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
LK Avalon
Laboratorium Komputerowe Avalon (lit. "Computer Laboratory Avalon"), abbreviated LK Avalon, was a Polish software developer and distributor, with product range encompassing video games, educational software and other applications.
History
The ...
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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
DVD-ROM
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disc as an effective medium for software distribution.
After Detalion's disestablishment in 2005, its founders went on to create
Detalion Games
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 dev ...
(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
CD Projekt
CD Projekt S.A. () is a Polish video game company based in Warsaw, founded in May 1994 by Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński. Iwiński and Kiciński were video game retailers before they founded the company, which initially acted as ...
game
The Witcher
''The Witcher'' (, ) is a series of 9 fantasy novels and 15 short stories by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous witcher, Geralt of Rivia. Witchers are monster hunters given superhuman abilities for the ...
, until being purchased by
City Interactive
CI Games S.A. (formerly City Interactive S.A.) is a Polish video game developer and publisher based in Warsaw. Founded in 2002, originally as a budget-range game company, CI Games is best known for the '' Sniper: Ghost Warrior'' and '' Lords of ...
in 2007 and rebrand as
City Interactive Rzeszów). In the same year, they started to work on
''Art of Murder'' series. In 2010,
Detalion Games
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 dev ...
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
Detalion Games
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 dev ...
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
Microsoft Windows
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through
Detalion Games
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 dev ...
, using
Unreal Engine 4
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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
Microsoft Windows
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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 GamingDetalion Home PageArticle from adventuregamers.com about the closing of Detalion
Defunct video game companies of Poland
Video game companies established in 1998
Video game companies disestablished in 2005
Video game development companies
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