Type | Worker Cooperative |
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Founded | 2001 |
Key people | The Team |
Slogan | Make tranks games, not war! |
Headquarters | Bordeaux, France |
Industry | Interactive entertainment |
Employees | 11 |
Website | motion-twin.com |
Motion Twin is an independent studio specializing in online video games. Founded in 2001, the company is a worker cooperative enterprise based in Bordeaux, France.
The company initially gained notoriety through the release of games such as "Hammerfest", "My Brute", "Mush", "Die2Nite", "Alphabounce" and the social game platform, "Twinoid", and now has a community of 15 million registered users.
All Motion Twin games can be accessed and played for free with some games including a premium option (subscriptions and items) which create revenue for the company. In 2009, the company had a turnover of 4 million euros.
Nicolas Cannasse, a developer at Motion Twin has been responsible for the creation of freeware and open source compilers and multimedia technologies, many of which build on the Adobe Flash platform. His products include the ActionScript 2 compiler MTASC, and the multi-platform Haxe language.
His published products include: