Andrew Sum
Game designer and co-founder of Hipster Whale
Andrew (“Andy”) Sum is the co-founder of the multi-award winning game studio, Hipster Whale.
Along with Matt Hall in 2014, Andy created Crossy Road, a mobile game which has been downloaded over 250 million times (roughly 3% of the world’s population).
Andy has a passion for game design, game development, and the business of games. He’s most happy when iterating through new ideas in Unity or tinkering with Python.
Selected Awards
- Forbes 30 Under 30 (2016)
- Apple Design Award (Crossy Road, 2015)
- Australian Game Developers Awards - Studio of the Year (Hipster Whale, 2015)
Selected Press
- How Australia is Turning Into A Global Tech Hub (GQ Magazine, 2016)
- With $10 million under their belt… (Sydney Morning Herald, 2015)
- The Crossy Road To Success (University of Melbourne, 2015)
Selected Speaking Events
- PAX Australia (Melbourne, 2016)
- Apple Keynote - Apple TV Announcement (San Francisco, 2015)
- Nexon Developers Conference - “Creating a Viral Hit” (Seongnam, 2015)
- Game Developers Conference - “Crossy Road: A Whale of a Time” (San Francisco, 2015)
- Casual Connect - “The Road To Crossy Road” (Amsterdam, 2015)
- Freeplay - “My Path in Game Making” (Melbourne, 2013)
Investments
- I invest in game projects as well as seed and early stage companies.
- Member of the Treasure Hunters Fan Club syndicate.
- Invested in Prettygreat in 2015 which was acquired by Snap Inc. in 2017.