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September 30, 2013

Highly Anticipated Smartphone Game, ‘Snailboy,’ Goes Live

Local mobile gaming company, Thoopid, has been working on the highly-addictive smartphone game, Snailboy, for most of 2013. As was expected, they've knocked this one out of the park. No wonder they're tipped to become the 'Rovio of Africa.'

Local mobile gaming company, Thoopid, has been working on the highly-addictive smartphone game, Snailboy, for most of 2013. As was expected, they’ve knocked this one out of the park. No wonder they’re tipped to become the ‘Rovio of Africa.’

Snailboy is a physics based puzzle game with rich graphics, killer sounds and over 40 levels of intoxicating game play. The company that made it, Thoopid, is owned by partners David Moffatt, Mark Tomlinson, Simon Spreckley, Larry Katz and Rw Liebenberg. You’ll recognise a few of those names from the multi-award winning powerhouse digital agency in Cape Town, Hello Computer. That’s some serious street cred, right there.

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