This morning Canadian startup accelerator Bootup Labs showcased some of its program graduates at Plug and Play Center’s Sunnyvale location. While a number of the companies show promise, it was a gaming product that caught our attention. DimeRocker is offering developers a chance to elevate the level of gaming experiences and monetization on sites like Facebook, Myspace and Bebo.
Unbeknownst to many, world class gaming companies like EA Sports, Relic and Propaganda Games call Vancouver their home. With great industry connections and a firm grasp of the technology behind the games themselves, DimeRocker CEO J. Joly is set to bridge the gap between traditional games and the social space. Joly explains that while game developers know how to build fantastic gaming experiences, it’s rare that they understand how to market and deploy their games across more casual high-traffic sites.
DimeRocker offers developers a centralized self-publishing platform with a suite of APIs built on top of the Unity game development engine. The site offers turn-key social publishing, leader boards and achievement tracking and will soon offer APIs for virtual goods, dual currency and in-game advertising.
Says Joly, “In addition to positioning ourselves as a solution for indy game developers, we’ve also seen an interest from larger companies who are looking to deploy light versions of their popular titles for the social web.”
If you’ve ever doubted the sophistication of MySpace and Facebook as game development platforms, you may be surprised by what DimeRocker will help make happen in the coming weeks. To check out the company visit dimerocker.com.
