Amanita Design is a Czech independent video game developing company founded in 2003 by Jakub Dvorský and headquartered in Brno, Czech Republic. 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.
History
Samorost 2 has won the Webby Award. 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). 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.
Games
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 (game designer, graphic artist, Amanita Design founder and CEO) Jaromír Plachý (game designer, animator, graphic artist) Václav Blín (animator, graphic artist) (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 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) Samorost Top Talent Award - nominee (2003) Webby Award - nominee (2004)