Icebreaker which has received rave reviews across the board, amassing an impressive QI score of 8.8 served as the first non-Rovio game to be published by the Angry Birds outfit and topped App Store charts around the globe upon release in June.
However, Nitrome managing director Mat Annal has told PocketGamer.biz he almost sold up before the game even launched.
'Depressing time'
"The whole process of making Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage, the last few years, have been a very depressing time," said Annal, "to the point that I almost decided to sell the company and pack it all in."
"It's the best job in the world when it's going well and its the most difficult thing to do when you haven't got all your energy, when you try and remain enthusiastic about making exciting games, but you're worried about finances.
"It just saps everything away, it takes all of the joy out of it, it makes you hate the thing you love."
Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage
Annal's candid comments were made as part of a wider Nitrome studio profile, which you can find here.
