History Creator / HamumuSoftware

[[http://hamumu.com/index.php Hamumu Games, Inc.]] is an independent game development company founded in 1998 as Hamumu Software and run largely by Mike Hommel (also known as Hamumu or Jamul in most online circles), with the assistance of his wife, Solange Hommel (known to some parts of the community as Sol Hunt).

The company is the spiritual successor to "Jamul Software", which developed and published ''VideoGame/{{SPISPOPD}}'' in the wake of ''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}'''s popularity when it was first released; for most intents and purposes, both "Jamul Software" and Hamumu Games, Inc. are referred to as the same company.

Hamumu's main claim to fame in the new millennium is ''Growtopia'', a WideOpenSandbox game developed jointly with Robinson Technologies, which was first released in 2012 for Android devices, with later releases on iOS and Windows, and turned out to be a financial success. With the acquisition of ''Growtopia'' by {{Creator/Ubisoft}} in 2017 and handover of the game's development, Hamumu has since focused development efforts elsewhere.

Hamumu Games specializes in what it calls [[StylisticSuck "dumb games"]], which is its way of saying "family-friendly fun games that aren't meant to be taken seriously". If you play any of these, expect pretty much all of them to be overly nonsensical. A majority of these games were initially released at the turn of the millennium as paid products, but are now available for free on the developer's [[https://hamumu.itch.io/ itch.io]] page.
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!!Video games developed by Hamumu Games, Inc.:
[[index]]
* ''The Adventures of Bouapha''
** ''Spooky Castle''
** ''Sleepless Hollow''
* ''Amazin' SPISPOPD''
* ''Babby of Towlr''
* ''Castle Smash''
* ''VideoGame/CostumeParty''
* ''Dumb: The Game''
* ''Eddie Galaxy''
* ''Growtopia''
* ''Habitat for Horror!''
* ''Hitsuji: Shears of Fury''
* ''Infinite Deadly Islands of Terror''
* ''VideoGame/{{Loonyland}}''
* ''VideoGame/KidMystic''
* ''Killer Kiwis''
* ''Medusa's Lament''
* ''Mia's Happy Day''
* ''Moon Invaders''
* ''Ninja Academy''
* ''Ninja Kitty Vs. The Nukebots''
* ''NPC Quest''
* ''Pumpkin Pop''
* ''Retrovirus''
* ''Rise of the Owls''
* ''VideoGame/RobotWantsSeries''
* ''Scarecrow: Heart of Straw''
* ''Short Fuse''
* ''Still Pond''
* ''VideoGame/{{Stockboy}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{SPISPOPD}}'' series
** ''Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Piles of Putrid Debris''
** ''SPISPOPD II: Dr. Lunatic''
** ''SPISPOPD II: Dr. Lunatic Supreme With Cheese''
* ''Two Roads''
* ''Wee Ninja''
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!!Other games associated with Hamumu Games, Inc.:
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* ''Dungeon Scroll''
* ''VideoGame/{{XOP}}''
[[/index]]
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'''Hamumu Software''' is a Shareware indie game development company run by Mike Hommel from the very comfort of his home in California. Assisted by his wife Solange Hommel (code named Sol Hunt) and a legion of an exceptionally loyal fanbase, the company specializes in what it calls [[StylisticSuck "dumb games"]], which is their way of saying fun games that aren't meant to be taken seriously. If you play any of these, expect pretty much all of them to be overly nonsensical. Recently got a Facebookish revamp entitled '''Hamumu Clubhouse''' (though the name Hamumu Software is still used in the games). Check it out [[http://hamumu.com/index.php here]], and remember, it doesn't get any dumber than this.

!!Games made and/or published by this company:

* VideoGame/AdventuresOfBouapha
* AmazinSPISPOPD
* VideoGame/CostumeParty
* DumbTheGame
* DungeonScroll
* EddieGalaxy
* HamumuGamelets
* VideoGame/{{Loonyland}}
* VideoGame/KidMystic
* PumpkinPop
* VideoGame/RobotWantsSeries
* VideoGame/{{Stockboy}}
* VideoGame/{{SPISPOPD}}

!!Hamumu Software shows examples of:

* AsteroidsMonster: Multimoss.
* CasualVideogame: The games arguably count as this.
* CatchPhrase: "I'm kool kat bad!" As spoken by Bouapha and Kid Mystic whenever a level is complete.
** Dr. Lunatic: "Get em' boys." "Aah, please don't kill me!"
* DropTheHammer: The main character of SPISPOPD (and his own series), Bouapha, uses big red hammers as his main weapon whenever he's a playable character. His playable appearance is not limited to the aforementioned games, though.
* EnemyScan: In most of the games, the enemy's health meter is displayed whenever you attack it. Also, the Monster Scanner from Supreme with Cheese (and the original version of Dr. Lunatic) fires a bolt of green energy that homes on the target for minor damage and gives a brief description and maximum life rating of the enemy (which only works if you haven't already scanned it).
** The Justef Axe artifact from Loonyland 2: Winter Woods does this as well.
* EldritchAbomination: Several of the monsters from the games apply to this.
* ExpansionPack
** Costume Party has a Creator's Pass and three packs which add more tiles to use.
** The original Dr. Lunatic at one point had two expansion packs, but were removed when Supreme with Cheese was released.
* HeroicMime: Outside of the aforementioned CatchPhrase, none of the playable characters/protagonists have any type of dialogue whatsoever.
* LevelEditor: Costume Party, Dr. Lunatic, Hitsuji, Loonyland, Loonyland 2 Collector's Edition, Kid Mystic, Short Fuse, and Stockboy all have editors in game.
** There are also unofficial ways to edit levels, like using another game's editor with the same engine, or fan-made editors.
* {{Mascot}}: Yerfdog.
* NintendoHard
** Costume Party, a game consisting of user-made levels, has many insanely difficult levels, some being trial and error with invisible switches and blocks.
*** The difficulty of the levels are also rated by user-made levels, from one to five skulls. Because of people rating levels five skulls simply because they can't beat it, and sometimes one skull because they can beat it first try, the difficulty ratings are mostly inaccurate.
** Dr. Lunatic Supreme with Cheese on Lunatic mode makes everything virtually impossible.
* PaletteSwap: Can and will frequently occur in the games. Well, most of them anyway.
* RefugeInAudacity: Despite Hamumu Software's otherwise "family-friendly" nature, the overall vibe of the community and the games fall into this category.
* RuleOfFun: That's the name of the game regarding this company.
* TheVerse: The SPISPOPD, Adventures of Bouapha, and Loonyland series exist in one. Each of them exists as a kind of StoryArc.

* RobotWantsSeries

* {{Loonyland}}

* {{Derelict}}

* CostumeParty

* NeverSayDie: Subverted.

* KidMystic

* {{Stockboy}}

* VideoGame/{{SPISPOPD}}
* AmazinSPISPOPD

* {{Loonyland}}

* CostumeParty
* DumbTheGame
* HamumuGamelets
* DungeonScroll
* {{Derelict}}
* PumpkinPop