Amanita Design is an independent Czech video game developing company that was founded in 2003 by Jakub Dvorský.[1] The company has made one Webby Award-winning game (Samorost 2),[2] as well as educational and advertising minigames and animations, all using Adobe Flash. Clients include BBC, Nike and The Polyphonic Spree. In 2009, Amanita Design released the award-winning game Machinarium. Botanicula was released in April 2012 as both a standalone purchase as well as the subject of the Humble Botanicula Debut. They are now working on Samorost 3 (the follow-up to Samorost) and Osada (an interactive music video).[3]
There are eight games released by Amanita Design and one game being in development.
Released titles [edit]
All games by Amanita Design by system
| Title |
Year |
Platform(s) |
Collector's Edition |
Description |
| Samorost |
2003 |
Browser |
 N |
First point and click game |
| Rocketman |
2004 |
Browser |
N |
Short game for Nike |
| The Quest For The Rest |
2004 |
Browser |
N |
Short game for band Polyphonic spree |
| Samorost 2 |
2005 |
Windows, OS X, Linux |
 YRU |
Second game in the Samorost series |
| Questionaut |
2008 |
Browser |
N |
Point and click game for BBC |
| Shy Dwarf[4] |
2009 |
Browser |
N |
Arcade game by Jaromír Plachý. |
| Machinarium |
2009 |
Windows, OS X, Linux, PS3 (PSN), PS Vita (PSN), iPad 2, Android, BlackBerry PlayBook |
YUK |
First full-length game |
| Osada |
2011 |
Browser, Windows, OS X, Linux |
N |
Interactive music video |
| Botanicula |
2012 |
Windows, OS X, Linux, iPad (planned) |
YDE |
Second full-length game |
| Samorost 3[3] |
TBA |
TBA |
? |
Third game in the Samorost series and third full-length game |
Side projects [edit]
- Kooky (puppet feature film and book)
- Plantage (music video for Under Byen)
- Na tu svatbu (music video for Kamil Jasmín)
- Shy dwarf (short game by Jaromír Plachý)
- Nusle (short film)
- Psyride (psytrance music video)
- Blanka Šperková (flash website)
- Podvědomím (flash website)
- Pantry (web toy)
Team members and collaborators [edit]
Jakub Dvorský, studio founder.
- Jakub Dvorský
- Václav Blín (main animator)
- David Oliva (programmer)
- Tomáš Dvořák (Floex) (musician)
- Tomáš Dvořák (Pif) (soundman)
- Adolf Lachman (painter)
- Jaromír Plachý (additional animator)
- Jan Werner (programmer)
Awards [edit]
- Botanicula
- Machinarium
- Samorost 2
- Flashforward Film Festival - winner in Original Sound category (2006)
- Seoul net festival - Best Web-Work Award (2006)
- Webby Award - winner in games category (2007)
- Annual Independent Games Festival - Best Web Browser Game (2007)
- Samorost
- Top Talent Award - nominee (2003)
- Webby Award - nominee (2004)
- Questionaut
- British Academy Award (BAFTA) - nominee (2009)
- Mochis Award - Best Game Art (2009)
References [edit]
- ^ INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Jakub Dvorsky, Founder Of Amanita Design And Creator Of Machinarium | Alternative Magazine Online
- ^ "Webby Nominees". webbyawards.com. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ a b McElroy, Griffin. "Machinarium developer reveals three upcoming projects". Joystiq.
- ^ http://www.hrej.cz/novinky/2009/10/29/plachy-trpaslik-flashovka-od-amanita-design-19675/ czech
External links [edit]
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