Amanita Design is a Czech independent video game developing company founded in 2003 by Jakub Dvorský and headquartered in Brno, Czech Republic. The company has created award-winning games including Machinarium, the Samorost series and Botanicula, as well as educational and advertising minigames and animations, all using Adobe Flash. Clients include BBC, Nike and The Polyphonic Spree.
Samorost 2 has won the Webby Award. In 2009, Amanita Design released the award-winning game Machinarium. Botanicula was released in April 2012 as both a standalone purchase as well as the subject of the Humble Botanicula Debut. On March 24, 2016 they released Samorost 3 (the follow-up to Samorost 2).
There are nine games released by Amanita Design and one game being in development.
Kooky (puppet feature film and book)Plantage (music video for Under Byen)Na tu svatbu (music video for Kamil Jasmín)Shy dwarf (short game by Jaromír Plachý)Nusle (short film)Psyride (psytrance music video)Blanka Šperková (flash website)Podvědomím (flash website)Pantry (web toy)Team members and collaborators
Jakub DvorskýVáclav Blín (main animator)David Oliva (programmer)Tomáš Dvořák (Floex) (musician)Tomáš Dvořák (Pif) (soundman)Adolf Lachman (painter)Jaromír Plachý (additional animator)Jan Werner (programmer)BotaniculaIndieCade - Story / World Design Award (2012)Annual Independent Games Festival - Excellence in Audio Award (2012)MachinariumAnnual Independent Games Festival - Excellence in Visual Art Award (2009)DICE Awards - Nomination for 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (2009)Gamasutra - Best Indie Game of 2009VGChartz.com - Best Indie Game of 2009PC Gamer - Best Soundtrack of 2009Samorost 2Flashforward Film Festival - winner in Original Sound category (2006)Seoul net festival - Best Web-Work Award (2006)Webby Award - winner in games category (2007)Annual Independent Games Festival - Best Web Browser Game (2007)SamorostTop Talent Award - nominee (2003)Webby Award - nominee (2004)QuestionautBritish Academy Award (BAFTA) - nominee (2009)Mochis Award - Best Game Art (2009)
