Kixeye

Basic Information[]

KIXEYE (formerly known as Casual Collective) is the company that produced Backyard Monsters. Other games that it made includes Battle Pirates, War Commander, and Desktop Defender. As Casual Collective, they were responsible for other games such as Splitter 2, Minions, Minions on Ice, The Space Game, TSG:Missions, Push, Desktop TD Pro, Farragomate, FETD 2, Buggle Stars, Buggle Connect, Attack of the Buggles (AotB), and Desktop Armada. The old Casual Collective site is still active, however it is not likely that new games or updates will be added.

Staff of Kixeye[]

Will Harbin[]

As Chairman & CEO, Will drives KIXEYE’s overall strategy, product development and game design. Prior to KIXEYE, he co-founded Affinity Labs, a company focused on building a global network of online communities. He also co-founded Media1st, an e-learning provider responsible for numerous innovations in online education and video streaming. He has also held positions at Netscape, MD Drinks, Yahoo, Internet Security Systems, Radiant Systems and was an EIR with Trinity Ventures.

David Scott[]

David Scott is a founding member of KIXEYE and Executive Producer of Backyard Monsters and War Commander. With over twelve million installs since it’s release last year, Backyard Monsters is among the most successful real-time strategy games ever on the Facebook platform. Hailed as “a social game for gamers who hate social games,” Backyard Monsters pushes the boundaries of what people consider social gaming.