It is considered that the main source of inspiration for the Monument Valley series is paintings by Mauritz Escher. In fact, there are much more sources. Behind each level of the franchise’s games is a piece of art, a photo or even a music video.

Ken Wong, the leading designer of the mobile indie hit Monument Valley and creator of the interactive novella Florence, believes that frituplay is not a prerequisite for a successful mobile game. In his opinion, people are ready to buy high-quality titles.

Monument Valley 2 topped the paid top in 47 regions, but did not even enter the Top 5 cash applications in any region.

The Chinese mobile publisher iDreamSky has established a $30 million fund to help independent developers distribute games around the world.

The authors of Monument Valley shared their plans for the next year. The ustwo team will become bigger and part with the main artist.

Over the past year, the number of downloads of the paid Monument Valley adventure game from ustwo has increased 10 times.

Toys from Monument Valley appeared on sale, Supercell released a VR video based on Clash of Clans, and a bonus video from Pocket Gamer Connects 2015, where industry experts talk about monetization and user engagement.

Yesterday, March 12, in London, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts held the award ceremony for the best video games of the year for the 11th time. Monument Valley from ustwo was named the best mobile game.

The game Monument Valley appeared in the TV series “House of Cards” (House of Cards), after which its ratings soared up.

The authors of Monument Valley published an infographic in which they told how much they spent on the development of the game and how much they earned on it. There were some curious figures. 

On January 5, ustwo announced in its Twitter feed that most of the installations of the Monument Valley game were made illegally. 

Apple summed up the results of the year: the company presented its favorites this year, and also told which games were the most successful in terms of downloads and revenue. 

Without five minutes, the festival premium project of the ustwo design studio has gained almost one and a half million installations in six months.