Radon Labs#Selected games
{{Short description|German video game developer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Radon Labs
| logo = File:Radonlabslogo.svg
| defunct = 2010
| type = GmbH
| foundation = 1993 (as "TerraTools")
| location = Berlin, Germany
| key_people = Bernd Beyreuther, Andre Blechschmidt
| industry = Video games
| products = Urban Assault
Project Nomads
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 100 (2009)
| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.radonlabs.de/ www.radonlabs.de] (archived, last version 2008)
}}
Radon Labs was a German video game developer based in Berlin. The company was founded in 2000 after TerraTools closed and changed their name to Radon Labs shortly after the development of Urban Assault. Radon Labs had its headquarters in Berlin and a second development studio in Halle-Leipzig. The company filed for bankruptcy in May 2010 and was bought by the browsergames publisher Bigpoint GmbH.{{cite web | url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/bigpoint-buys-radon-labs-opens-berlin-office | title=Bigpoint Buys Radon Labs, Opens Berlin Office | access-date=2011-06-19 | last=Caoili | first=Eric | date=October 25, 2010 | publisher=Gamasutra}}
TerraTools
The initial entity of TerraTools GmbH, "TERRATOOLS Computer Graphics Solutions" (Or the alternative German name of "TERRATOOLS
Software- und Filmproduktions
GmbH & Co. KG"), was founded in 1993 by Ulrich Weinberg, a professor of computeranimation and graphics at the HFF school for film and television in Babelsberg.
Ulrich worked with lead game designer Thomas Langhanki to begin game development with the studio's team in 1994.{{Cite web |url=http://www.terratools.de |title=TERRATOOLS' official website |date=October 1996 |website=www.terratools.de |access-date=May 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970217010839/http://www.terratools.de:80/ |archive-date=February 17, 1997 |url-status=dead }}
Products
= 3D Engine =
Radon Labs is the creator of the Nebula Device, an open source 3D game engine. Radon Labs released its engine under MIT license in 2006 and a later version in 2011.[https://sourceforge.net/projects/nebuladevice/ nebula device 2] on sourceforge.net (2006)[https://code.google.com/archive/p/nebuladevice/ nebula device 3] on google code (2011)
= Selected games =
- Urban Assault (1998)
- Project Nomads (2001)
- Michael Schumacher Racing World Kart 2002 (2002)
- Geniu$: The Tech Tycoon Game (2005)
- Paws and Claws: Pet Vet (2006)
- Riding Star 2 (2006)
- Riding Star 3 DS (2007)
- Treasure Island (2008)
- Drakensang: The Dark Eye (2008)
- Drakensang: The River of Time (2010){{cite web |url=http://www.drakensang.com/ |title='Drakensang prequel: The River Of Time in production |accessdate=2009-02-18 |date=2009-02-17}}
- ''Future Wars (2010) {{cite web |url=http://www.exp.de/shownews.php?id=32894 |title=GCom 09: Strategiespiel in der Mache |accessdate=2009-08-27 |date=2009-08-23}}
- Crazy Quiz (2010)
- Schwarzenberg (cancelled)
References
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External links
- [https://www.mobygames.com/company/radon-labs-gmbh/ Radon Labs] at MobyGames
- [http://sourceforge.net/projects/nebuladevice/ The Nebula Device] on SourceForge
- [https://code.google.com/p/nebuladevice/ The Nebula Device 3] on Google Code
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Category:Video game development companies
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Category:Companies based in Berlin