IndiePub

indiePub Entertainment, Inc. was a publisher of video games based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

History

Zoo Games was a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoo Entertainment originally known as DFTW Merger Sub, Inc. In March 2007, DFTW merged with Green Screen Interactive Software, LLC to become Green Screen Interactive Software. Following the merger, Green Screen acquired SuperVillain Studios in June 2007, Destination Software in December 2007 and Zoo Digital Publishing in April 2008. In August 2008, Green Screen was renamed Zoo Games, Inc., and Destination Software was renamed Zoo Publishing, Inc., with Zoo Publishing becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoo Games. SuperVillain Studios was sold back to the original owners in September 2008 and six months following the acquisition of Zoo Digital Publishing it was sold back to the original owners in order for the company to refocus on their Zoo Publishing operations.
On May 7, 2009 it was announced by Zoo Publishing that the company had acquired the rights from New World IP to publish and distribute Empire Interactive's entire catalog which includes titles such as Big Mutha Truckers and Flatout Head On. The rights were acquired from New World IP who had recently purchased Empire's intellectual property as the company went into administration. In June 2009, Zoo Games created a wholly owned subsidiary, Zoo Entertainment Europe Ltd., in order to move into the European market however, operations were discontinued in December 2009.
September 28, 2011, indiePub announced that it was a year into development of an indies-only game and application distribution or publishing platform. Developers will be able to create a "Pub" to sell their games and apps. The following week indiePub revealed that it would give indie developers 75% of the revenues from their games sold through the service and that it would support games and other apps made for PC, Macintosh, Linux and Android devices. iOS games, can be linked from a Pub. It also claimed that it would use distributed sales tools which never were elaborated on before it was shut down.
May 15, 2012, Zoo Entertainment, Inc., officially became indiePub Entertainment, Inc.
indiePub closed in 2013.

indiePub Games

Zoo Publishing is also the sponsor of indiePub Games, a community of independent video game developers. Zoo originally launched indiePub as 2Bee Games in 2009 but changed to indiePub in 2010 and periodically holds indie game development competitions with cash prizes for the best games.
Mid 2010, indiePub held its 3rd Independent Game Developers' Competition when indiePub launched.. Winners were announced October 8, 2010, at the Game Developers Conference Online in Austin, Texas. The winners were:

Grand Prize: Dustforce! by Hitbox Team developers Woodley Nye, Matthew Bush and Alexander Dostal in Brisbane, Australia.
Technical Excellence: Hazard: The Journey of Life by Alexander Bruce.
Best Art: The Dream Machine created by Cockroach Inc. developers Anders Gustafsson and Erik Zaring from Denmark and Sweden.
Best Audio: Coma by Thomas Brush.
Best Design: Vanessa Saint-Pierre Delacroix and Her Nightmare by Bad Pilcrow.
Staff Pick: Catapult for Hire by developer Tyrone Henrie of PixelMega.

Mid to late 2010, indiePub held a Mobile Game Competition. The winners were announced December 15, 2011:

Grand Prize: SteamBirds for Android
Art: PLEXXR for iOS
Audio: Spark It Up for iOS
Design: SKWER for iOS
Technical Excellence: Hero Mages for Android

Early 2011 indiePub held an indie game developer competition called the Independent Propeller Awards and featured $150,000 in prizes, an award sponsored by Unity Technologies and an award sponsored by Intel AppUp developer program. Winners were announced on March 13, 2011, at the ScreenBurn Arcade, the gaming portion of the 2011 South by Southwest event in Austin, Texas. The winners were:

Grand Prize: GLiD by Spiderling Game Studios
Best Art: The Uncanny Fish Hunt by Uncanny Games
Best Audio: Skinny by Thomas Brush
Best Design: Chewy by Happy Candy Co.
Technical Excellence: Creo by Turtle Sandbox
Intel Innovation Award: Deep Sea by Robin Arnott of WRAUGHK Audio Design
Unity Development Award: Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers by Black Pants Game Studio

Late in 2011 indiePub started their fifth indie game developer competition called the 2012 Independent Propeller Awards and featured $50,000 in prizes. Winners were announced on April 18, 2012.
The winners were:

Grand Prize: Deity by DigiPen's Double++
Best Art: The Bridge by Ty Taylor and Mario Castaneda
Best Audio: The Red Solstice by IronWard
Best Design: FYI by Digital Dreams
Technical Excellence: Nitronic Rush by DigiPen's Team Nitronic
Mobile Game: CreaVures by MuseGames

In 2013, indiePub Games closed with all the subsidiaries of indiePub.

indiePub Mobile

February 1, 2011, Zoo Entertainment, Inc., announced that it launched indiePub Mobile to develop mobile games for iOS and Android. EA Mobile's former Development Director, Rob Cassidy, was named indiePub Mobile Director. Initially announced mobile games were: Fractal, Blocks: The Devilish Delivery Game, Paper Venture, Totem Destroyer Deluxe and Cargo Delivery. According to the company, this was the first time an indie game publisher has expanded with a designated mobile division.
In 2013, indiePub Mobile closed with all the subsidiaries of indiePub.

Games

This is a list of games published under the Zoo Games label and, further below, under indiePub. For the games published by Destination Software before it was acquired; see List of Destination Software games.