Agapitus Lye
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Agapitus "Augi" Lye | |
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| Born | Agapitus Lye August 18th, 1978 (age 42) |
| Known for | Founder of ToneRite, co-founder of Chromatic Games |
| Title | CEO and Chairman of Chromatic Games |
Agapitus Lye, better known as Augi Lye, is the founder of ToneRite and the co-founder and CEO of Chromatic Games. (formerly Trendy Entertainment Inc.)
Early Life
Agapitus Lye was born on August 18th, 1978 in New York City.[1] At a young age he learned to play the violin and wanted to professionally perform the violin.[2] As a toddler, he moved to Jacksonville, Florida. He attended the University of Florida originally majoring in violin performance before switching to an engineering major.[3] In 2009, he co-founded Trendy Entertainment Inc. (now Chromatic Games) with Jeremy Stieglitz, who is not with the company anymore.[4]
Dungeon Defenders Franchise
Dungeon Defenders
In the late Fall and early Winter of 2009, the first game published by Trendy Entertainment Inc., Dungeon Defenders, was released. It was an extreme success and sold approximately 250,000 copies in the first two weeks of release. By the end of 2011, 600,000 copies or more had been purchased.[5] The game climbed to the top ten sales charts for PC, Android, iPhone, iPad, MacOS, Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3.[6] The mobile version of the game, Dungeon Defenders: First Wave, was one of the first Unreal Engine 3 games to be released on iOS and the first on Android devices. Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave, a remastered version of First Wave, was released on October 14th, 2011 for Android devices and on November 3rd, 2011 for iOS devices. In late 2019, after almost ten years, the final update for Dungeon Defenders was released.
Dungeon Defenders Eternity
On July 22nd, 2014, a remake of Dungeon Defenders was released. It was developed by Nom Nom Games and published by Reverb Publishing. It was released on PC, Mac, Linux, and Android. It featured a few new missions on top of the original levels from Dungeon Defenders. It didn't do nearly as well as the original game, and was quickly abandoned. The online servers for Eternity are no longer supported. According to Metacritic, Dungeon Defenders Eternity has a user score of 3.9 on average.[7]
References
- ^ "Business Magazine Gainesville: Augi Lye".
- ^ "Business Magazine Gainesville: Augi Lye".
- ^ "Business Magazine Gainesville: Augi Lye".
- ^ "PopGeeks: Augi Lye".
- ^ "Trendy founder takes helm, rebrands company as Chromatic Games".
- ^ "Powering the New Engineer: Outstanding Young Alumni".
- ^ "Metacritic: Dungeon Defenders Eternity Reviews".