Clickteam

Clickteam
Company type	Privately Owned
Industry	Software
Founded	Paris, France (1993)
Founder	François Lionet ; Yves Lamoureux ; Francis Poulain
Headquarters	Paris, France
Key people	Francis Poulain, Financial Director ; Jeff Vance, CEO Clickteam USA ; Chris Carson, VP USA Operations ; DT Holder, VP Special Projects ; Rhon Schlick, Sales - Graphic Design ; Jason Darby, UK Sales & Marketing Manager
Products	Multimedia Fusion, Klik & Play, The Games Factory ; See other products
Website	Clickteam.com

Clickteam is a software company, founded in 1993 by François Lionet, Yves Lamoureux and Francis Poulain, headquartered in Paris, France. Clickteam is perhaps best known for the creation of a script-free programming tool that allows users to create video games or other interactive software using a range of GUI tools.

History

Before co-founding Clickteam, François Lionet was the programmer of STOS BASIC in 1988, a programming language for the Atari ST and in 1990 AMOS BASIC, a more advanced programming language for the Commodore Amiga. Both of these have since been released in open-source from on the Clickteam corporate website. Yves Lamoureux was also a successful game developer prior to co-founding Clickteam, working with multiple companies on games.^[1]

Products

Clickteam's debut software was Klik & Play released in 1994,^[2] this marked the team's first successful software release. Subsequent releases included Jamagic, a 3D game-making tool, The Games Factory, The Games Factory 2, and Multimedia Fusion. Clickteam's most recent application is Multimedia Fusion 2 (MMF2). Released worldwide June 30, 2006, the title is the successor to Multimedia Fusion the company's most well received software application to date. The MMF series was designed to be a user-friendly, yet powerful drag-and-drop game and application creation program; easily accessible to either those well-versed or inexperienced in programming.^[3]^[4]

Video Game Creation Products

Klik & Play (KnP)
The Games Factory (TGF)
The Games Factory 2 (TGF2)
Click and Create (Also known as Multimedia Fusion Express) (CnC)
Multimedia Fusion (MMF)
Multimedia Fusion 2 (MMF2)

Runtime Export Modules:

SWF/Flash Export Module for TGF2/MMF2
iOS Export Module for MMF2
Anaconda Runtime (Produced and supported independently but approved by Clickteam)
XNA Export Module for MMF2

In Beta Testing:

Android Export Module
HTML5 Export Module
PlayStation Vita Export Module

Other products

Install Creator (previously Install Maker)
Patch Maker
SynchronX
Jamagic

Company Personnel

François Lionet - Lead Software Developer
Yves Lamoureux - Lead Software Developer
Francis Poulain - CFO/Financial Director
Jeff Vance - CEO Chief Executive Officer Clickteam LLC USA
Chris Carson - Vice President Clickteam LLC USA
DT Holder Vice - President Special Projects Clickteam LLC USA
Nicolas Sourdeval - Graphic Artist/Media Production
Anders Riggelsen - Senior iOS Platform Programmer
James McLaughlin - Senior Android Programmer

External links

References

^ "About Clickteam". The Company and The Products. Copyright © Clickteam 2012 All Rights Reserved. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
^ Warren Buckleitner. The Complete Sourcebook on Children's Software. Children's Software Revue, 2001. p. 608. ISBN 1-891983-05-9, 9781891983054. Retrieved 2 February 2011. Klik & Play ✓ Runs on Windows (disk or CD-ROM) 4.5****1/2 Maxis (Electronic Arts), 800-336-2947, www.maxis.com 1994, $54.95, ages 14-up ✓ Teaches creativity, logic Provides a set of 1000 animated objects... {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)
^ Alan Thorn. Game Engine Design and Implementation (Revised ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2010. p. Page 26. ISBN 0-7637-8451-6, 9780763784515. Multimedia Fusion is a commercial, proprietary game engine designed and licensed by Clickteam for the creation of 2D games for Windows {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
^ Clayton E. Crooks. Awesome 3D game development: no programming required (illustrated ed.). Cengage Learning, 2004. p. 72. ISBN 1-58450-325-4, 9781584503255. Multimedia Fusion [...is a] development tool[...] mostly used for 2D games, but because it is the most well-rounded game development tool available in the non-programming category, it's a perfect way to start out. With it, you can create a wide variety of games, and the support from Clickteam (www.clickteam.com) is top notch. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)

[1] "About Clickteam". The Company and The Products. Copyright © Clickteam 2012 All Rights Reserved. Retrieved February 18, 2013.

[2] Warren Buckleitner. The Complete Sourcebook on Children's Software. Children's Software Revue, 2001. p. 608. ISBN 1-891983-05-9, 9781891983054. Retrieved 2 February 2011. Klik & Play ✓ Runs on Windows (disk or CD-ROM) 4.5****1/2 Maxis (Electronic Arts), 800-336-2947, www.maxis.com 1994, $54.95, ages 14-up ✓ Teaches creativity, logic Provides a set of 1000 animated objects... {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)

[3] Alan Thorn. Game Engine Design and Implementation (Revised ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2010. p. Page 26. ISBN 0-7637-8451-6, 9780763784515. Multimedia Fusion is a commercial, proprietary game engine designed and licensed by Clickteam for the creation of 2D games for Windows {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)

[4] Clayton E. Crooks. Awesome 3D game development: no programming required (illustrated ed.). Cengage Learning, 2004. p. 72. ISBN 1-58450-325-4, 9781584503255. Multimedia Fusion [...is a] development tool[...] mostly used for 2D games, but because it is the most well-rounded game development tool available in the non-programming category, it's a perfect way to start out. With it, you can create a wide variety of games, and the support from Clickteam (www.clickteam.com) is top notch. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)

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