Amanita design
| Amanita design | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Společnost s ručením omezeným (sro) |
| founding | 2003 |
| Seat | Brno (Czech Republic) |
| management | Jakub Dvorský |
| sales | 26 million CZK (2015) |
| Branch | Software development |
| Website | amanita-design.net |
Amanita Design is a Czech development studio for games, web applications and music videos, which was founded in 2003 by Jakub Dvorský . The company mainly produces point-and-click adventures such as Machinarium , Samorost or Botanicula , which have received several awards.
history
Amanita Design was founded as Jakub Dvorsky in 2003 his project for the graduation work at the Academy of Arts in Prague completed it. He developed an online flash game called Samorost . Since then, the team has been developing adventure games . Amanita Design also produced a few music videos and short games for Nike , The Polyphonic Spree and the BBC . After the successor to Samorost ( Samorost 2 ) , the company published its first, larger project in 2009. The point-and-click adventure Machinarium . In the years that followed, other games followed. a. Botanicula (2012), Samorost 3 (2016) and Chuchel .
technology
Most of the games developed by Amanita Design use Adobe Flash technology for web applications, but a built-in Flash player was used to publish the games for download . The studio develops for different operating systems .
Published games (selection)
| year | title | genre | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Samorost | Adventure | Web game (flash) |
| 2005 | Samorost 2 | Adventure | Windows , Mac , Linux |
| 2008 | Questionaut | Adventure | Web game |
| 2009 | Machinarium | Adventure | Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS , Android , PS4 , Xbox One , PS3 , PS Vita |
| 2012 | Botanicula | Adventure | Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android |
| 2016 | Samorost 3 | Adventure | Windows, Mac, iOS, Android |
| 2018 | Chuchel | Adventure | Windows, Mac |
| 2019 | Pilgrims | Adventure | Windows, Mac, Linux |
Awards
In 2007 Samorost 2 won a Webby Award in the "Games" category and an award in the "Best Browser Game" category at the Independent Games Festival . Machinarium was named "Best Indie Game 2009" by Gamasutra and won an "Excellence in Visual Art Award" at the Independent Games Festival that same year.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Amanita Design at MobyGames (English)
- Literature by and about Amanita Design in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Commercial register on justice.cz, identification number 27733971
- ↑ Účetní závěrka Amanita Design sro za rok 2015
- ↑ a b INTERVIEW - In Conversation With Jakub Dvorsky, Founder Of Amanita Design And Creator Of Machinarium . In: Alternative Magazine Online . November 24, 2009 ( alternativemagazineonline.co.uk [accessed September 3, 2018]).
- ^ Games - Amanita Design. Retrieved September 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Machinarium: test, tips, videos, news, release date - PCGames.de. Retrieved September 3, 2018 .
- ^ Samorost 3 - IGN.com. Accessed September 3, 2018 .
- ^ Webby Nominees . In: webbyawards.com . Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 15, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ GDC 2007: INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL AWARDS , ign.com , March 8, 2007
- ↑ Gamasutra's Best Of 2009: Top 10 Indie Games , gamasutra.com , December 18, 2009
- ↑ 11th Independent Games Festival Awards Topped By Blueberry Garden , gamasutra.com, March 26, 2009
