Little is known about the new studio, though SimCity creative director Ocean Quigly, lead engineer Andrew Willmott, and senior software engineer Dan Moskowitz have claimed they are looking to make the 'kind of games they love' for mobile platforms.
Indeed, the trio have already started work on their latest project, setting out to create a simulation game focused on the origins of earth.
Back to earth
"We're making a simulation about the dawn of life on earth; about lava, water, rock and the emergence of the first primordial creatures," revealed Quigly, who also worked on Spore, via Twitter.
"We're starting off on the iPad with a fundamentally new simulation engine - I can't wait to start showing it off."
Concept art from Jellygrade's first game
Jellygrade is by no means the first mobile studio to have been formed by former console or PC developers in recent years, with many drawn by the creative freedom the mobile market provides away from the confines of major publishers.
Indeed, Quigly and co.'s new studio has formed less than six months after the launch of the most recent release in the SimCity series, criticised by many for server problems exacerbated by the game's online-only approach.
[source: GamesIndustry.biz]
