Flazm

{{Short description|Lithuanian video game developer and publisher}}

{{Primary sources|date=June 2018}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Flazm

| logo = Flazm logo.png

| type =

| industry = Video games

| founded = {{Start date and age|2010}} in Magnitogorsk, Russia

| founders = {{flatlist|

  • Alexey Davydov
  • Sergey Dvoynikov
  • Timofey Shargorodskiy}}

| website = {{URL|flazm.com}}

| num_employees = 9

| hq_location_city = Vilnius

| hq_location_country = Lithuania

}}

Flazm Interactive Entertainment is a Lithuanian video game developer and publisher founded in 2010. It is best known for creating the simulation video games Train Valley and its sequel, Train Valley 2.

History

Flazm Interactive Entertainment was founded in 2010 in Magnitogorsk, Russia, by Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, and Timofey Shargorodskiy. The main focus of the studio was developing web games. Flazm has created over 30 web games for Kizi and Kongregate which have been played over a billion times.

Flazm's first railroad game, called Railway Valley, was developed by Alexey Davydov in 2008, inspired by an older game called Shortline.https://steamcommunity.com/app/353640/discussions/0/523897653319168679/ Four years later, two sequels – Railway Valley 2 and Railway Valley Missions – were released, and development started for Train Valley.

In 2014, Flazm moved their headquarters to Vilnius, Lithuania. On September 16, 2015, the studio released Train Valley on Steam. Relocating to Lithuania also allowed Flazm to work with Lithuanian developer Egis Bachur on Scrap Garden, which was released in 2016.

On December 23, 2016, Flazm announced that Train Valley 2 was in development. On March 29, 2018, Train Valley 2 entered early access, with the game releasing on April 13, 2019.

Games

class="wikitable"
Title

! Year

! Genre

! Platforms

Train Valley

| 2015

| Simulation

| Windows, macOS, iOS

Scrap Garden

| 2016

| Puzzle-platformer

| Windows, macOS

Train Valley 2

| 2018

| Simulation

| Windows, macOS

Train Valley World

| 2024

| Simulation

| Windows, macOS

= Web games =

class="wikitable"
TitleWebsite
Bob the Robberrowspan=10 | Kongregate
Truck Loader 4
Bob the Robber 2
Jim Loves Mary
Headless Zombie
Money Movers
Jim Loves Mary 2
Headless Zombie 2
Money Movers 2
Ruthless Pandas
Money Movers 3rowspan=3 | Kizi
Truck Loader 5
The Last Survivors
Bob the Robber 3rowspan=2 | Flazm
Bob the Robber 4

Game Reviews

Daniel Waite at Movies Game and Tech wrote a review of Scrap Garden, "It’s a cute story full of interesting characters and {{sic|humo|urous|expecting=humorous}} moments, but it’s old hat. I could have heard this story in any other game and I’d know what to expect. Even though I wasn’t captivated by the storyline, this doesn’t mean I disliked the gameplay."{{Cite web|date=2021-08-24|title=Review: Scrap Garden|url=https://moviesgamesandtech.com/2021/08/24/review-scrap-garden/|access-date=2021-10-02|website=Movies Games and Tech|language=en-GB}}

References

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{{cite web |url=http://railwayvalley.com/railway-valley-2 |title=Railway Valley 2 |website=Railway Valley|access-date=August 22, 2017}}

{{cite web |url=http://railwayvalley.com/game/railway-valley-missions |title=Railway Valley Missions |website=Railway Valley| access-date=August 22, 2017}}

{{cite web |url=http://train-valley.com/who-we-are/ |title=Who we are? |website=Train Valley |access-date=July 5, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903090943/http://train-valley.com/who-we-are/ |archive-date=September 3, 2017 }}

{{cite news|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/09/16/train-valley-released/|title=Choo Choo! Train Valley Leaves Early Access|author=Alice O'Connor|date=September 16, 2015|access-date=July 6, 2017}}

{{cite tweet|user=TrainValley|number=644225663092793344|title=Poechali!!!|access-date=July 6, 2017|date=September 16, 2015}}

{{cite web|url=http://flazm.com/presskit| website=Flazm| title=Flazm Press Kit|access-date=July 23, 2017}}

{{cite tweet|user=TrainValley|number=812306265942687744|date=December 23, 2016|title=Guess what? Train Valley 2 is officially announced! Choo-choo! #indiedev #gamedev|access-date=July 6, 2017}}

{{cite web|url=http://train-valley.com/train-valley-2-officially-development/|website=Train Valley|title=Train Valley 2 is officially in development!|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913041956/http://train-valley.com/train-valley-2-officially-development/|archive-date=September 13, 2017|access-date=March 31, 2018}}

{{cite tweet|user=TrainValley|number=979418266828443650|title=Train Valley 2 is finally released in Early Access! If you are lucky owner of TV1 - Don't forget to use you discount coupon!|date=March 29, 2018}}

{{cite news |last1=Elmer-Haerrig |first1=Vincent |title=Train Valley 2 entre en gare très bientôt |url=http://www.gameblog.fr/news/82486-train-valley-2-entre-en-gare-tres-bientot |access-date=August 16, 2020 |work=Gameblog |date=April 2, 2019 |language=fr}}

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