Things haven’t been the same in mobile games since Flappy Bird came and went earlier this year. But SkyVu Entertainment chief executive Ben Vu hopes his company has the next best thing with Let It Goat, a zany 8-bit title that riffs on the popular song “Let it Go” from Disney’s most recent animated hit, Frozen.
SkyVu interns: Okina Tran (Millard South HS), Katie Nguyen (Omaha Burke HS), Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson (Omaha Westside HS)
Two high school interns made the game for SkyVu in Omaha, Neb. The company released the title yesterday, and it shot up the iOS U.S. charts to No. 3. It has settled back down at No. 7 for all free apps, but SkyVu is now pulling out the stops to publicize the game to the fans of Battle Bears, its mobile game franchise.
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