Sea Monster

Company Description 

Operating at the intersection of play and purpose, Sea Monster understands how to combine storytelling with technology to empower diverse audiences and forge meaningful connections between people and brands. 

Sea Monster Philosophy 

At Sea Monster, the team designs games for people, purpose and play 

• People: The team puts the user first. As a company of avid gamers, they understand how to help brands and organisations use games to empower audiences and navigate new digital territories. They help brands show up authentically in gaming spaces in order to boost engagement and build communities. 
• Purpose: They are experts at creating games that do more than just entertain. As storytellers at heart, they create games and experiences that solve problems, push boundaries and drive meaningful results. 
• Play: The team is fluent in the language of play. The studio leverages games as the world’s favourite entertainment medium to connect people and to inspire action. Its games are designed to demand attention, be discovered and delight audiences. 

About Sea Monster

• Experience: Established in 2011, Sea Monster has been offering end-to-end game development services for over a decade. The team has a proven track record of delivering across the full value chain from concept development to final delivery and to date, has produced over 70+ game solutions. Over the years, they have developed battle-tested processes and systems that allow them to work globally within highly regulated industries or with clients requiring flexibility and an agile methodology. 
• Location: As a proudly South African studio, based in the best city in the world, they bring to the table a uniquely African perspective to the solution design process. Their experience has equipped them to authentically tell meaningful stories and develop innovative solutions that serve audiences across cultures, age differences, literacy levels as well as degrees of technological accessibility. As a key part of the company DNA, the studio is also authentic commited to diversity and inclusion - they are 51% black owned, and made up of 63% female employees. 
• Ways of Worldly Work: Primarily operating on Central African Time (CAT), the team's working hours align with Europe’s, ensuring smooth communication and collaboration with clients based in the region. The team’s flexibility around remote and async work also allows them to accommodate projects and engagements with clients based in the US all the way to Australia to guarantee a top-tier client experience and efficient global collaboration. 
• Promise: The studio is composed of avid gamers and passionate story-tellers at heart, unified by a belief in the power of games to drive real change in the world. Sea Monster doesn’t just create gamified content, because they know that’s not enough. Their expertise lies in working with clients to build something truly valuable for their audience which also promotes their brand equity. 
• Team: Within the gaming sector, they have the largest full-time team in Africa with 38 core staff members and a network of specialist suppliers and partners. They are platform agnostic with a core expertise in deliveing mobile-first solutions. Their game development proficiencies cover a wide variety of tools servicing a number of different platforms and technologies from progressive web apps to VR solutions and to the Roblox platform. 

The studio's full portfolio is available on the website.