Jakub Dvorský (born August 19, 1978) is a designer and video game creator from

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. In 2003, he founded

Amanita Design 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 ...

, a small independent game developing studio based in the Czech Republic.

Life and career

Between 1994–1997 he was part of video game studio NoSense. He participated in development of projects ''Dračí Historie'' ("Dragon History"), ''Katapult'' ("Catapult") and '' Asmodeus: Tajemný kraj Ruthaniolu'' ("Asmodeus: Mysterious Country of Ruthaniol"). The studio was defunct in 1997. In years 1997–2003 he studied at

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. He was taught by

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. In 2003 he established the company

and released his first project ''

Samorost ''Samorost'' is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. The first game of the ''Samorost'' series was released in 2003 for free on the Amanita Design website. Two sequels were released, '' Samorost 2'' in 2005 and '' ...

'' ("Maverick"). Amanita Design was partially made from former NoSense staff. The studio develops games in

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. Most of the projects were

Point-and-click adventure game An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based me ...

s. Dvorský worked on projects such as ''

Samorost 2 ''Samorost 2'' is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. Released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux on 8 December 2005, the game is the second video game title in the ''Samorost'' series and the sequel to ''Sa ...

'', ''

Machinarium ''Machinarium'' is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. It was released on 16 October 2009 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, on 8 September 2011 for iPad 2 on the App Store, on 21 November 2011 for BlackBerr ...

'' and ''

Samorost 3 ''Samorost 3'' is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. It is the third video game title in the ''Samorost'' series and the sequel to '' Samorost 2''. It is the first game in the series that is full-length and with ...

'' which was released on March 24, 2016 after five years in development. His latest game, ''

Happy Game ''Happy Game'' is a survival horror point-and-click adventure game video game developed and published by Amanita Design. The game was released on October 28, 2021 for Microsoft Windows via Steam and the Nintendo Switch console. Plot A young boy ...

'', was released 2021. He also worked on animated film ''

Kooky ''Kooky'' ( cs, Kuky se vrací, literally "Kuky returns", a pun on '' Lassie se vrací'') is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the st ...

'' for which he gained nomination for Český lev

Games

* '' Dragon History'' - (1995) * ''

Katapult Katapult is a free application launcher for the TDE desktop environment. Original development ceased in 2008, but it's been maintained by the TDE developers ever since. Katapult allows the user to quickly launch applications or open files by p ...

'' - (1996) * ''

Asmodeus Asmodeus (; grc, Ἀσμοδαῖος, ''Asmodaios'') or Ashmedai (; he, אַשְמְדּאָי, ''ʾAšmədʾāy''; see below for other variations), is a ''prince of demons'' and hell."Asmodeus" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chica ...

'' - (1997) * ''

'' (2003) * ''Rocketman VC'' – game for

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(2004) * ''

'' (2005) * ''The Quest for the Rest'' – game for

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(2006) * ''

Questionaut ''Questionaut'' is a short educational video game developed by Amanita Design for the BBC. It's a point-and-click adventure game meant for English speaking children of school age. It is supposed to exercise their knowledge in English, mathematics ...

'' – educational game for

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(2008) * ''

'' (2009) * '' Botanicula'' (2012) * ''

'' (2016) * ''

Chuchel ''Chuchel'' () is a 2018 video game developed by Amanita Design. Story The game follows the protagonist Chuchel, a Dust-style creature, as he tries to retrieve a cherry stolen by a giant one early morning, with his all-in-one best friend, enemy a ...

'' (2018) * '' Pilgrims'' (2019) * ''

Creaks ''Creaks'' is a puzzle-platform game developed by Amanita Design. It was announced on 9 October 2018. The game was released on 10 July 2020 for Apple Arcade, followed by Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft Windows on 22 July 2 ...

'' (2020) * ''

'' (2021)

Awards

With his studio Amanita Design, Dvorský has won a lot of awards.

won the award for the Best Indie Game 2009 by

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and the award for the Best Soundtrack in a video game by

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. Botanicula won a European Games Award 2012 in the category "Best European Adventure Game".

References

External links

Amanita Design

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