Robert Topala
Robert Topala (commonly known as RobTop or RubRub as a nickname and Zhenmuron on Newgrounds) is a 28-year-old Swedish video game producer, animator, programmer, and music creator. He is the founder of RobTop Games and has created several mobile games such as Geometry Dash (and its lite version), Geometry Dash Meltdown , Boomlings, and Boomlings MatchUp.
Biography
Robert Topala began taking interest in creating videogames because of his natural fondness to design, art, and programming. In an interview with Frederik Schrader and PlayAndroid.com, he said that "There is also something intriguing about being able to create something on your own from scratch. This is especially applicable to smaller games where you can work solo or in a very small team." He developed Geometry Dash for iOS using the Cocos2d-iPhone framework. The game gained popularity fast on mobile devices and Robert Topala continued to work in the mobile game developing industry by releasing Forlorn. Both games were nominated for "Best Mobile Game" in that year's edition of the Swedish Game Awards. Robert Topala won the award with Forlorn and received two Samsung Galaxy S3 phones from ARM and the event sponsor as a reward. He later introduced the games to Android devices.
Later in August 2013, Robert Topala began working on a new game called Geometry Jump. This was later renamed Geometry Dash, because he preferred the title. The game climbed to the top of the charts in popularity and gained massive amounts of downloads around the world because of "word of mouth." In 2014, Geometry Dash was downloaded more than 20 million times in both the full and lite versions. He said that he developed the game on his MacBook Pro, then took its addictive nature to the App Store. It became the top paid iPhone and iPad application for the month of June 2014 in Canada, topping the "Minecraft: Pocket Edition" and "A Dark Room".