Built By Snowman, Inc., doing business and more commonly known as simply Snowman, is an independent

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and publisher best known for ''

Alto's Adventure ''Alto's Adventure'' is a 2015 endless runner snowboarding video game developed by Team Alto and published by Snowman (company), Snowman (iOS) and Noodlecake Studios (Android). The player-character automatically moves to the right of the screen t ...

'' (2015). The three-person,

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-based team previously worked on productivity apps before starting work on the game in 2012. In the

snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralym ...

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game, the player taps the touchscreen to make the on-screen character jump and perform tricks through

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landscapes. In March 2016, Snowman announced ''Where Cards Fall'', a collaboration designer Sam Rosenthal and his game studio The Game Band. Snowman will also publish ''DISTANT'', a game created by the two-person team at Slingshot & Satchel. The game is confirmed for release on Windows,

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, and home consoles. The studio released '' Alto's Odyssey'', the sequel to ''Alto's Adventure'', in 2018. Snowman spun out play-based learning app Pok Pok in 2022.

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