LOS ANGELES, Calif. July 16 - Three lead devs of Maxis' SimCity have departed to form a new indie studio called Jellygrade, announced one of the departers, SimCity creative director Ocean Quigley. Joining Quigley on his new endeavor are simulation architect Andrew Willmott and lead gameplay engineer Dan Moskowitz.
"After 17 years (SimCity 3k, SimCity 4, SimCity, also a little work on the Saturn version of 2K) it was time for something new," Quigley Tweeted today.
Jellygrade's first project is a new iPad game under the working title "Tethys".
"We're starting off on the iPad with a fundamentally new simulation engine - I can't wait to start showing it off," Quigley revealed. "There's a bunch of cool stuff that you can do with touch & fluid simulations,"he added.
Viewable on the studio's tumblr blog are concept art and renderings of the new project.
SOURCE: Twitter, Jellygrade Tumblr
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