Metropolis Software was a Polish
video game developer
A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...
founded in 1992
by high school friends
Adrian Chmielarz Adrian Chmielarz (born 1971 in Lubin) is a Polish video game designer, programmer, creative director, producer and writer specializing in adventure games and first-person shooters. Chmielarz has co-founded and led Metropolis Software, People Can ...
and Grzegorz Miechowski. The studio gained success in Europe with their titles.
By the end of 1997, Metropolis had expanded to included 20 full-time employees.
[ Around 2002, a personal conflict between Chmielarz and Miechowski led to Chmielarz to leave the company. A few months later, Chmielarz founded ]People Can Fly
People Can Fly is a Polish video game developer based in Warsaw. The studio was founded in February 2002 by Adrian Chmielarz, previously the co-founder of Metropolis Software, together with acquaintances Michał Kosieradzki and Andrzej Poznań ...
, along with some other staff from Metropolis.[ According to Chmielarz, Sapkowski had little interest in the game, only seeing the monetary value of the license, giving Metropolis freedom to develop as they saw fit. The company got as far as completing one playable level, producing press material, and securing a publisher ]TopWare
TopWare Interactive – AC Enterprises e.K. is a German video game publisher based in Karlsruhe. The company is best known for publishing the '' Two Worlds'' series developed by its Reality Pump Studios division.
History
TopWare Interactive w ...
, but at the time, Metropolis was also working on three other titles. Between these, difficulties with the game, and TopWare's concern that the Slavic nature of the source material may not have international appeal, the project was shelved. Chmielarz said that the project was never officially cancelled, but got lost among the other work they were doing by 1999. CD Projekt later acquired the rights for ''The Witcher'' to develop '' The Witcher'' (2007).
Games
* ''Tajemnica Statuetki
''Tajemnica Statuetki'' is a Polish-language adventure game developed and published by Metropolis Software House for DOS-based computers in 1993. While it was never released in English, it is known in the English-speaking world as ''The Mystery o ...
'' (1993)
* ''Teenagent
''Teenagent'' is a 1994 point-and-click adventure game developed by Polish developer Metropolis Software House. It was released for Amiga and MS-DOS. The player controls teenage boy Mark Hopper, who wants to be a secret agent. It was the first gam ...
'' (1994)
* ''Blaster!
''Katharsis'' (also known as ''Blaster!'') is a horizontally scrolling shooter from Polish developer Metropolis Software House and published by CD Projekt in 1997.
Plot
In the year 2616, a ship leaves Earth and 18 months later the planet lose ...
/'' ''Katharsis'' (1997)
* ''The Prince and the Coward
''The Prince and the Coward'' (Polish: ''Książę i Tchórz'') is a 1998 video game created by fantasy writer Jacek Piekara and video game designer Adrian Chmielarz. It was produced by Polish company Metropolis Software in cooperation with the ...
/'' ''Książę i tchórz'' (1998)
* ''RoboRumble /'' ''Reflux'' (1998)
* '' Gorky 17'' (1999)
* '' Archangel'' (2002)
* ''Gorky Zero: Beyond Honor'' (2003)
* ''Gorky Zero 2: Aurora Watching'' (2004)
* ''Ski Jumping 2006 /'' ''Skoki narciarskie 2006'' (2005)
* '' Infernal'' (2007)
* ''They'' (cancelled)
* ''Witcher / Wiedźmin'' (cancelled)
References
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Video game development companies
Video game companies established in 1992
Video game companies disestablished in 2009
Defunct video game companies of Poland
Companies based in Warsaw