Amanita Design

Short description: Czech independent video game developer

Amanita Design

Type| Private
Industry| Video games
Founded| 2003
Founder| Jakub Dvorský
Headquarters|

Brno

Czech Republic

Products| Samorost series
Machinarium
Botanicula
Chuchel

Number of employees

| 20 (2016)[1]
Website| amanita-design.net

Amanita Design is a Czech independent video game developing company founded in 2003 by Jakub Dvorský and headquartered in Brno, 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.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Games
* 3 Side projects
* 4 Team members and collaborators
* 5 Awards
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## 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.

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]

## Games

All games by Amanita Design by system  Title | Year | Platform(s) | Description

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Samorost | 2003 | Browser, Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS | Point and click adventure game
Rocketman | 2004 | Browser | Short game for Nike
The Quest for the Rest | 2004 | Browser | Short game for band Polyphonic spree
Samorost 2 | 2005 | Browser, Android, Windows, iOS, MacOS | Second game in the Samorost series
Questionaut | 2008 | Browser | Short educational game
Plachý Trpaslík | 2009  | Browser | Short platformer game
Machinarium | 2009 | Windows, iOS, PS3 , PS Vita, PS4 Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One | First full-length game
Botanicula | 2012 | Windows, MacOS, iOS, Linux, Android | Second full-length game
Samorost 3 | 2016 | Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android | Third game in the Samorost series and third full-length game
Chuchel | 2018 | Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android[7] | Comedy adventure game by Jaromír Plachý
Pilgrims | 2019 | iOS, Windows, MacOS, Linux | Adventure game.[8]
Creaks | 2020 | Windows, MacOS, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch | Mystery puzzle game[9]
Happy Game | 2021 | Windows, MacOS, Nintendo Switch | Puzzle horror game[10]
Phonopolis | TBD  | TBD  | A hand-crafted adventure game[5]

## Side projects

* Vespering - music video for DVA by Jaromír Plachý (2016)
* Mulatu - music video for DVA by Jaromír Plachý (2013)
* Zorya \- music album by Floex (2011)
* Kooky - puppet feature film and book by Jakub Dvorský (2010)
* Nunovó Tango - music video for DVA by Jaromír Plachý (2009)
* Plantage - music video for Under Byen by Jakub Dvorský (2004)
* Na tu svatbu - music video for Kamil Jasmín by Václav Blín (2002)
* Nusle - short film (2001)
* Psyride - psytrance music video (2001)
* Blanka Šperková - flash website by Jakub Dvorský
* Podvědomím - flash website by Jakub Dvorský
* Pantry - web toy by Jakub Dvorský

## Team members and collaborators

Jakub Dvorský, studio founder

* Jakub Dvorský (game designer, graphic artist, Amanita Design founder and CEO)
* Jaromír Plachý (game designer, animator, graphic artist)
* Václav Blín (animator, graphic artist)
* Adolf Lachman [cs] (graphic artist, painter, sculptor)
* Tomáš Dvořák (Floex) (musician)
* Tomáš Dvořák (Pif) (sound effects designer, production assistant, CFO)
* DVA (musicians) - Bára Ungerová and Jan Kratochvíl
* David Oliva (programmer)
* Jan Werner (programmer)
* Peter Stehlík (programmer)

## Awards

Chuchel

* Annual Independent Games Festival - Excellence in Visual Art (2018)
* Annual Independent Games Festival - Excellence in Audio Award - nominee (2018)
* Adventure Gamers - The Aggie Awards - Best Character, Animation and Sound Effects (2018)

Samorost 3

* Annual Independent Games Festival - Excellence in Visual Art - nominee (2014)
* Annual Independent Games Festival - Excellence in Audio Award - nominee (2014)
* Adventure Gamers - The Aggie Awards - Best Non-Traditional Adventure (2016)

Botanicula

* IndieCade - Story / World Design Award (2012)
* Annual Independent Games Festival - Excellence in Audio Award (2012)
* Annual Independent Games Festival - Excellence in Visual Art - nominee (2012)
* Adventure Gamers - The Aggie Awards - Best Animation (2012)

Machinarium

* Annual Independent Games Festival - Excellence in Visual Art Award (2009)
* DICE Awards - Nomination for 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (2009)
* Gamasutra - Best Indie Game of 2009[11]
* VGChartz.com - Best Indie Game of 2009
* PC Gamer - Best Soundtrack of 2009

Questionaut

* British Academy Award (BAFTA) - nominee (2009)
* Mochis Award - Best Game Art (2009)

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)[12]

Samorost

* Top Talent Award - nominee (2003)
* Webby Award \- nominee (2004)

## References

1. ↑ "Video Game Developers in the Czech Republic". 28 July 2016. http://blog.techloop.io/video-game-developers-in-the-czech-republic/.
2. ↑ INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Jakub Dvorsky, Founder Of Amanita Design And Creator Of Machinarium | Alternative Magazine Online
3. ↑ "Webby Nominees". webbyawards.com. http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=11. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
4. ↑ McElroy, Griffin. "Machinarium developer reveals three upcoming projects". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/26/machinarium-developer-reveals-three-upcoming-projects/.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Phonopolis". https://amanita-design.net/games/phonopolis.html.
6. ↑ "Phonopolis". https://amanita-design.net/games/phonopolis.html.
7. ↑ Dobrovský, Pavel. "Chuchel - představení nové hry od autora Botaniculy - Games.cz". http://games.tiscali.cz/preview/chuchel-predstaveni-nove-hry-od-autora-botaniculy-275939.
8. ↑ "Amanita Design Just Released 'Pilgrims' Which Is a Brand New Adventure Game Available Now in Apple Arcade". https://toucharcade.com/2019/10/07/pilgrims-new-amanita-design-game-apple-arcade-pc-available-now/.
9. ↑ "Amanita Design's next game is a sidescrolling platformer called Creaks" (in en). 9 October 2018. https://www.pcgamer.com/amanita-designs-next-game-is-a-sidescrolling-platformer-called-creaks/.
10. ↑ "Amanita Design announces horror adventure game Happy Game for Switch, PC". 15 December 2020. https://www.gematsu.com/2020/12/amanita-design-announces-horror-adventure-game-happy-game-for-switch-pc.
11. ↑ Gamasutra's Best Of 2009: Top 10 Indie Games, 18 December 2009
12. ↑ GDC 2007: INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL AWARDS, ign.com, 8 March 2007

## External links

* Amanita Design homepage
* Blog

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Amanita Design games

Samorost series|

* Samorost
* Samorost 2
* Samorost 3

Other full-length games|

* Machinarium
* Botanicula
* Chuchel
* Pilgrims
* Creaks

Browser games|

* Questionaut

Related|

* Jakub Dvorský
* Kooky

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