Anego Studios

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Anego Studios
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TypePrivate
FoundedFebruary 1, 2016
FounderTyron Madlener[1]
HeadquartersLatvia
Employees8[1] (2021)

Anego Studios is an independent game developer originally based in Latvia, with international contributors. Founded on February 1, 2016 by Tyron Madlener, the studio is known for Vintage Story, first released publicly in September 2016[2].

History

Tyron Madlener and Irena Madlener (AKA Saraty) were both extremely fond of the survival game genre, most notably Minecraft which they played together for several years. Growing disappointed with the direction the game was taking, they created the mod Butterfly Mania in November 2014 in an effort to liven up the game world they grew to enjoy so much. This interest in modding the game lead to the creation of Vintagecraft in March 2015, a total conversion mod for Minecraft that altered the terrain generation, added a multitude of new blocks, introduced a new crafting system and slowed the general game progression. Such a large project, however, made them keenly aware of the limitations of that game's modding API.

Later in 2015, Tyron was hired by Hypixel Studios[3] to work on Hytale, but quickly discovered that the games' vision was not what he had originally suspected. This was the catalyst which soon led him to leave Hypixel Studios and found Anego Studios in February 2016, there to begin the development of Vintage Story with the goal of creating a standalone game, fully realising the concepts underlying Vintagecraft.

Despite rumors to the contrary, Tyron has never had any connection with the Minecraft mod TerraFirmaCraft. There is no connection between Vintagecraft and TerraFirmaCraft!

Founders and Principal Contributors

Name Icon/Avatar Position Twitter
Tyron Madlener Tyron avatar.jpg CEO and basically everything else https://twitter.com/tyronmm
Irena Madlener (Saraty) Saraty avatar.jpg Lead Modeling and Texturing Artist https://twitter.com/Saraty_art
Anna Baldur (Balduranne) Balduranne avatar.png Modeling and Texture Artist
Duargra Concept Artist
Elvas Lead Builder / Level Designer
Hayden Davenport (Lo-Phi) Lophi avatar.jpg Lead Music Artist and Music Integration https://twitter.com/LoPhiMusic
Luke Jeffrey Luke avatar.jpg Lead Story Writer, Animation, Game Design and Customer Support https://twitter.com/LukeTheFirefly
radfast Radfast avatar.jpeg Programming https://twitter.com/radfast
Redram Game Design, Modeling and Texture Artist
rythillian Sound Design
th3Dilli Programming
Vallen Customer Support, Community Manager

References

  1. "About us"– Vintagestory.at, 2021
  2. "Release! Zomg! (v1.0.0)"– Vintagestory.at, September 27, 2016
  3. "https://twitter.com/noxywoxy/status/647127509042130944"– Twitter, September 25, 2015