Trinigy
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Trinigy is 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 an advanced technology for professional game and serious game development and is being used in more than 150 commercial game productions all over the world. Game companies like Ubisoft
, Take Two Interactive, JoWood, Firefly Studios
, Spellbound and Neowiz
are using the Vision Engine for developing their games.
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. In September 2010, the firm expanded to Asia and announced the set-up of an Asian office in Seoul, South Korea.
At the end of 2007, Trinigy's Vision Engine was nominated as an engine finalist for Game Developer Magazine
's Frontline Award.
In June 2009 and June 2010, Trinigy's Vision Engine was nominated as an engine finalist for Develop Magazine's
Industry Excellence Award.
On August 8, 2011, Havok
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel) announced that the company acquired Trinigy for an undisclosed amount.
middleware specifically targeted to the games and serious games industry. It currently supports the following platforms:
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. 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.
Trinigy's Vision Engine is an advanced technology for professional game and serious game development and is being used in more than 150 commercial game productions all over the world. Game companies like Ubisoft
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
, Take Two Interactive, JoWood, Firefly Studios
Firefly Studios
Firefly Studios is a computer game developer that has offices in London, England and Canton, Connecticut, with a QA department in Aberdeen, Scotland. The Company was formed in August 1999 by Simon Bradbury, Eric Ouellette and David Lester who had worked together on numerous titles such as the...
, Spellbound and Neowiz
Neowiz
- Company history :NEOWIZ is an internet and online game service company in South Korea founded in 1997. In 1998, NEOWIZ released the world’s first automatic internet access software, One Click, which helped users skip different settings for internet access through dial-ups...
are using the Vision Engine for developing their games.
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. In September 2010, the firm expanded to Asia and announced the set-up of an Asian office in Seoul, South Korea.
At the end of 2007, Trinigy's Vision Engine was nominated as an engine finalist for Game Developer Magazine
Game Developer Magazine
Game Developer magazine is the premier publication for working video game creators, and reaches over 35,000 industry professionals monthly. Each month, industry leaders and experts share technical solutions, review new game development tools, and discuss strategies for creating innovative,...
's Frontline Award.
In June 2009 and June 2010, Trinigy's Vision Engine was nominated as an engine finalist for Develop Magazine's
Develop (magazine)
Develop is a monthly trade magazine for the video games industry. Based in Hertford, Hertfordshire, the magazine allows participation by anyone working in the video game industry. Develop is the only European-based website and print magazine aimed exclusively at the development community...
Industry Excellence Award.
On August 8, 2011, Havok
Havok (company)
Havok is an Irish computer software company that provides interactive software and services for digital media creators in the video game and movie industries....
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel) announced that the company acquired Trinigy for an undisclosed amount.
Vision Engine
Trinigy's Vision Engine is a cross-platform 3D game engineGame engine
A game engine is a system designed for the creation and development of video games. There are many game engines that are designed to work on video game consoles and personal computers...
middleware specifically targeted to the games and serious games industry. It currently supports the following platforms:
- WindowsMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
-PCPersonal computerA personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator... - MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Xbox 360Xbox 360The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
(including Xbox Live ArcadeXbox Live ArcadeXbox Live Arcade is a type of video game download distribution available primarily in a section of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft's digital distribution network for the Xbox 360, that focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent game developers...
) - SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
PlayStation 3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
(including PlayStation Network) - NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
WiiWiiThe Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
(including WiiWareWiiWareWiiWare is a service that allows Wii users to download games and applications specifically designed and developed for the Wii video game console made by Nintendo. These games and applications can only be purchased and downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare section...
) - Web Browsers with Trinigy's new WebVision
- iOSIOSiOS is an operating system for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.IOS may also refer to:-Companies and organisations:* Illinois Ornithological Society, American state-based bird club...
(In development) - SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
's PlayStation Vita (NGP)
Vision Engine full licenses typically come with full source code
Source code
In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...
, 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. 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
Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade is a type of video game download distribution available primarily in a section of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft's digital distribution network for the Xbox 360, that focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent game developers...
/ PSN / WiiWare
WiiWare
WiiWare is a service that allows Wii users to download games and applications specifically designed and developed for the Wii video game console made by Nintendo. These games and applications can only be purchased and downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare section...
productions.
Game Customers
- Emergency 2012--Quadriga Games
- Lucha Fury--Punchers Impact
- Night of Joeanne--Sluggerfly
- RavensDaleRavensDaleRavensDale is a fantasy action game, developed by Spellbound Entertainment. It was revealed at the Game Developers Conference 2010, in San Francisco, although it has been in development since 2007.-Development:...
--SpellboundSpellbound- Film and television :* Spellbound , with Lois Meredith* Spellbound , directed by John Harlow* Spellbound , directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck... - Trapped Dead--Headup Games
- Stronghold 3Stronghold 3Stronghold 3 is a 2011 real-time strategy computer game developed by Firefly Studios and published by SouthPeak Games. The game is the seventh in the series after several spin-offs, a remake and an MMORTS. It is the sequel to Stronghold, released in 2001, and Stronghold 2 released in 2005...
--Firefly StudiosFirefly StudiosFirefly Studios is a computer game developer that has offices in London, England and Canton, Connecticut, with a QA department in Aberdeen, Scotland. The Company was formed in August 1999 by Simon Bradbury, Eric Ouellette and David Lester who had worked together on numerous titles such as the... - 7554--EMOBI Games
- Arcania: Gothic 4--JoWooD/SpellboundSpellbound- Film and television :* Spellbound , with Lois Meredith* Spellbound , directed by John Harlow* Spellbound , directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck...
- The Settlers 7: Paths to a KingdomThe Settlers 7: Paths to a KingdomThe Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom is a real time strategy and city-building video game developed by Blue Byte Software and published by Ubisoft. It was released on March 23, 2010 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the seventh game in The Settlers series.-Gameplay:Paths to a Kingdom features...
--UbisoftUbisoftUbisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
-Blue Byte Studio - DIZZEL--NeoWiz Corp.
- Planet 51 Online--Zed Group
- The Dark Eye: DemoniconThe Dark Eye: DemoniconThe Dark Eye: Demonicon is an upcoming fantasy-themed role-playing game for the Xbox 360 and PC, and is to be published by The Games Company and developed in-house by Silver Style Entertainment...
--Noumena Studios
Serious Game Customers
- Bus-Tram-Cable Car: San Francisco--TML Studios
- Shooting Systems--SST Scheubeck GmbH
- Interactive Driving/Braking Simulation--BOSCHRobert Bosch GmbHRobert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...