Donut Lab is creating Kids vs Zombies.
Donut Lab is creating Kids vs Zombies.
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Donut Lab raises $1.6 million for Kids vs Zombies mobile game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Game studio Donut Lab has raised $1.6 million to finish making its Kids vs Zombies multiplayer shooter mobile game. The game is an example of taking something potentially violent and serious and transforming it with cartoon art so that it’s suitable for young folks to play.

It’s the same kind of Looney Tunes strategy that Mediatronic used to create its enormously popular Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout game, which is a family-friendly twist on the popular battle royale genre. Fall Guys has had more than 7 million downloads since its launch this summer.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.