Demi and Goku

Factsheet

Developer:
Demi and Goku
Based in Ankara, Turkey

Founding date:
Jan 09, 2016

Website:
dawnofcrafting.com

Press / Business Contact:
goku@dawnofcrafting.com

Social:
App Store
Twitter
Facebook
Touch Arcade
Reddit

Releases:
Dawn Of Crafting

Description

Two brothers making a unique iOS game focused on crafting mechanics.

They were frustrated by all game companies who didn't care much about the crafting mechanics, so they decided to craft a game that did.

They are known to care about their players, their actions, inputs, thoughts and ideas. They develop games with the input of the community. This gives an edge over most other games.

History

Demi and Goku started working together early in their lives creating mischief as toddlers. They started founding guilds/clans/alliances in competitive games since the age of 8 and 10. Goku became a pro LoL player while at college. At 2012 they started building web and mobile apps.

They started a small project called Crafter Game at December 2015, which got love pretty fast so they kept working on it. They built a community and changed its name to Dawn of Crafting. Since building such a game would need a lot of development time, they moved back to Turkey from San Francisco where it was economically wiser to develop a game.

Moving back to Turkey was economically wiser and physically safer than SF. At least this was the case until they moved back.

During their time in Turkey they dealt with terrorists bombing nearby shopping malls, busses, subways etc. Every week there was government intelligence messages about avoiding certain locations which caused national panic. Every month there was an explosion and many people dying in the hands of the terrorist groups PKK and ISIS. They even lost a friend in these bombings.

While the bombs affected them psychologically, they were physically safe from the attacks because their house was located near secure government buildings. This safety didn’t help when a military coup attempt happened, because this place happened to be the center of the coup.



That night was unforgettable. It happened while they were casually adding new features for version 0.4.6 of Dawn of Crafting. Fighter jets flew lower and lower creating sonic booms which shattered windows, light bulb and mirrors. The jets were shooting down helicopters and tanks literally around the corner. Machine guns firing, tank shooting, buildings getting bombed, jets flying overhead non-stop for 12 hours.

When the coup ended, the police started arresting 90% of the Air Force, including retired people regardless of their involvement in the coup. They interrogated them, beat them and killed some. Demi and Goku’s father was also a retired Air Force pilot. For months there was tension and expectation that the police may raid the house. When they arrest someone, they also seize all electronic devices in the house. No electronics = no game.

They were psychologically wounded and became totally unproductive like the rest of the country. What kept them going was their players, who kept requesting new features. With the help of the Dawn of Crafting community, they were determined to finish this game and make it a success regardless of all obstacles life threw at them.

Projects

• Dawn Of Crafting

Team & Repeating Collaborators

Demir Berkay Yilmaz
Design, Programming

Goktug Yilmaz
Design, Programming

Contact

Inquiries
goku@dawnofcrafting.com

Twitter
twitter.com/dawnofcrafting

Facebook
facebook.com/dawnofcrafting

Web
dawnofcrafting.com