Detalion
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Maciej Miąsik Robert Ożóg Łukasz Pisarek Krzysztof Bar Roland Pantoła Danuta Sienkowska |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Roland Pantoła (CEO) |
| Products | Reah: Face the Unknown Schizm: Mysterious Journey Nina: Agent Chronicles Schizm II: Chameleon Sentinel: Descendants in Time Schizm III: Nemezis |
Number of employees | 6-10 (2004) |
| Parent | Detalion Games (aka Detalion Lab) Detalion Art (acquired by City Interactive |
| Website | Official website |
Detalion S.C, was a Polish video game developer founded by a partnership of six people, that first met in the early 1990s (Maciej Miąsik, Robert Ożóg, Łukasz Pisarek, Krzysztof Bar, Roland Pantoła & Danuta Sienkowska),[1] working from game developer and publisher LK Avalon.
These games (particularly Mysterious Journey: Schizm) were noted for the complexity and great difficulty of their puzzles, and also were hailed as having some of the best graphics in the industry at the time. Detalion was one of the first developers to use the DVD-ROM disc as an effective medium for software distribution.
After Detalion's disestablishment in 2005, its founders went on to create Detalion Games (basically a one-person shop, headed by Roland Pantola, which produced basic game concepts) and Detalion Arts (to worked as an outsourcing studio doing various jobs, including for CD Projekt game The Witcher, until being purchased by City Interactive in 2007 and rebrand as City Interactive Rzeszów. In the same year, they started to work on Art of Murder series.[2][3][4] In 2010, Detalion Games was working in Galander, an upcoming action game developed for PC but since then no more information was released about the game.[5] In 2012, Roland Pantola from Detalion Games created a sister studio called Detalion Furniture to create innovative furniture design.[6]
In 2018, after 15 years Roland Pantola revealed that Schizm III: Nemezis is in development for Microsoft Windows through Detalion Games, using Unreal Engine 4 and will be published by PlayWay S.A. In Schizm III: Nemezis, you return to the beautiful planet of Argilus (original Schizm) as Amia and Bogard, two tourists hoping for an enjoyable and relaxing vacation.
V-Cruise Engine
V-Cruise engine was developed by Detalion for Microsoft Windows to provide immersive experience and ultra-smooth, fast and effective navigation between hundreds of locations of their games. V-Cruise engine provides Full motion 25p 360 degree panoramic views.
Features
- PICVideo Motion JPEG codec from video Pegasus Imaging Corporation (Fast and high quality video compression technology).
- QMDX from QSound Labs (QMDX supports hardware accelerated 3D sound cards allowing for full 360 degree sound positioning).
- Ogg/Vorbis (OSS) from Xiphophorus company (to delivered the music in CD quality with low compression).
List of video games
| Name | Developed | Published | Released | Engine | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reah: Face the Unknown [7] | Detalion | EU: LK Avalon NA: Project Two Interactive BV |
1999 | Detalion's V-Cruise | Microsoft Windows 95/98 |
| Schizm: Mysterious Journey [8] | Detalion | EU: LK Avalon NA: The Adventure Company |
2001 | Detalion's V-Cruise | Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/XP |
| Nina: Agent Chronicles (aka Codename: Nina - Global Terrorism Strike Force) [9] |
Detalion | EU: Lemon Interactive NA: ValuSoft, Inc. |
2003 | Lithtech Talon | Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP |
| Draggo | Detalion | LK Avalon | 2003 | Lithtech Jupiter | Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP |
| Mysterious Journey II: Chameleon [10] | Detalion | DreamCatcher Interactive The Adventure Company |
2003 | Lithtech Jupiter | Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP |
| Sentinel: Descendants in Time [11] | Detalion | DreamCatcher Interactive The Adventure Company |
2004 | Lithtech Jupiter | Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP |
| Schizm III: Nemezis [12] | Detalion Games | PlayWay S.A | 2019 | Unreal Engine 4 | Microsoft Windows |
References
- ^ "Lukasz Pisarek-City Interactive".
- ^ "CI Games S.A." mobygames.com.
- ^ "The Polish Games Industry: A List of Polish Game Developers & Publishers". majewscy.net.
- ^ "A Tale of Two Genres Maciej Miasik and the Journey from Reah to The Witcher By Nickie and Becky". gameboomers.com.
- ^ "Galander Screens". gamershell.com.
- ^ "Innovative Furniture Design. Living Room". detalion.en.ec21.com.
- ^ "Reah - face the unknown". detalion.com.
- ^ "Schizm: Mysterious Journey tech". detalion.com.
- ^ "Codename: Nina - Global Terrorism Strike Force". gameboomers.com.
- ^ "the new game from creators of Mysterious Journey II: Chameleon!". detalion.com.
- ^ "SENTINEL Descendants in Time". detalion.com.
- ^ "SCHIZM 3: NEMEZIS". playway.com/.
External links
- A long interview about the history of Detalion and what happened to the team it consisted of (June 2008) at Adventure Classic Gaming
- Detalion Home Page
- Article from adventuregamers.com about the closing of Detalion
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