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

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, Czech Republic. In 2003, he founded Amanita Design, 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 Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. He was taught by Jiří Barta. In 2003 he established the company Amanita Design and released his first project '' Samorost'' ("Maverick"). Amanita Design was partially made from former NoSense staff. The studio develops games in Flash. Most of the projects were Point-and-click adventure games. Dvorský worked on projects such as '' Samorost 2'', '' Machinarium'' and '' Samorost 3'' which was released on March 24, 2016 after five years in development. His latest game, '' Happy Game'', 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

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Games

* ''

Dragon History A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...

'' - (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'' - (1997) * '' Samorost'' (2003) * ''Rocketman VC'' – game for Nike (2004) * '' Samorost 2'' (2005) * ''The Quest for the Rest'' – game for The Polyphonic Spree (2006) * '' Questionaut'' – educational game for BBC (2008) * '' Machinarium'' (2009) * ''

Botanicula ''Botanicula'' is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. The game was released on April 19, 2012, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The game was later ported to iOS and Android. Gameplay Like the previous games ...

'' (2012) * '' Samorost 3'' (2016) * '' Chuchel'' (2018) * '' Pilgrims'' (2019) * '' Creaks'' (2020) * '' Happy Game'' (2021)

Awards

With his studio Amanita Design, Dvorský has won a lot of awards. Machinarium won the award for the Best Indie Game 2009 by Gamasutra and the award for the Best Soundtrack in a video game by PC Gamer.

won a

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2012 in the category "Best European Adventure Game".

References

External links

Amanita Design

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