Agate Studio Wants to Make the World Happier With Games

Agate Studio is probably one of the few great mobile gaming startups in Indonesia that we haven’t been really able to cover yet. Agate Studio is really good at making games as well as holding events for game developers and gamers themselves. Together with Nokia they have staged Indonesia Bermain, and the Mobile Games Developer War. We got in touch with Arief Widhiyasa, the CEO of Agate Studio, to find out more.

1. What is Agate? What is the difference between you and your competitors?

We are just a bunch of crazy people that want to create a happier world, and live the world in a fun way. Our vision is to craft fun experiences to enrich the way of life, we want to create or convert our activities to be more fun, more engaging, happier, and we believe the basic (core) ingredient is the game itself. At Agate, we want to build a legacy, some long lasting alliances that could contribute to a happier world. We really want to focus on the long-term results, that’s why we really focus on building culture, a strong vision, a great and long-term team.

2. You have released many games on many platforms. Which is your best-selling game?

Yup, we’ve made more than 100 games, for various platforms. Not many of our games are B2C games, as we just started to release games for B2C this year. And currently our best performing self-published social game is Football Saga.

3. 2011 was quite a year for Agate with you guys winning some awards and even holding events…

Thank you so much Joshua. We’re just lucky I think. Just like my partner said, “Our best achievement is the happiness we have until now, doing everything that we love everyday.” So 2011 was another very happy and fun year to live.

4. Can you tell me more about Indonesia Bermain?

Of course, Indonesia Bermain is one of our efforts to share and inspire society with the importance and the positive effects of playing and games. It really is a very delightful experience seeing thousands of people come together on the same day, very happily playing together. Basically it’s an event where everyone gathers in a venue with a lot of games. It’s a very big success and we really want to share this happiness with more people in the future.