Imangi Studios announced that the total number of downloads of the Temple Run series of games has exceeded the 1 billion mark.
“The game has changed a lot for us, opened up new cool opportunities. Over the past three years, we have spent a lot of effort on Temple Run. We have created a sequel. We worked with Disney twice, making Temple Run Brave and Temple Run Oz. We have launched a licensing and merchandising campaign. We produce arcade games, board games and plush toys based on the game,” Keith Shepherd, one of the founders of Imangi Studios, told GamesBeat in an interview.
Kate and Natalia (photo: Gamesbeat)Despite this, Kate does not want to turn her company into a giant corporation:
“I want to build a small team that can work together for a long time.”
Imangi Studios is still a small studio: it employs 11 people (although the list of required vacancies is long).
Her plans include turning Temple Run into a large franchise, releasing constant updates to the game, as well as developing original IP.
Recall that the release of the original game took place in August 2011. It was developed by three people (Keith, his wife Natalia Lukyanova and freelancer Kirill Changov) in five months.
Source: http://venturebeat.com