Snowman (company)

Snowman
IndustryVideo games
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Headquarters
Toronto
,
Canada
Key people
Ryan Cash (CEO)[1]
ProductsAlto's Adventure
Alto's Odyssey
Websitebuiltbysnowman.com

Snowman (also known as Built By Snowman[2]) is an independent video game developer and publisher best known for Alto's Adventure (2015). The three-person, Toronto-based team previously worked on productivity apps before starting work on the game in 2012. In the snowboarding endless runner game, the player taps the touchscreen to make the on-screen character jump and perform tricks through procedurally generated landscapes.[3]

In March 2016, Snowman announced Where Cards Fall, a collaboration designer Sam Rosenthal and his game studio The Game Band.[4] Snowman will also publish DISTANT, a game created by the two-person team at Slingshot & Satchel.[5] The game is confirmed for release on Windows, Mac, Apple TV, and home consoles.[6] The studio released Alto's Odyssey, the sequel to Alto's Adventure, in 2018.[7]

Snowman spun out play-based learning app Pok Pok in 2022.[8][9]

  1. ^ Malik, Aisha (May 2, 2023). "Snowman, the studio behind Alto's Adventure, debuts wingsuit game Laya's Horizon exclusively with Netflix". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  2. ^ Sapieha, Chad (February 12, 2018). "Built By Snowman is making all the right moves for its Alto's Adventure sequel". Financial Post. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
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  4. ^ Webster, Andrew (August 30, 2016). "Watch the first teaser for Where Cards Fall, the somber follow-up to Alto's Adventure". The Verge. Archived from the original on January 24, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  5. ^ Plante, Chris (November 30, 2016). "Alto's Adventure creator is publishing the beautiful new platformer, Distant". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  6. ^ Priestman, Chris (November 29, 2016). "Introducing DISTANT, a game about saving dreamscapes from destruction". Kill Screen. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  7. ^ Gartenberg, Chaim (December 7, 2016). "Alto's Odyssey, the follow-up to Alto's Adventure, is coming in 2017". The Verge. Archived from the original on December 8, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  8. ^ Webster, Andrew (May 11, 2021). "The team behind Alto's Adventure is launching a new app — and studio — aimed at kids". The Verge.
  9. ^ Scott, Josh (June 15, 2022). "Snowman gaming studio spinout Pok Pok closes $3.9 million CAD to help kids learn through play". Betakit.com.