• The Kolkata-based startup focuses on making unique educational games
• Announces plans for listing on LSE
Funcell Games Private Limited, the Kolkata-based startup, with its head office in Ahmedabad has announced to launch 4 new Mobile games this calendar year. The company has now become one of the most successful mobile games developers in the World. It mainly makes learning based mobile games focusing on innovation and creativity. The games cater to the people of all age groups. In addition to the cognitive benefits, gaming can also improve other areas of mental health. Online gaming can be a highly social activity and social interaction has been shown to improve self-esteem and emotional contentment. The WHO officially recognized “gaming disorder” as a mental health condition — adding the disorder to the International Classification of Diseases, or the ICD-11, the organization’s official diagnostic manual, according to CBS News.
The games to be launched are:
•IDLE HOME, MILK INC, IDLE EVOLUTION, & IDLE BABY MINER.
With the launch of these games, Funcell Games aims to create the most personalized and innovative user experiences and take gaming industry to a new height. It is also set to bridge the gap between users and learning games. The games will be available for both Apple and Android users. Funcell Games currently has a strength of more than 55 employees (46 in its Ahmedabad Office and 9 in its Kolkata office ) with 8 Mega hit games having 200 million downloads across all published games so far. It has around 1million daily actives users worldwide and around 5 million of those 200 million users are in India. The Publishing Partners of Funcell Games Pvt. Ltd. are Homa Games, France; Lion Studios (Applovin) US; Green Panda Games (Ubisoft), France; and Moonee Publishing, Israel. These partners are Publishers of the games who also promote the games worldwide with focus on US, Europe and Australia.
Funcell Games has so far got published 8 games with 4 partners:
The Flagship Game of the company, has been ‘IDLE HUMAN’ which was ranked #1 in US, UK, Australia, Canada amongst all the apps and games of the world for seven consecutive days in August 2019 and still has 20000 downloads every day. The latest launch of the company – ‘9 Months’ has been a worldwide rage too, with 15 million downloads in just 3 month and has 100k downloads everyday. Funcell Games Pvt. Ltd. is set to start publishing its own games very soon, and also looking to increase its employee strength to 100. The company also plans to list on London Stock Exchange during the next fiscal.
Mr. Abhishek Malpani, Founder, Funcell Games Pvt. Ltd. said, ‘Gaming has just started taking off, with India serving as developing platform for the larger companies for Europe and US. I would suggest every young generation member to learn Game coding and come up with a unique idea and launch games on their own. This industry has got one of the brightest future amongst all the industries worldwide.” Forecasting his games success, he stated that Funcell Games will leave behind all popular mobile development companies across the globe in coming days. It is indeed the future of learning yet gaming experiences in the country as well as globally.
‘With the Indian government’s strategic decision to ban Chinese apps, it is now upon us, the home-grown players to create and transform new gaming tools. It is the right time for gaming industry to take their engagement with users a notch higher. At Funcell Games, We aim to significantly improve gaming experiences. It is time for us to elevate the relationship between users and innovative apps,’ Abhishek Malpani added.
About Funcell Games
Funcell Games Pvt. Ltd was founded in 2016. Funcell Games is a startup focused on making unique educational games for all age groups. When coming up with new ideas, we often look around for inspiration to create relevant and engaging twists. Our games are mainly based on learning through playing games with innovation and creativity at its core. Funcell Games has strength of more than 55 employees with 8 Mega hits and 200 million downloads across all our published games so far.