History
The group was formed in 2001 by Rich Carlson (Ion Storm, Looking Glass Studios), Iikka Keränen (Looking Glass Studios, Valve Corporation, Valve) and Bill "Phosphorus" Sears (KnowWonder, GameHouse). In April 2013, Digital Eel announced plans for the third installment of the Infinite Space series, ''Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars'', and turned to Kickstarter.com to Crowdfunding, crowdfund the project. Funding was successful.Developers
*Rich Carlson – design, sound, music and art *Iikka Keränen – design, code and art *Bill "Phosphorus" Sears (deceased) – artist, music and design *Henry Kropf – code, macOS expert *Chris Collins - code, macOS expert, Android expertGames
*''Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space'' (Android, iPad, iPhone, 2021) *''Strange Adventures in Infinite Space'' reissue (Linux, macOS, Windows, 2020) *''Goblin Slayer Third Edition'' (boardgame, 2019) *''Protagon'' (Virtual reality, VR game, HTC Vive/Microsoft Windows, Windows, 2017) *''Infinite Space Battle Poker'' (card game, 2016) *''Pairs: Infinite Space'' (card game, 2016) *''Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars'' (Microsoft Windows, Windows, Apple Macintosh, Mac, 2015) *''Eat Electric Death!'' (boardgame, 2013) *''Infinite Space Explorers: X-1 Expansion'' (card game, 2012) *''Infinite Space Explorers'' (card game, 2012) *''Data Jammers: FastForward'' (Windows, Mac, 2011 & 2015) *''Space Ludo'' (boardgame, 2009) *''BrainPipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity'' (Windows, Mac & iPhone, 2008 & 2009) *''Goblin Slayer'' (boardgame, 2008) *''Soup du Jour'' (Windows & iPad, 2007 & 2011) *''Eat Electric Death!'' (boardgame, 2007 but publisher defaulted) *''Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space'' (Windows, Mac, 2005, 2006, 2011 & 2014) *''Diceland Space: Terrans vs. Urluquai'' (setting, ship types & art, tabletop game, 2005) *''Diceland Space: Garthans vs. Muktians'' (setting, ship types & art, tabletop game, 2005) *''Independent Games'' (Independent Games Festival 30-game compilation CD-ROM that featured ''Big Box of Blox'', ''Dr. Blob's Organism'', ''Plasmaworm ''and ''Strange Adventures in Infinite Space'' Windows, 2005) *''Mac OS X Boiler Plate Special'' (Mac, 2004) *''Digital Eel's Big Box of Blox'' (Windows, Mac, handhelds, smartphones, 2003–2008) *''Dr. Blob's Organism'' (Windows & Mac, 2003) *''Strange Adventures in Infinite Space'' (Windows, Mac & handhelds, 2002-2020) *''Plasmaworm'' (Windows, July 17, 2001)Reception
Digital Eel is best known for its ''Infinite Space'' series of space roguelikes, ''Strange Adventures in Infinite Space'' (2002), ''Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space'' (2005) and ''Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars'' (2015). Strange Adventures and Weird Worlds pioneered the space roguelike subgenre, inspiring later efforts like ''FTL: Faster Than Light''.Awards
*Excellence in Audio: Brainpipe (Independent Games Festival, IGF, 2009) *Innovation in Audio: Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space (Independent Games Festival, IGF, 2006) *Seumas McNally Grand Prize finalist: Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space (Independent Games Festival, IGF, 2006) *Quest/Adventure Game of the Year: Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space (Game Tunnel, 2005) *Innovation in Visual Art: Dr. Blob's Organism (Independent Games Festival, IGF, 2004) *Innovation in Audio: Dr. Blob's Organism (Independent Games Festival, IGF, 2004)References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.digital-eel.com/ Companies based in Seattle Indie game developers Video game companies of the United States Video game development companies Video game companies established in 2001