Usually making games available on other platforms does not take that long, but Bithell had not planned on launching the game on different platforms. Originally released on Desura and Steam in 2012, console owners had to wait till April 2013 to get their hands on it.
It was fantastic and very cool that enough people felt the same way about the game as I did." "For me it was very surprising that it hit that number. "I think you have to make something that feels right for you and hope that there's enough people in the world who will share your taste," says Bithell, over a Skype call. Bithell acknowledges that it wasn't a game made with a mass audience in mind, and Thomas Was Alone's success was something he was unprepared for. On the surface Thomas Was Alone seemed like a fairly simple game about a bunch of squares jumping from one platform to the next, but it was wrapped in a compelling narrative revolving around society and artificial intelligence. Last year, Bithell tweeted that it crossed one million copies sold. Today, the game is available on PC, the PlayStation 3 (PS3), PS4, PS Vita, the Xbox One, as well as iOS, and Android. First released as a flash game in 2010, Thomas Was Alone - a simple platform game where the characters are just rectangles - grew more and more successful as it launched on more platforms.
Mike Bithell is the anomaly in the system a game developer who managed success, with his very first solo title, Thomas Was Alone.
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