Frogwares

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Frogwares
legal form Limited
founding 2000
Seat Kiev , UkraineUkraineUkraine 
management Waël Amr
Number of employees 80
Branch Software development
Website www.frogwares.com

Frogwares is a Ukrainian development studio for computer games . The main development location is in Kiev , with another location in Dublin . The studio is known for its adventure games , especially the Sherlock Holmes series of games .

history

Frogwares was founded in 2000 by Waël Amr and Pascal Ensenat. Amr, who like Ensenat originally came from France, had moved to Ukraine around the turn of the millennium. The studio name should be a humorous allusion to the origins of the two founders, as frogs is an English abuse word for the French. At the same time, the development studio in the Ukrainian capital Kiev and a business office in the Irish capital Dublin were set up in order to be able to do business with western computer game manufacturers regardless of the strongly fluctuating domestic currency of Ukraine .

Frogwares became known for its Sherlock Holmes series , the titles of which sold around seven million times in 2017. A special feature is the deduction function, a keyword-like collection of all clues found in the course of the game, which the player can combine in order to make conclusions and thus advance the game. The studio also publishes casual games under the name Waterlily Games. The development teams for these games also work in the Kiev studio. The label focuses on casual games , hidden object games and simple adventure games for PC and iOS.

On June 27, 2019, the studio released its first open-world detective game , inspired by the works of HP Lovecraft 's The Sinking City .

Publications

As frogwares

As Waterlily Games

WaterLily Games was founded in 2012 as a sub-development studio of Frogwares. Before WaterLily Games was founded as a development studio, Frogwares published its casual games under the “WaterLily Games” brand. The studio is located in Kiev and consists of about twenty people.

title Initial release genre platform
Sherlock Holmes: The Secret of the Persian Carpet May 9, 2008 Casual game Pc
Mata Hari and the Kaiser's Submarines Dec 1, 2008 Adventure Pc
Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine July 12, 2009 Hidden object game Pc
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House a July 24, 2010 Casual game Nintendo DS
Secret Mission: The Forgotten Island February 24, 2010 Hidden object game Pc
Dracula: Love Kills June 9, 2011 Adventure Pc
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Dog Nov 11, 2011 Casual game PC, iOS
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Frozen City a Oct 25, 2012 Casual game 3DS
Journey: The Heart of Gaia Nov 7, 2012 Hidden object game Pc
a Not published in Germany

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frogwares Games , In: Frogwares.com, accessed June 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Как украинцы делают игры о Шерлоке Холмсе и мирах Лавкрафта: интервью с гейм-дизайнером Frogwares. In: AIN.UA. September 26, 2016, accessed November 4, 2019 (ru-RU).
  3. ^ Haydn Taylor: The cathartic expression of shared cultural trauma in The Sinking City. In: Gamesindustry.biz. Accessed November 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Artur Korniienko: Meet Ukrainian game studio behind hit detective games. In: KyivPost. August 2, 2019, accessed November 4, 2019 .
  5. ^ Christopher Dring: The secret success of the Sherlock Holmes video games . In: Gamesindustry.biz . April 5, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  6. ↑ Jay Malone: Looking for gold: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter review. In: Gaming Trend. July 11, 2016, Retrieved November 4, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ Francesco De Meo: The Sinking City Gets E3 2018 Trailer; Release date confirmed . In: Wccftech . June 12, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ WaterLily Games , In: WaterLily-Games.com ; accessed on June 13, 2019.