Blue Wizard Digital video game development studio has a mega hit on its hands with Shell Shockers.
The Vancouver Island-based company’s video game has all the firepower associated with a typical first-person shooter (FPS) browser-based product — with a twist. Instead of filling humans full of hollow points, the characters are eggs.
Yes, when they get shot, they get shocked.
First released in 2017, the game attracted 40 million players in two years. Today, that figure stands at 200 million total lifetime players, which puts the product on par with such global titans as Angry Birds.
Developed by Blue Wizard director Jason Kapalka, Shell Shockers is the most successful product from the company, which formed in 2014. Kapalka says birthing the most successful “first-person egger” in the d