Detalion S.C, was a Polish video game developer founded by a partnership of six people, that first met in the early 1990s (Maciej Miąsik, Robert Ożóg, Łukasz Pisarek, Krzysztof Bar, Roland Pantoła & Danuta Sienkowska), working from game developer and publisher

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. These games (particularly ''Mysterious Journey: Schizm'') were noted for the complexity and great difficulty of their puzzles, and also were hailed as having some of the best graphics in the industry at the time. Detalion was one of the first developers to use the

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disc as an effective medium for software distribution. After Detalion's disestablishment in 2005, its founders went on to create

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(basically a one-person shop, headed by Roland Pantola, which produced basic game concepts) and Detalion Art (to work as an outsourcing studio doing various jobs, including for

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game

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, until being purchased by

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in 2007 and rebrand as City Interactive Rzeszów). In the same year, they started to work on ''Art of Murder'' series. In 2010,

was working in Galander, an upcoming action game developed for PC but since then no more information was released about the game. In 2012, Roland Pantola from

created a sister studio called Detalion Furniture to create innovative furniture design. In 2018, after 15 years, Roland Pantola revealed that Schizm III: Nemezis is in development for

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through

, using

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and will be published by PlayWay S.A. In ''Schizm III: Nemezis'', you return to the beautiful planet of Argilus (original Schizm) as Amia and Bogard, two tourists hoping for an enjoyable and relaxing vacation. It was released on July 8, 2021.

V-Cruise Engine

V-Cruise engine was developed by Detalion for

to provide immersive experience and ultra-smooth, fast and effective navigation between hundreds of locations of their games. V-Cruise engine provides full motion 25p 360 degree panoramic views.

Features

* Supports hardware accelerated 3D sound cards for full 360 degree sound positioning. * CD quality music.

List of video games

References

External links

A long interview about the history of Detalion and what happened to the team it consisted of (June 2008)
a
Adventure Classic Gaming

Detalion Home Page

Article from adventuregamers.com about the closing of Detalion
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