Secret Lab
{{Short description|Australian video game developer}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Secret Lab
| logo =
| logo_caption =
| industry = Video game development
| products = Video games
| location_city = Hobart
| location_country = Australia
| homepage = http://www.secretlab.com.au
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2008|07|08}} in Hobart, Tasmania
| founder = Paris Buttfield-Addison
Jon Manning
}}
Secret Lab is an independent computer game developer based in Hobart, Australia. They are best known for their work on Night in the Woods, the Qantas Joey Playbox games, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Play School Play Time and Art Maker games.
History
Secret Lab was slated to develop the Tiki Bar TV video game, Day of the Tiki.{{cite web|url=http://secretlab.com.au/about/press/05-May-2009-TikiBar|title=Day of the Tiki announcement|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304115441/http://secretlab.com.au/about/press/05-may-2009-tikibar/|archivedate=4 March 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/06/tiki-bar-tv-video-game-in-the-works-for-pc-mac-and-iphone/|title=Joystiq reports on Day of the Tiki}} Secret Lab also developed the tie-in video games for Canadian superhero web series, Heroes of the North. Secret Lab also works on the critically acclaimed adventure game, Night in the Woods, building dialogue engine tools, and creating the mobile version of the game.{{Cite news|url=https://www.secretlab.com.au/blog/2017/11/14/how-night-in-the-woods-uses-yarn-spinner|title=How Night in the Woods Uses Yarn Spinner|work=Secret Lab|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-AU}}
In December 2010, Secret Lab's founders were jointly awarded one of Australia's most prestigious awards for technology, the Pearcey Award by then Premier of Tasmania David Bartlett.{{cite web|url=http://www.pearcey.org.au/2010_Tas_Award|title=The winners of the 2010 Tasmanian Pearcey Award}} Secret Lab was also awarded three Tas ICT Awards in 2010: "Success in Exporting ICT Solutions", "Excellence in Digital Media or E-Marketing" and the "Tas ICT President's Award for Excellence".{{cite web|url=http://www.tasict.com/tasmanian-ict-industry-awards-2010/|title=Tas ICT Award Winners for 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130204033749/http://www.tasict.com/tasmanian-ict-industry-awards-2010/|archivedate=4 February 2013}} In 2013, Secret Lab received the Tas ICT Award for "Best Software Product" for their work on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Play School Play Time app for iPad.{{cite web|url=http://www.tasict.com/events/ict-industry-awards-2013/|title=Tas ICT Award Winners for 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227185816/http://www.tasict.com/events/ict-industry-awards-2013|archivedate=27 February 2014}}
Secret Lab was responsible for the development of a number of popular iPad Applications, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Foodi app for iPad, as well as the Play School Art Maker and Play Time apps for iPad. Both Foodi and the Play School Art Maker app were finalists for the 2011 Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) Awards in the "Best Cultural and Lifestyle" and "Best Application on a Tablet or Mobile" categories, respectively.{{cite web|url=http://www.aimia.com.au/home/awards/aimia-awards/18th-aimia-awards-finalists/|title=18th AIMIA Awards Finalists|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318051444/http://www.aimia.com.au/home/awards/aimia-awards/18th-aimia-awards-finalists|archivedate=18 March 2012}}
In 2013, Secret Lab's Play School Play Time app was a finalist for the AIMIA "Best of Tablet - Entertainment" and "Best of Tablet - Learning and Education" awards, and went on to win "Best of Tablet - Entertainment" and the overall "Best of Tablet" AIMIA awards.{{cite web|url= http://www.aimia.com.au/awards/2014-aimia-award-winners|title= AIMIA winners for 2014|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140415155328/http://www.aimia.com.au/awards/2014-aimia-award-winners|archivedate= 15 April 2014}} Secret Lab's work for Qantas also yielded a 2016 iAward for "Mobility Innovation of the Year".{{Cite web|url=https://www.iawards.com.au/hidden-pages/2016-state-iawards-winners|title=2016 State iAwards Winners|last=Association|first=AIIA - Australian Information Industry|website=www.iawards.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-03-18}} Co-founder Paris Buttfield-Addison received a 2016 "Gold Disruptor" award at the Australian Computer Society Reimagination Thought Leaders' Summit in Sydney.{{Cite web|url=https://www.acs.org.au/insightsandpublications/2016-acs-digital-disruptors-awards.html|title=2016 ACS Digital Disruptors Awards|website=www.acs.org.au|language=en|access-date=2018-03-18}}
Secret Lab's founders, Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison and Dr Jon Manning, are co-authors of more than 20 books for O'Reilly Media and For Dummies.{{cite web|url=http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470599103.html|title=Wiley page for iPhone and iPad Game Development for Dummies}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470937661.html|title=Wiley page for Unity Mobile Game Development for Dummies|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104095701/http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470937661.html|archivedate=4 November 2010}}{{cite book|url=http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023203.do|title=O'Reilly Media page for Learning Cocoa with Objective-C Third Edition|isbn=9781449318499|last1=Manning|first1=Jonathon|last2=Buttfield-Addison|first2=Paris|date=24 December 2012|publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc." }}{{cite book|url=http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920030454.do|title=O'Reilly Media page for iOS Game Development Cookbook|isbn=9781449368760|last1=Manning|first1=Jonathon|last2=Buttfield-Addison|first2=Paris|year=2014|publisher=O'Reilly Media, Incorporated }}{{cite book|url=http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033387.do|title=O'Reilly Media page for Learning Cocoa with Objective-C Fourth Edition|isbn=9781491901397|last1=Manning|first1=Jon|last2=Buttfield-Addison|first2=Paris|last3=Manning|first3=Jonathon|last4=Nugent|first4=Tim|year=2014|publisher=O'Reilly }}
References
External links
- [http://www.secretlab.com.au Secret Lab website]
Category:Video game development companies
Category:Companies based in Hobart