Credits
Story . . . |
Kevin Kinell & Dylan Sisson Kevin Kinell Dylan Sisson Andrew Woods |
The Official iPhone Launch Party was March 12th, 2010.
The web version went live March of 2021.
The Steam version goes live August of 2026.
Kevin Kinell — www.yipesoftware.com
Back in the late 90's, during those hot Chico, CA days of summer, Kevin first created the world of Yipe!
Since that first release of Yipe! I, Kevin has built a series of underground RPGs which have developed a bit of a cult following.
The world of Yipe! took a bit of a hiatus post college, but that only means Yipe! 5 has had plenty of time to marinate, like a fine
grilled steak or zombie bunny. Yipe! 5 represents the culmination of almost 15 years of thinking, planning and coding.
Kevin has worked for a variety of tech startups in Chico, CA and wishes he was playing more pool and often dreams of more Yipe! possibilities. Kevin says,
"Have you found the hidden coins buried in the sand? Or wait, did I hide those in the flowers?"
Dylan Sisson — www.dylansisson.com
Dylan is an internationally recognized toy designer, cartoonist, and painter. Dylan is the creator of the collectable vinyl toy, Idle Hands,
who appears as a special guest in Yipe 5. He's also created numerous custom vinyls, illustrations, and paintings that have been shown in galleries
around the world, and his independent animated shorts have won several awards. His comic book parody, Filibusting Comics was translated into Spanish
and featured in a symposium in Madrid. Dylan currently resides in San Francisco where he draws and paints wall-eyed curiosities with big teeth. Dylan says,
"My favorite subjects are those that mix contrasting themes, like a character that's on the verge of being cute or being frightening at the same time. . . I like creating that tension. For example, what's the difference between a pet and a monster? A pet licks you. A monster eats you."
Andrew Woods — www.neonbrown.com
At his day job, Andrew animates everything from cartoon hippos to hard-luck electric superheros for 3rd-person action-adventure console games.
But by night, he becomes "too-many-musical-ideas guy". Andrew says,
"Oh Idle Hands, how deviously convincing you are! (Yipe Hero, I beg you to take up the mantle and put an end to his fiendish games!!)"
Contact
Yipe! is an indie project created by a veteran game designer, an infamous toy designer, and an underground musical sound-stylist, who have teamed up to create something first of all to amuse themselves, and hopefully amuse others.
If you are amused or have feedback, questions, or comments, we'd love to hear from you. Please write us at info@yipe5.com
Special Thanks
The Yipe! 5 team would like to make the following special thanks to those that have helped along the years of all the various Yipe versions:
Steam version:
Eric Johnson — Once again, Eric jumped right in when I asked if he'd be up for beta testing. And he came through once again. Thanks Eric, master of finding my typos!
Andrew Woods — I kept adding new functionality... but didn't always have sounds to go along with the new features and concepts. Well, Andrew came through with some new sounds for fishing. Oh yeah!
Greg Olson — My first Steam trailer was 1.5 minutes of screen capture of me just playing the game. Liam said: "It's rough at best". Greg came through, helping me create an awesome trailer! Thanks Greg!
Web version:
Olivia May: Olivia created a whole series of bee sounds for me to choose from. So cool! May she live on forever bzzzzz'ing those Yipe players picking flowers.
Eric Johnson: Help with Story Writing along with testing
Liam Kinell: Ideas for overpowered items and ridiculous world building
Rajat Parashar: Google Firebase integration and other dev help
More beta testers!: Audun Bie, Beau Hansen, Daniel Richards, Eric Honour, Jeremy Lickver, Ryan Woodworth, Tyler Moore, John Corey Miller, Richard Drysdall
iPhone version:
Ricardo Covo — "I am now a level 12 iYipe Warrior!"
Jeff Schlicht — "I noticed a typo somewhere but forgot where now."
Richard Drysdall — "Maybe it's just my fat fingers."
