurora Feint, and Michael Agustin, Founder and CEO of Gendai Games. During the awards presentation, the judges will demonstrate the games and offer their insights. The Grand Prize winner will receive a Platinum Pass to Macworld 2010, a GameSalad Pro Membership and an iPod touch – all totaling a $3800 value.

During the expo, attendees will have the opportunity to play each of the game entries and vote for their favorite through Twitter. Expo attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in the GameSalad Bar, a space on the show floor open to all attendees where group tutorials provide free training on how to build games using GameSalad technology. Each day, attendees will have the chance to participate in a mini-game jam on the show floor where the winner receives a GameSalad Express Membership as a prize.

“We are excited to work with IDG World Expo in bringing this competitive tradition to Macworld 2010. We love the idea of fostering new game design through game creation challenges and game jams. You can see crazy new and experimental games that have the potential to break out and become something great,” said Michael Agustin, Chief Executive Officer at Gendai Games. “We’re thrilled to have GameSalad be part of this challenge and look forward to seeing what people around the world come up with.”

For additional information, visit http://gamesalad.com/macworld

About Macworld 2010
Macworld 2010 (www.macworldexpo.com) is a five-day event that educates, entertains and immerses attendees in the Apple products community. A comprehensive expo hall offers access to hundreds of Mac products and services, paired with expert advice, demonstrations and instruction. Macworld 2010 conference programs feature industry leading minds, presenting cutting edge product training on the topics attendees most want to see. From Mac Power Users to creative professionals to first-time users to Enterprise computing professionals, Macworld 2010 has the conference content, special presentations and exhibit hall attractions that create what has been called “Mecca for Mac Users”.

About IDG World Expo
IDG World Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com) is a leading producer of tradeshows and events for professionals and consumers seeking world-class education, strategic business relationships, and access to industry-leading products and services. IDG World Expo’s portfolio of conferences and events includes Macworld®, Electronic Entertainment Expo® (E3 Expo®), Next Generation Data CenterTM (NGDCTM), OpenSource WorldTM and CloudWorldTM. IDG World Expo is a business unit of IDG, the world’s leading technology media, research and event company.

About GameSalad
GameSalad (www.gamesalad.com) provides non-programmers and aspiring creators with the tools to realize their game ideas. GameSalad enables users to build games visually, utilizing a drag-and-drop interface along with built-in logic and behavior systems. Users can exchange templates of games online, publish their games to gamesalad.com, and share their games over their own blog, Twitter, and Facebook. GameSalad Creator has been downloaded more than 30,000 times, and more than 1,000 user-generated games have been uploaded to gamesalad.com. In the three months since the introduction of the GameSalad iPhone publishing service in September 2009, more than 100 iPhone games “made with GameSalad” have been released to the App Store.

About Gendai Games, Inc.
Gendai Games (www.gendaigames.com) develops game creation technologies enabled by the Social Web. Gendai Games’ technologies provide powerful tools and processes ideal for the creation of sophisticated games and interactive media. The company pairs unique technology with social media to bring game creators and players together. Gendai Games is passionate about building great user experiences that are accessible to everyone.

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iPhone Publishing Now Available With GameSalad

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GameSalad iPhone Publishing System And New Games Now Available

Austin, TX — September 23, 2009 — Gendai Games, developers of game creation tools for non-programmers, announces the immediate availability of the GameSalad iPhone Early Access Program which enables its members to create and publish games to the iPhone App Store. In addition, two new iPhone games made with the program have also been simultaneously released on the iPhone App Store, paving the way for user submitted games to be developed and published onto the world’s best selling mobile device.

In March 2009, Gendai Games opened free access to GameSalad Creator, the ground-breaking tool that gives would-be game designers access to complex algorithms necessary for implementing professional-level artificial intelligence and game play, without programming knowledge. GameSalad Creator enables users to share their games on the web and social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Today, Gendai Games is announcing the launch of the iPhone Early Access Program, a two-tiered membership system that provides access to GameSalad’s unique ability to export games to different platforms. The Indie and Pro Memberships give creators unlimited access to the system that exports their games for publishing to the iPhone App Store. In addition, the Pro Membership also provides access to advanced game development features as well as customized branding.

The first game released with the GameSalad iPhone engine, Flutterby™, has now been joined by two additional titles. In Spark of Life™, players take control of the Spark that protects and guides newborn planets, helping them build life and civilization as they traverse the hazards of space. Spark of Life utilizes GameSalad’s support of the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer to control the gameplay in a fun and challenging way. In Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Movie: The Game™, players take the role as the mysterious Nameless Master who must do what he vowed never to do again: wield the three ancient weapons of battle and seek vengeance against the Deadly Dragon Clan. This game features stylized hand-drawn art that demonstrate GameSalad’s support for rich graphical interfaces, sprites, and animations. Both games are now available on the iPhone App Store.

“Since we first hinted that our iPhone publishing system was nearing launch, the response has been phenomenal”, says Tan Tran, Director of Web Development and co-founder at Gendai Games. “In the few weeks since our initial announcement at the beginning of September, we’ve nearly quadrupled our membership. We currently have nearly 20,000 users who have not only joined GameSalad, but have also downloaded the tool.”

For additional information, contact Nestor Hernandez or visit http://gamesalad.com/press

For information regarding the iPhone Early Access Program, visit http://gamesalad.com/membership/earlyAccess

View the GameSalad trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9cHfhx9z9M

Spark of Life available on the iPhone App Store: http://gamesalad.com/sparkoflife

Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Movie: The Game available on the iPhone App Store: http://gamesalad.com/rps

About Gendai Games Inc.

Gendai Games is an innovator in modern game design. The company develops game creation technologies enabled by the social web. Gendai Games’ technologies provide powerful tools and processes ideal for the creation of sophisticated games and interactive media. The company pairs unique technology with social media to bring game creators and players together.

Contact: Nestor Hernandez
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Upcoming iPhone Publishing System Announced

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GameSalad Gears Up for iPhone Publishing System with Expanded Features and New Services

Mac Game Creation Utility to Allow Users to Publish Games to the iPhone

Austin, TX — September 2, 2009 — GameSalad, an online community created to support amateur and professional game development, launched as an open beta application earlier this year is now preparing for the official release of its long awaited iPhone publishing system. In the next few weeks, Gendai Games will be launching a new service that allows games created with the free GameSalad Creator tool to be marketed and sold on the iPhone App Store.

GameSalad is an open platform that allows non-programmers to create games for the web, social networks like Facebook, and also for iPhone. The application is completely free to download from http://gamesalad.com. The social utility allows users to become game designers, creating their own unique games and offering the ability to connect and collaborate with other users. An innovative technology with a user-friendly interface, GameSalad gives would-be game designers access to complex algorithms necessary for implementing professional-level artificial intelligence and game play, without programming knowledge.

“We’re at an extremely exciting point in our company”, says Gendai Games CEO, Michael Agustin. “The number one feature that everyone has been clamoring for is an easy, more intuitive way to create a game for the iPhone. With GameSalad’s visual based logic system along with it’s drag-and-drop interface – we are poised to make that a reality.”

GameSalad features:

  • A community focused on game design and idea exchange
  • Resources for game creation, including access to experts and interactive media
  • Innovative tools for game creation that eliminate the need for advanced programming knowledge
  • A platform for publishing and marketing user created on the iPhone

For additional information, contact Nestor Hernandez or visit http://gamesalad.com/press

About Gendai Games

Gendai Games is an innovator in modern game design. The company develops game creation technologies enabled by the social web. Gendai Games’ technologies provide powerful tools and processes ideal for the creation of sophisticated games and interactive media. The company pairs unique technology with social media to bring game creators and players together.

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Gendai Games Selected to Join ATI

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Cutting-edge Gendai Games Selected to Join Austin Technology Incubator

Austin, TX August 7, 2009 – Austin-based Gendai Games, developers of game creation technologies enabled by the social web, has joined the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), a program of the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas.

Gendai Games is launching into the market with GameSalad, a social utility that allows its members to connect, collaborate and create unique games without programming knowledge. The company has recently published its first user-created game to the iPhone App Store, Flutterby, utilizing its intuitive game design platform, GameSalad Creator.

“We are excited to join the long list of cutting-edge ATI member companies,” said Michael Agustin, CEO of Gendai Games. “We’re working to innovate with GameSalad and enable gamers to collaborate, easily create and even market their own games.”

GameSalad is a paradigm shift in the gaming community.  GameSalad.com, an online community, supports amateur and professional game developers by allowing them to connect, gather resources, exchange ideas, buy and sell game artwork, post their portfolio, play member created games and connect games to social networking platforms.

Members can also create their own unique games using GameSalad Creator, an intuitive design platform that allows non-programmers to design original, sophisticated games. Through a user-friendly interface, game designers can access complex algorithms necessary for implementing professional-level artificial intelligence and game play, without programming knowledge.

Through Gendai Games’ proprietary technology, GameSalad members can easily create unique and powerful games and publish them to multiple platforms, including the iPhone, other Internet enabled devices and social media sites. In May, the company published its first user generated game to the iPhone App Store, Flutterby.

“We’re thrilled to have Gendai join the incubator. They have created a significant community of members online and offer a unique tool for game creation. We see a great deal of potential for the company,” said Bart Bohn, director, ATI IT and wireless.

ATI was founded to harnesses local business, government and academic resources to provide strategic council, operational guidance, and infrastructure support to member companies. The program is designed to help Gendai Games make the leap from innovative start-up to successful business. Through ATI, Gendai Games will be provided with a solid network of professional service providers, potential investors, institutional and academic mentorship and access to other funding programs from government as well as private sources to further develop their product and their company.

About Gendai Games

Gendai Games is an innovator in modern game design. The company develops game creation technologies enabled by the social web.

Gendai Games’ technologies provide powerful tools and processes ideal for the creation of sophisticated games and interactive media. The company pairsunique technology with social media to bring game creators and players together.

For more information, visit http://gamesalad.com.

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Gendai Games

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Gendai Announces Beta and iPhone Details

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GENDAI GAMES ANNOUNCES OPEN BETA PROGRAM AND IPHONE DEVELOPMENT DETAILS

Austin, TX, March 13, 2009 – Game startup Gendai Games® is announcing today the launch of the open beta program for GameSalad® Creator, an intuitive and easy to understand application that allows non-programmers to create and publish games to the web and iPhone.

Since the quiet launch of their open alpha in February of 2009, Gendai Games has logged over a thousand unique alpha testers into their developer program. With the announcement of the open beta, Gendai Games is also releasing additional information regarding the ability to preview and publish games to the iPhone and iPod Touch.

With the free GameSalad Creator, designers can develop and test their games on their Intel based Mac. Utilizing the forthcoming GameSalad iPhone Preview app, the game creator is able to prototype and test their game directly on an iPhone that is paired with their computer in a matter of seconds. Once ready for distribution, the game creator can purchase an exported build that is ready to submit to Apple for inclusion in the App Store. The pricing structure has yet to be announced but will be made available before the official launch of GameSalad.

With GameSalad, Gendai Games promises the easiest way to develop and publish interactive media for the iPhone, eliminating the requirement to channel software through Xcode and other programming environments. “Our goal has been to make it possible for the 99% of the population who do not program the ability to design, develop, and sell their own games,” says Michael Agustin, CEO of Gendai Games. “Our tools have evolved to the point that we can now make that a possibility.”

For additional information, contact Nestor Hernandez or visit www.gamesalad.com

About Gendai Games, LLC

Gendai Games, founded in 2007, is a developer and publisher of game development tools and web services. Combining social media and games on the web, Gendai Games strives to bridge the gap between content developer and consumer. Comprised of young, talented game and web professionals, their passion is to foster innovation within the games industry on a massive scale.

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Gendai Among Top 10 TX Startups

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Gendai Games presents business plan to more than 400 investors and industry experts at Rice Alliance I.T. and Web 2.0 Venture Forum

Gendai Games was selected from more than 70 companies by a panel of IT investors and successful entrepreneurs to present their business plan  at the 6th Annual Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Venture Forum on December 11, 2008. Gendai Games was chosen based on the viability of the business, size of the potential market, unique competitive differentiation, strength of the management team, and attractiveness of the investment opportunity.

Business plans were presented before an audience of more than 400 attendees, including investors, venture capitalists, industry representatives, business leaders, advisors/mentors, service providers, and entrepreneurs.

Gendai Games first product, GameSalad, is game creation for the rest of us. GameSalad is an open platform for user-created games, providing a toolset that allows non-programmers to make sophisticated games and share them on multiple platforms.

“It was an honor to be one of only five Texas companies to present a full business plan at the Rice Alliance Technology Venture Forum. We made a conscious choice to base our company in Texas and work with local investment; we’re extremely delighted to be recognized as one of the top-ten most promising companies.”  –Gendai Games CEO Michael Agustin

The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship (Rice Alliance) is Rice University’s flagship initiative devoted to the support of entrepreneurship.  The mission of the Rice Alliance is to provide entrepreneurship education and to support the commercialization of technology innovations and the creation of new companies in the Texas and Houston region. Since inception in 1999, the Rice Alliance has assisted in the launch of over 225 new technology companies, which have raised more than $500 million in early stage funding.