Bitsquid is a discontinued 3D
game engine with support for
Linux
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, Windows,
PlayStation 4,
PlayStation 3
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,
Xbox 360
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, Android and iOS. It uses the
Lua scripting language.
The company was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, by two engineers who had previously worked at game studio
Grin, and by the owners of game developer
Fatshark
Fatshark is a Swedish video game development studio based in Stockholm, Sweden. The studio is located in Stockholm. Fatshark acted as a subcontractor for several AAA titles for PC and consoles, and the studio also develops its own games. In Jan ...
.
Fatshark have used the engine in a number of their games.
Games built with the engine include ''
Escape Dead Island
''Escape Dead Island'' is an adventure survival horror video game developed by Swedish developer Fatshark, published by German studio Deep Silver and distributed by Square Enix in North America for PS3 and Xbox 360 and Valve for PC. It is the sec ...
'', ''
Hamilton's Great Adventure
''Hamilton's Great Adventure'' is a puzzle game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Android. The game was the first self-published title from the Swedish developer Fatshark, which was considered a surprising change in the developer's choice ...
'', ''
Krater
A krater or crater ( grc-gre, , ''kratēr'', literally "mixing vessel") was a large two-handled shape of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water.
Form and function
At a Greek symposium, krat ...
'', ''
Gauntlet'', ''
Helldivers'', ''Magicka: Wizard Wars'', ''
Magicka 2
''Magicka 2'' is an action-adventure video game, the sequel to ''Magicka'', for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and PlayStation 4. It was released on May 26, 2015 and was announced at Sony's E3 2014 media briefing with a trailer. Instead of bei ...
'', ''
The Showdown Effect'', ''
War of the Vikings
''War of the Vikings'' was a multiplayer hack and slash video game developed by Fatshark and published by Paradox Interactive. The game was announced at the Paradox Platypus Homecoming Event on 7 August 2013 in Sydney, Australia. The game is a fo ...
'', ''
War of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487), known at the time and for more than a century after as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. These wars were fought bet ...
'', ''
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide''
and ''
Warhammer: Vermintide 2''.
Bitsquid was acquired by
Autodesk
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in June 2014; the company integrated the engine and related middleware into their games development toolchain, including
3ds Max
Autodesk 3ds Max, formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max, is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images. It is developed and produced by Autodesk Media and Entertainment. It has modeling cap ...
,
Maya
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Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a popul ...
,
Mudbox
Mudbox is a proprietary
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