History Creator / SidneydeVries

Sidney is a Swiss game developer, who specialises in making [[IoGame .io games]]. He foregoes publishers and such, typically involving only his brother in the development process [[note]](his latest game, ''Krunker.io'', eventually brought onboard another .io developer, known as Techy to help with server side coding)[[/note]].

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Sidney de Vries is an Australian game developer from Cairns, who specialises in making [[IoGame .io games]]. He foregoes publishers and such, typically involving only his brother Vince in the development process [[note]](his latest game, ''Krunker.io'', eventually brought onboard another .io developer, known as Techy to help with server side coding)[[/note]].

He is known for regularly switching the genres of the games he releases (if the first was a top-down shooter, the second was an arcade racing game, and the third a naval combat one, etc.), and for pushing the limitations of WebGames. After all, he was one of the first .io creators to work with 3D graphics, and then to outright release a 3D multiplayer [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]]. According to Online Estimates. His net worth is believed to be upward of 35 million dollars from all his games.

Sidney de Vries is an Australian game developer from Cairns, who specialises in making [[IoGame .io games]]. He foregoes publishers and such, typically involving only his brother Vince in the development process [[note]](his latest game, ''Krunker.io'', eventually brought onboard another .io developer, Nathan Flurry, to manage the web code)[[/note]].

He is known for regularly switching the genres of the games he releases (if the first was a top-down shooter, the second was an arcade racing game, and the third a naval combat one, etc.), and for pushing the limitations of WebGames. After all, he was one of the first .io creators to work with 3D graphics, and then to outright release a 3D multiplayer [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]].

On the dark side, [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder he often tends to move on from his older games as soon as he comes up with the idea for a newer one]], which often leaves the players of the older games frustrated by the lack of updates, as he himself acknowledges.

** ''Vertix.io'' has many sprays devoted to the game's clans or top players.

** ''Krunker.io'' has sprays devoted to MMOK (Map Makers of Krunker) and YODO (one of the earliest and most prominent clans, which was also present in ''Vertix.io''), and eventually added sprays for notable [=LPers=] like Crayon, Myth, Wolfmaan and Vraxoo0.

He is known for regularly switching the genres of the games he releases (if the first was a top-down shooter, the second was an arcade racing game, and the third a naval combat one), and for pushing the limitations of WebGames. After all, he was one of the first .io creators to work with 3D graphics, and then to outright release a 3D multiplayer [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]].

* {{Tuckerization}}: Several.

** ''Krunker.io'' has sprays devoted to MMOK (Map Makers of Krunker) and YODO (one of the earliest and most prominent clans, which was also present in ''Vertix.io'').

Sidney de Vries is an Australian game developer from Cairns, who specialises in making [[IoGame .io games]]. He foregoes publishers and such, typically involving only his brother Vince in the development process[[note]]his latest game, Krunker.io, eventually brought on board another .io developer, Nathan Flurry, to manage the web code.[[/note]].

!! Games by this developer:

!! Tropes frequently present in his games:

* {{Tuckerization}}: Doblons.io has several of its boss ships named after the [[LetsPlay YouTubers]] who played the game a lot. Vertix.io has many sprays devoted to the game's clans or top players, while Krunker.io has a spray devoted to MMOK (Map Makers of Krunker), and to YODO (one of the earliest and most prominent clans, which was also present in Vertix.io).

Sidney de Vries is an Australian game developer from Cairns, who specialises in making [[IoGame .io games]]. He is known for regularly switching the genres of the games he releases (if the first was a top-down shooter, the second was an arcade racing game, and the third a naval combat one), and for pushing the limitations of WebGames, being one of the first .io creators to work with 3D graphics, and then to outright release a 3D multiplayer [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]].

On the dark side, he often tends to move on from his older games as soon as he comes up with the idea for a newer one, which often leaves the players of the older games frustrated by the lack of updates, as he himself acknowledges.

* {{Tuckerization}}: Doblons.io has several of its boss ships named after the [[LetsPlay YouTubers]] who played the game a lot. Vertix.io has many sprays devoted to the game's clans or top players, while Krunker.io has a spray devoted to MMOK (Map Makers of Krunker).

Sidney de Vries is an Australian game developer from Cairns, who specialises in making [[IoGame .io games]]. He is known for regularly switching the genres of the games he releases (if the first was a top-down shooter, the second was an arcade racing game, and the third a naval combat), and for pushing the limitations of WebGames, being one of the first io creators to work with 3D graphics, and then to outright release a 3D FPS.

* ''VideoGame/{{MooMooio}}''

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: Sandstorm, a Middle Eastern town map in Krunker.io, was added to the default server rotation after it won a mapping contest. Two other player-created maps, Bazaar and Canyon, were also added to the game under the similar circumstances, but were eventually removed for balancing reasons.