Daedalic Entertainment
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| Company type | Limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) |
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| Industry | Video Game Software development |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Carsten Fichtelmann (Geschäftsführer), Jan Müller-Michaelis (Creative Director) |
| Products | Video games |
Number of employees | 120 |
| Website | http://www.daedalic.de/en |
Daedalic Entertainment is a German video game software development and publishing company based in Hamburg. They are best known for developing point and click adventure games The Whispered World (2009) and Edna & Harvey: The Breakout (2011).
History
Before Carsten Fichtelmann founded Daedalic Entertainment GmbH in 2007, he had been the marketing director and head of product management at the Hamburger Publisher dtp for six years. Daedalic published their first game on 5 June 2008, which was a humorous adventure game called "Edna & Harvey: The Breakout", which emerged from a thesis by the Creative Director Jan Müller-Michaelis. It has sold very well and received numerous major awards.
Shortly afterwards, the adventure game "1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde" was published, named after the same film. On 28 August 2009 the adventure game "The Whispered World" followed and the adventure title "A New Beginning", which focuses on climate change, was published on 8 October 2010. In 2011 the sequel to "Edna & Harvey: The Breakout" was released with the title "Harvey’s New Eyes". A year later, a new adventure named "Deponia" was released to the market, which received several awards as well.
In May 2014, German publisher Bastei Lübbe acquired a majority share of 51% in Daedalic Entertainment.[1]
Games
As developer
- Edna & Harvey: The Breakout (2008)
- 1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde (2008)
- The Whispered World (2009)
- The Tudors (2009)
- Wolfgang Hohlbein – The Inquisitor (2009)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2010)
- A New Beginning (2010)
- Sinister affair – Immortal Lovers (2010)
- Winterfest – The Learning Game (2010)
- The Hidden Continent 2 - Column of the Maya (2010)
- The Skillz (2010)
- The Chronicles of Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet (2010)
- Robin Hood – King of the Outlaw (2010)
- Ravensburger Puzzle (2010)
- Derrick – Death in the flower bed (2010)
- Dragon Guardian - The Prophecy (2011)
- The Chronicles of Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2011)
- Harvey’s New Eyes (2011)
- Borgia (2011)
- Ravensburger Puzzle 2 (2011)
- Deponia (2012)
- The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav (2012)
- Chaos on Deponia (2012)
- Goodbye Deponia (2013)
- The Night of the Rabbit (2013)
- The Dark Eye: Memoria (2013)
- The Dark Eye: Blackguards (2014)
- 1954: Alcatraz (2014)
- Blackguards 2 (2015)
- Fire (2015)
- Anna's Quest (2015)
- Deponia Doomsday (2016)
As publisher
- Sinking Island – Murder in Paradise (2007)
- Ankh: Battle of the Gods (2007)
- Bone: Out from Boneville (2008)
- Bone: The Great Cow Race (2008)
- Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King (Nintendo DS) (2008)
- eXperience 112 (2008)
- Machinarium (2009)
- Full Pipe (2010)
- Tale of a Hero (2010)
- Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures (2010)
- Swords & Soldiers (2010)
- Tales of Monkey Island (2010)
- Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (2010)
- CopaSocca (Facebook) (2011)
- My Free Farm (2011)
- Kapi Hospital (2011)
- Torchlight II (2012)
- Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse (German version)[2] (2011)
- Botanicula (2012)
- Gomo (2013)
- Journey of a Roach (2013)
- Munin (2014)
- Randal's Monday (2014)
- Skyhill (2015) [3]
- AER (2016)
Awards
For Edna & Harvey: The Breakout:
- German Developer Award 2008 (Best German Youth Game)
- German Developer Award 2008 (Best German Adventures)
- Lara-Award 2009 (LARA Kids Award)
- Adventure of the year 2008 (Gamestar)
- Adventure of the year 2008 (4Players)
- Nominated for Best PC Game 2008 (child software price TOMMI)
- red dot design award: Best of the Best 2009 in the category "Digital Games"
For The Whispered World:
- German Developer Award 2009 (Best German Youth Game)
- German Developer Award 2009 (Best Story)
- German Computer Game Award 2009 (winner "Best Youth Game")
For A New Beginning:
- German Developer Award 2010 (Best German Youth Game)
- German Developer Award 2010 (Best Story)
- German Developer Award 2010 (Best Soundtrack)
- German Computer Game Award 2011 (Best German Game)
- German Computer Game Award 2011 (Best Youth Game)
For Chaos on Deponia:
- German Developer Award 2012 (Best Adventure Game)
- German Computer Game Award 2013 (Best German Game)
For Winterfest – The Learning Game:
- Lara-Award 2010 (LARA Education Award)
- E-learning competition EureleA 2011 (Best Educational Media)
- Serious Games Award 2011 (Serious Games Award Gold)
For The Skillz:
- Serious Games Award 2010 (Serious Games Award Bronze)
- German Developer Award 2010 (Best German educational game)
For Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes:
- German Developer Award 2011 (Best Adventure)
- German Developer Award 2011 (Best Youth Game)
- German Developer Award 2011 (Best Story)
- German Developer Award 2011 (Best Art Design)
- German Computer Game Award 2012 (Best Youth Game)
For Living Stories – The lost Heart:
- German Developer Award 2011 (Best Children's Game)
As studio:
- German Developer Award 2009 (Studio of the Year)
- German Developer Award 2013 (Studio of the Year)
References
- ^ http://www.teletrader.com/news/details/25552039
- ^ "Sam & Max - Im Theater des Teufels". Daedalic Entertainment website. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ http://www.daedalic.de/de/game/Skyhill