Red Thread Games is a Norwegian

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based in

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. Their first release was '' Dreamfall Chapters'', the episodic sequel to '' Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'', released in five episodes between 2014 and 2016. The team consists of several veterans from the Norwegian game industry, primarily former employees of

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. The team has previously worked on ''

The Longest Journey ''The Longest Journey'' () is a 1999 Adventure game, point-and-click adventure video game, written by Ragnar Tørnquist, developed by Norwegian studio Funcom, and released on Microsoft Windows in November 1999; an iOS version was later develope ...

'', '' Dreamfall'', '' Age of Conan'', '' The Secret World'' and other titles.

History

Red Thread was founded in September 2012 by Ragnar Tørnquist, creator of ''The Longest Journey'' and ''Dreamfall'' sagas, and '' The Secret World'' and '' Anarchy Online'' universes. On 1 November 2012, Tørnquist announced that the long-awaited sequel to ''Dreamfall'' was on its way from his new development studio after obtaining the first of several development grants from the

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for the pre-production of '' Dreamfall Chapters''. Norwegian. Retrieved 28 May 2013 On 8 February 2013, a

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campaign was launched for ''Dreamfall Chapters'' which closed at USD$1,538,425, almost doubling their goal of $850,000. The game also received an additional two million

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in grants from the Norwegian Film Institute. On 30 October 2013, RTG announced that they had begun working on a new game titled '' Draugen'', a first-person

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set in the 1920s Norway. The development was supported by grants from the Norwegian Film Institute totaling four million NOK (approx. $375,000), as well as a grant of 150,000 Euros from the EU's

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project. The game also received 150,000 NOK (approx. $14,000) from Viken Filmsenter. Since 2016, the company has been working on ''Svalbard'', which was among six Norwegian games to receive grants from the Norwegian Film Institute in 2023, in addition to financial support from Creative Europe, Viken Filmsenter and Epic MegaGrants. In 2024, the company released '' Dustborn'', which was followed by the announcement of ''Hello Sunshine'', a survival role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. The development of the latter was supported by 2,195,000 million NOK (approx. $206,000) from the Norwegian Film Institute. The company is also working on ''Project M'', an untitled RPG which has received 7.3 million NOK (approx. $640,000) from the Norwegian Film Institute.

Games

* '' Dreamfall Chapters'' (2014–2017) * '' Draugen'' (2019) * '' Dustborn'' (2024) * ''Hello Sunshine'' (TBA) * ''Svalbard'' (TBA) * ''Project M'' (TBA)

References

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External links

Red Thread Games website
Companies based in Oslo Indie game developers Norwegian companies established in 2012 Video game companies established in 2012 Video game companies of Norway