Amanita Design
Introduction '''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 + All games by ''Amanita Design'' by system Title  Year  Platform(s)  Description ''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 Trpaslík2009BrowserShort 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  Comedy adventure game by Jaromír Plachý ''Pilgrims''  2019  iOS, Windows, MacOS, Linux  Adventure game. ''Creaks''  2020  Windows, MacOS, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Mystery puzzle game ''Happy Game''  2021  Windows, MacOS, Nintendo Switch Puzzle horror game''Phonopolis''TBDTBDA hand-crafted adventure game
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)*  (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)
References
External links * Amanita Design homepage* Blog