GameSim Inc is an American

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founded in 2008 by Andrew Tosh. GameSim has a history of developing on different platforms, but has primarily focused on

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, Sony PS3, Sony PS4, PC platforms. In 2013, GameSim was named the 466th fastest growing company in the United States by Inc. Additionally, GameSim was named the 890th fastest growing company in the Inc 5000 list in 2014. The company also received an award from GrowFL's Florida Companies to Watch list. There were over 450 applicants to GrowFL, and GameSim was honored as one of fifty companies to watch in Florida in 2014. GameSim has also received industry specific awards, including being listed on MT2's Top Simulation & Training Companies from 2013–14. GameSim entered into a 3-year incentive agreement with

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in 2014, with the goal of adding 40 new high tech industry jobs to the Orlando area. GameSim was acquired by Keywords Studios on May 17, 2017 for $4.76 million.

Simulation

In 2011,

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awarded GameSim a SBIR to develop a "Virtual Team Training Engine and Evaluation Framework". In 2013,

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awarded GameSim a SBIR to develop a "Tactical Training Rehearsal Environment (TTRE)". In the summer of 2013,

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released train simulator CSX Moves in which GameSim provided all game design, art, and engineering work.

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Awarded GameSim with a procedural model generation service (PMGS) contract in April 2014. PMGS allows the static model creation process to be streamlined. New content is able to be generated by allowing users to skip the step of recreating an entire model library.

GIS

In January 2013, GameSim released ''Conform'' a software product for viewing, editing and analyzing Geographic Information System (GIS) data. This can be paired with GameSim's PMGS product.

Gaming

GameSim has performed work as a co-developer for many years with EA. This includes developer work with EA partners, such as EA Sports and BioWare. Below is a list of games GameSim has performed development work on.

Credited Developer

In addition to game development, GameSim has performed work for EA's online game client,

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. This work involves regular maintenance on the PC client. GameSim successfully ported all of the Windows specific logic to work with both Mac and PC, creating a single, shared code base for both platforms. This includes designing and implementing the in-game overlay of the Origin Mac client.

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