Blue Planet Software

Blue Planet Software at a Glance

If you are browsing PlayPile looking for the history behind some classic puzzle titles, you will find Blue Planet Software. This American company was founded in 1996 by Henk Rogers in Honolulu, Hawaii. The studio served as a successor to Bullet-Proof Software Inc., which Rogers established in Japan back in 1983. That original Japanese entity closed its doors in February 2001. Blue Planet operated from 1999 through 2019 before being absorbed into The Tetris Company in October 2020. Maya Rogers took over as CEO in 2014. The catalog on PlayPile shows a very specific focus. They released 11 games total, with the company acting as developer for all of them and publisher for just two. Their portfolio is heavily skewed toward Puzzle games, which make up ten of their releases. They also touched Arcade and Strategy genres once each, plus a single Sport title. Most of their work appeared on web browsers or PC, though they did release one game each for the Wii, Nintendo DS, Mac, and Dreamcast. Their output grew over time. They released just one game in the 1990s and three during the 2000s. The company saw its highest volume of production in the 2010s with six titles. Quality seems to have been a strong suit for this developer, at least based on the available data. Their average IGDB rating sits at 80 out of 100. All rated titles fall into the great category, with no mixed or poor scores showing up in the records. Tetris Party Deluxe from 2010 holds the top spot with that 80/100 score. In their later years, the company leaned heavily into branded collaborations and mobile-friendly updates. Recent releases include Tetris: Featuring Madilyn Bailey in 2018. The end of their independent run saw a flurry of activity in late 2019 with Tetris Mind Bender, Tetris x Hello Kitty, and Sanrio Characters x Tetris. They also released a base version of Tetris in July 2014. While the data shows a small number of total releases compared to massive publishers, their consistency in the Puzzle genre and high rating average suggest a focused approach to quality.

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