Amanita Design Explained

Amanita Design
Type:Private
Founder:Jakub Dvorský
Industry:Video games
Foundation:2003
Location City:Prague
Location Country:Czech Republic
Products:List
Num Employees:30 (2024)[1]
Homepage:amanita-design.net

Amanita Design is a Czech independent video game developing company founded in 2003 by Jakub Dvorský and headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic.[2] The company has created award-winning games including Machinarium, the Samorost series and Botanicula, as well as educational and advertising minigames and animations, all using Adobe Flash. Clients include BBC, Nike and The Polyphonic Spree. Since Pilgrims (2019) and Creaks (2020), the company has been using Unity to develop its games. Amanita Design currently operates in several smaller teams, each developing a game of their own. One of them is the upcoming cardboard-built adventure Phonopolis.

History

Samorost 2 has won the Webby Award.[3] 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. On 24 March 2016, they released Samorost 3 (the follow-up to Samorost 2).[4] The studio's eleventh project was Chuchel, which was released on 7 March 2018. In October 2019, the studio launched a non-linear adventure game Pilgrims on PC and Apple Arcade. In July 2020, Apple Arcade debuted Amanita's immersive puzzler Creaks, which was also released on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch a week later. Amanita Design's latest release is the psychedelic horror Happy Game designed by Jaromír Plachý (Botanicula, CHUCHEL) and released in October 2021 on PC and Nintendo Switch. In February 2023, Happy Game arrived onto Google Play and iOS App Store.

On 18 May 2022, they announced a development of their first 3D adventure game - Phonopolis, featuring hand-crafted assets and traditional 12 FPS stop-motion animation.[5] [6] Phonopolis made its playable debut at Day of the Devs (San Francisco Edition) in March 2024, and in the same week, received the IGF Excellence in Visual Art award at GDC - Amanita Design's 5th Independent Games Festival award.[7]

Games

Title Year Platform(s) Description
Samorost 2003 Browser, Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS Point and click adventure game
Rocketman 2004 Short game for Nike
The Quest for the Rest 2004 Short game for band Polyphonic spree
Samorost 2 2005 Browser, Android, Windows, iOS, MacOSSecond game in the Samorost series
Questionaut 2008 Short educational game
Plachý Trpaslík 2009 Short platformer game
Machinarium 2009 Windows, iOS, PS3, PS Vita, PS4 Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox OneFirst full-length game
Botanicula 2012 Second full-length game
Samorost 3 2016 Third game in the Samorost series
Chuchel 2018 Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android[8] Comedy adventure game by Jaromír Plachý
Pilgrims 2019 Non-linear adventure game[9]
Creaks 2020 Windows, MacOS, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo SwitchMystery puzzle game[10]
Happy Game 2021 Windows, MacOS, Nintendo Switch, iOS, AndroidPsychedelic horror adventure[11]
Phonopolis 2026 TBA A hand-crafted adventure game

Side projects

Team members and collaborators

Awards

Phonopolis
Creaks
Pilgrims
Chuchel
Samorost 3
Botanicula
Machinarium
Questionaut
Samorost 2
Samorost

External links

Upcoming

Samorost 4Chuchel 2Machinarium 2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Video Game Developers in the Czech Republic. TechLoop. 12 August 2016. 28 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815095218/http://blog.techloop.io/video-game-developers-in-the-czech-republic/. 15 August 2016. dead.
  2. http://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2009/11/24/interview-in-conversation-with-jakub-dvorsky-founder-of-amanita-design-and-creator-of-machinarium/ INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Jakub Dvorsky, Founder Of Amanita Design And Creator Of Machinarium | Alternative Magazine Online
  3. Web site: Webby Nominees . webbyawards.com . 2012-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120118015604/https://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=11#webby_entry_games . 2012-01-18 . bot: unknown.
  4. Web site: McElroy. Griffin. Machinarium developer reveals three upcoming projects. Joystiq. 2011-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110528220411/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/26/machinarium-developer-reveals-three-upcoming-projects/. 2011-05-28. dead.
  5. Web site: Phonopolis . 2022-05-18 . amanita-design.net.
  6. Web site: Phonopolis . 2022-05-18 . amanita-design.net.
  7. Web site: Fraňková . Ruth . Amanita Design's Phonopolis game wins prestigious prize in San Francisco . . 26 March 2024 . 18 May 2024.
  8. Web site: Dobrovský. Pavel. Chuchel - představení nové hry od autora Botaniculy - Games.cz. Games.cz. 11 June 2016.
  9. Web site: Amanita Design Just Released 'Pilgrims' Which Is a Brand New Adventure Game Available Now in Apple Arcade . Touch Arcade . 7 October 2019 . 7 October 2019.
  10. News: Amanita Design's next game is a sidescrolling platformer called Creaks . pcgamer . 9 October 2018 . 9 October 2018 . en.
  11. Web site: Amanita Design announces horror adventure game Happy Game for Switch, PC . Gematsu . 15 December 2020 . 15 December 2020.
  12. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/117185/Gamasutras_Best_Of_2009_Top_10_Indie_Games.php Gamasutra's Best Of 2009: Top 10 Indie Games
  13. http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/08/gdc-2007-independent-games-festival-awards-2 GDC 2007: INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL AWARDS

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