John Cooney (video game developer)

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John Cooney
Born1986 or 1987 (age 37–38)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesjmtb02
OccupationGame designer
Websitewww.wonderfulelephant.com

John Cooney (born 1986 or 1987),[1] also known by his pseudonym jmtb02, is an American game developer and former chief executive officer of Armor Games. He is best known for his numerous Flash games, many of which feature a blue elephant as the player avatar, including Achievement Unlocked and This is the Only Level.[2][3][4][5]

Life and career

Cooney got into development of Flash games during high school.[6] While enrolled at University of California, Davis, Cooney kept developing games and founded his own game development company, JMTB02 Studios. The money he earned through his games were enough to pay for his college tuition. In 2007, Cooney joined Armor Games as their first employee.[1][7] in 2012, he joined Kongregate, where he stayed until rejoining Armor Games in 2019 as the vice-president of business development of Armor Games Studios.[7][8] In 2021, Cooney became the CEO of Armor Games.[9][10][11] In June 2023, he announced that he would be stepping down as CEO.[12] The previous month, Armor Games announced that they would be publishing The Elephant Collection, a compilation of several of Cooney's Flash games.[13][14]

Games

  • Achievement Unlocked (2008)
  • Achievement Unlocked 2 (2010)
  • Achievement Unlocked 3 (2012)
  • AngleBeat
  • Argent Burst
  • Ball Revamped (2004)
  • Ball Revamped 2: Metaphysik (2005)
  • Ball Revamped 3: Andromeda (2005)
  • Ball Revamped 3: Gemini (2005)
  • Ball Revamped 4: Amplitude (2006)
  • Ball Revamped 5: Synergy (2007)
  • Balloon in a Wasteland
  • Chuck the Sheep
  • Coinbox Hero
  • Color Keys
  • Compulse
  • Console Launch: Second Shipment
  • Cooper's Little Adventure
  • Corporation Inc.
  • Dark Cut
  • Dark Cut 2
  • Dark Cut 3
  • Elements
  • Elephant Quest
  • Elephant Rave
  • Ellipsis
  • Epic Combo!
  • Epic Combo Redux
  • Exit Path (2010)
  • Exit Path 2 (2011)
  • Extreme Missile Defense X-treme 3D
  • Five Til
  • Flock Together
  • Four Second Firestorm
  • Four Second Frenzy
  • Four Second Fury
  • Fox Fyre
  • Frontier
  • Giraffe Attack
  • Give Up (2013)
  • Grid16
  • Hedgehog Launch 2
  • I Hate Traffic
  • I Love Traffic
  • Knights of Rock
  • Light Cut
  • Llama Adventure
  • LOOT The Game
  • Luminara
  • Maverick
  • Medieval Golf
  • Mr. Walter's Grand Excursion
  • Obey The Game
  • Obsessive Compulse Tournament
  • Ocean Explorer
  • Parachute Retro
  • Parachute Retrospect
  • Pocket Change
  • Rabbit Wants Cake
  • RedEye 1031
  • Run Elephant Run
  • Run Right
  • Scribble
  • Scribble 2
  • Scribble States
  • Sixty
  • Soviet Rocket Giraffe Go Go Go!
  • Spectrum Genesis
  • Spin Doctor
  • Squeezed
  • Super Mafia Land
  • TBA
  • TBA Two
  • The Next Floor
  • This is the Only Level (2009)
  • This is the Only Level Too
  • This is the Only Level 3[15] (2012)
  • Timemu
  • Treadmillasaurus Rex
  • TwoThree
  • Warp Shot

References

  1. ^ a b Brescini, Megan (7 July 2010). "Little Games Are Big Business at Armor Games". OC Weekly. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010.
  2. ^ Simón, Jaime San (4 September 2011). "Juegos Indie: Metajuegos • Página 2". Eurogamer.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ Sohier, Rémy. DES SENSATIONS INTERACTIVES AU SERVICE D'UNE EXPRESSION ARTISTIQUE (PDF). Université Paris 8. pp. 13–14.
  4. ^ Verneau, Loan. "Paralect - An example of transition focused design". ProQuest Dissertations Publishing: 27–28. ProQuest 1458638328.
  5. ^ Rae Selvig, Dines; Schoenau-Fog, Henrik (2020). "Non-intrusive Measurement of Player Engagement and Emotions - Real-Time Deep Neural Network Analysis of Facial Expressions During Game Play". HCI in Games. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 12211. Springer International Publishing. pp. 330–349. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50164-8_24. ISBN 978-3-030-50163-1. S2CID 220530811.
  6. ^ Bardinelli, J. "In the Flash: Four Second Firestorm". Engadget.
  7. ^ a b "About". John Cooney.
  8. ^ "John Cooney on LinkedIn". Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  9. ^ Rousseau, Jeffrey (2021-11-03). "Armor Games shares four-day work week findings". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  10. ^ John Cooney [@jmtb02] (2021-09-20). "I have some exciting news to (finally) share, I am the new CEO of Armor Games!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-01-16 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Le, Khai Trung. "John Cooney talks Armor Games' four-day working week". pocketgamer.biz.
  12. ^ Carter, Justin (2023-06-13). "Armor Games CEO John Cooney announces departure". Game Developer. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  13. ^ Arguello, Diego (2023-05-09). "Flash game preservation evolves with The Elephant Collection". Game Developer. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  14. ^ Serin, Kaan (2023-05-10). "The Elephant Collection remasters 10 classic Flash games". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  15. ^ "Stretching The Definition: This Is The Only Level 3". Rock Paper Shotgun. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2022.