Frictional Games

Overview

Frictional Games is an independent game development company located in Helsingborg, the south of Sweden. It was co-founded by Thomas Grip and Jens Nilsson. They created their own 3D engine: HPL.

The studio is known for its Penumbra horror franchise, a series of games that originated out of a tech demo for their 3D engine. The games combine elements from classic adventure games with a dynamic environment based on a physics engine and a 1st-person action setting largely based on stealth. Two games have been released so far, Overture (2007) and Penumbra: Black Plague (2008) (+ the expansion Requiem).

In September 2008 the company revealed to be working on a new survival horror game set in the 18th century.

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Related Web-Sites

• Frictional Games -- The Official homepage
• Frictional Games On Penumbra And The Future -- interview with Jens Nilsson (Sound Director) and Thomas Grip (Lead Programmer), about the Penumbra series and the future of the company, on Rock, Paper, Shotgun (17th February 2009)

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