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Digital Eel
IndustryVideo game industry
Founded2001
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
ProductsInfinite Space series
Websitewww.digital-eel.com

Digital Eel is a self-funded independent video game development team located in the Seattle, Washington area. Digital Eel is best known for its Infinite Space series of space roguelikes.

History

The group was formed in 2001 by Rich Carlson (Ion Storm, Looking Glass Studios), Iikka Keränen (Looking Glass Studios, Valve) and Bill "Phosphorus" Sears (KnowWonder, GameHouse).[1]

In April 2013, Digital Eel announced plans for the third installment of the Infinite Space series, Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars, and turned to Kickstarter.com to crowdfund the project.[2] Funding was successful.[3]

Developers

Games

Reception

Digital Eel is best known for its Infinite Space series of space roguelikes, Strange Adventures in Infinite Space (2002), Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space (2005) and Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars (2015). Strange Adventures and Weird Worlds pioneered the space roguelike subgenre, inspiring later efforts like FTL: Faster Than Light.[4]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Digital Eel - About Us". digital-eel.com. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "Digital Eel Launches Kickstarter for Next Infinite Space Game". Game Politics. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars". Kickstarter. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "IGF awards 2013: FTL acceptance speech for Excellence in Design award". Game Developers Conference. March 28, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "The 12th Annual Independent Games Festival - Finalists & Winners". igf.com. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "The 12th Annual Independent Games Festival - 2006 Finalists & Winners". igf.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  7. ^ "The 12th Annual Independent Games Festival - 2006 Finalists & Winners". igf.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  8. ^ a b "The 12th Annual Independent Games Festival - 2004 Finalists & Winners". igf.com. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

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