Trinigy
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| Subsidiary of Havok | |
| Industry | Game engine, Middleware |
| Founded | Eningen, Germany |
| Headquarters |
Eningen, Germany Austin, TX, USA Seoul, South Korea |
Key people |
Dag Frommhold, Manag. Director Felix Roeken, GM Florian Born, Technical Director Fabian Roeken, Head of Support Danie Conradie, CEO Trinigy, Inc. |
| Products | Trinigy Vision Engine |
| Owner | Intel |
| Parent | Havok |
| Website | www.trinigy.net |
Trinigy was an independent company focusing on the development of advanced 3D graphics technology with its headquarters based in Southern Germany, with offices in Austin, TX (USA) and Seoul, South Korea.
Trinigy's Vision Engine is a game engine used in more than 150 commercial game productions all over the world including Ubisoft, Take Two Interactive, JoWood, Firefly Studios, Spellbound and Neowiz.[1]
In the second half of 2007, Trinigy expanded to the US and founded a fully owned subsidiary in Austin, TX. The US office is headed by Daniel J. Conradie, one of the original founders of Trinigy.[2] In September 2010, the firm expanded to Asia and announced the set-up of an Asian office in Seoul, South Korea.[3]
At the end of 2007, Trinigy's Vision Engine was nominated as an engine finalist for Game Developer Magazine's Frontline Award.[4]
In June 2009 and June 2010, Trinigy's Vision Engine was nominated as an engine finalist for Develop Magazine's Industry Excellence Award.[5][6]
On August 8, 2011, Havok (a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel) announced that the company acquired Trinigy for an undisclosed amount.[7]
Vision Engine
Trinigy's Vision Engine is a cross-platform 3D game engine middleware specifically targeted to the games industry. It currently supports the following platforms:
- Windows-PC
- Microsoft Xbox 360 (including Xbox Live Arcade)
- Sony PlayStation 3 (including PlayStation Network)
- Nintendo Wii (including WiiWare)
- Nintendo Wii U
- Web Browsers with Trinigy's new WebVision
- iOS
- Android
- Windows Phone 8
- Sony's PlayStation Vita (NGP)
Vision Engine full licenses typically come with full source code, updates and support to its licensees so developers have the possibility to customize the engine and its tools, exporters, and middleware bindings for their specific needs. The Vision SDK also provides comprehensive documentation, samples and video tutorials.[8] According to Trinigy, the firm offers licensing models for both full-price A to AAA titles and Value Games as well as online-distributed XBLA / PSN / WiiWare productions.[8]
Game Customers
- Emergency 2012--Quadriga Games
- Police Force 2--Quadriga Games
- Carnival Island--Magic Pixel Games
- Lucha Fury--Punchers Impact
- Night of Joeanne--Sluggerfly
- RavensDale--Spellbound
- Trapped Dead--Headup Games
- Stronghold 3--Firefly Studios
- 7554--EMOBI Games
- Arcania: Gothic 4--JoWooD/Spellbound
- The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom--Ubisoft-Blue Byte Studio
- DIZZEL--NeoWiz Corp.
- Planet 51 Online--Zed Group
- The Dark Eye: Demonicon--Noumena Studios
- Orcs Must Die![9]--Robot Entertainment
- Anno 2070--Ubisoft-Related Designs-Blue Byte Studio
Simulation Customers
- Bus-Tram-Cable Car: San Francisco--TML Studios
- World of Subways Vol. 3 London Underground--TML Studios
- Shooting Systems--SST Scheubeck GmbH
- Interactive Driving/Braking Simulation--BOSCH
References
- ↑ "Clients game customers".
- ↑ "Engine Company Trinigy Expands With Austin Office" (News). Gamasutra. 2007-08-09.
- ↑ "Trinigy opens office in Korea" (Press release). September 2010.
- ↑ "Game Developer's 2007 Front Line Award Finalists Announced" (News). Gamasutra. 2007-11-29.
- ↑ "Trinigy Press Release". 2009-06-05.
- ↑ "Develop Awards: the finalists are revealed".
- ↑ "Havok Announces Acquisition of Trinigy". Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Trinigy Website".
- ↑ "Orcs Must Die! using Trinigy Vision Engine". Retrieved 2012-01-25.