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Month: June 2007

Reviews

This weeks mixed reviews, enjoy!

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Frictional Mod Jam 2024: Escape Room Edition
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AMNESIA: THE BUNKER UPDATED – 1.31
Servant Grunt plushie available now!
January 2024 (2)
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Amnesia: The Bunker – Accessibility Patch
2023 (6)
October 2023 (1)
Amnesia: The Bunker Halloween Update launch
July 2023 (2)
Frictional Mod Jam 2023: Horrors of War
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER SECOND UPDATE – 1.15
June 2023 (1)
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER UPDATED – 1.1
January 2023 (2)
Hiring: Narrative Designer -CLOSED-
Frictional Monster Fan Jam 2023
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December 2022 (1)
Announcing Amnesia: The Bunker!
June 2022 (2)
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Hiring: Engine Programmer -CLOSED-
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2021 (11)
December 2021 (2)
Hiring: Studio Coordinator -CLOSED-
Hiring: Concept Artist -CLOSED-
November 2021 (1)
Frictional Fan Jam: Holiday 2021
October 2021 (1)
Hiring: Animator -CLOSED-
September 2021 (1)
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer -CLOSED-
March 2021 (4)
Adventure Mode for Amnesia: Rebirth
Amnesia: Rebirth – Five months later and SOMA sells 1M+ copies
Hiring: Studio Assistant & Communicator -CLOSED-
Amnesia: Rebirth – Mac version cancelled
February 2021 (2)
Amnesia: Rebirth – Important bug fix (disappearing UI elements) released in version 1.23
Hiring: Audio Designer
2020 (18)
November 2020 (1)
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.2 – Custom Stories
October 2020 (3)
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.1
Hiring: 3D Character Artist
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.04
September 2020 (2)
Amnesia is now open source!
Amnesia: Rebirth – Release Date Reveal
August 2020 (2)
Winner showcase of Summer Writing Jam 2020
Frictional Fan Jam: Summer Writing Jam
June 2020 (2)
Winner showcase of Spring Art Jam 2020
Hiring: Engine Programmer
May 2020 (1)
Frictional Fan Jam: Spring Art Jam
April 2020 (2)
Updates on the Studio Manager Position
Hiring: Studio Manager
March 2020 (2)
Frictional Games announce Amnesia: Rebirth. Coming Autumn 2020.
New Game Teaser!
February 2020 (2)
Hiring: Tech Lead
Winner showcase of Frictional Winter Modding Jam 2019
January 2020 (1)
A list of lists about games of the decade, and the Frictional Games games on them
2019 (11)
December 2019 (2)
The website is dead – long live the new website!
Frictional Fan Jam: Winter Modding Event
October 2019 (2)
9 Years, 9 Lessons on Horror
Winner Showcase of Frictional Fan Jam 2019
September 2019 (2)
Releasing on Nintendo Switch: Unattainable dream to reality
Frictional Fan Jam 2019
August 2019 (2)
Hiring: 3D Art Lead
We’re launching an official Discord server!
March 2019 (1)
Hiring: Audio Lead / Sound Designer
February 2019 (1)
Writing the best application for a Frictional Games job
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Thoughts on Detroit: Become Human
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Miguel Nogueira: Concept Artist
October 2018 (2)
Hiring: Project-based 3D Artist
Hiring: Tools Programmer
September 2018 (1)
What is Amnesia’s Hard Mode?
July 2018 (1)
Celebrating the 30th birthday of Simon Jarrett
June 2018 (1)
Hiring: Project-based programmer
May 2018 (3)
Hiring: 3D Artist
Still alive
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March 2018 (1)
Alex Camilleri: Gameplay Programmer
February 2018 (2)
Max Lidbeck: Gameplay Programmer
Q&A with Frictional writer Ian Thomas
2017 (21)
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What is SOMA’s Safe Mode?
October 2017 (1)
Now Hiring: Community Manager and Event Coordinator
September 2017 (1)
SOMA – Two Years Later
July 2017 (1)
The Illusion of an Analog World
June 2017 (3)
The Complexity Fallacy
Gaps of the Imagination
Choices, Consequences and the Ability to Plan
May 2017 (5)
Planning – The Core Reason Why Gameplay Feels Good
The SSM Framework of Game Design
Thoughts on Five Nights at Freddy’s
6 Reasons For Having a Defenseless Protagonist
Story – What is it good for?
April 2017 (5)
Mental Models
Creations inspired by Frictional Games
Evoking Presence
Navigating the Space of Game Design
Resident Evil and the power of narrative context
March 2017 (2)
Videogames – too much fun for their own good?
Traversal and the Problem With Walking Simulators
February 2017 (1)
Meet Fredrik, our executive producer!
January 2017 (1)
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer / Designer
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Hiring: 3D Artist
November 2016 (1)
Hiring: PR Coordinator / Community Manager
October 2016 (1)
Amnesia Collection PS4 – A FAQ
September 2016 (2)
David Satzinger: Art Lead
SOMA – One Year Later
July 2016 (1)
Thoughts On Inside and Playable Stories
June 2016 (2)
How We Hire At Frictional Games
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer / Designer
May 2016 (1)
Frictional Merchandise Is Finally Out!
March 2016 (2)
SOMA – 6 Months Later
GDC 2016 Lecture Resources
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November 2015 (2)
Thoughts on Until Dawn and Interactive Movies
SOMA Original Soundtrack
October 2015 (4)
The Voices of SOMA
Hiring: Producer / Project Manager
New SOMA Trailer and Launch Statistics
SOMA – 10 days after launch
September 2015 (10)
First of a daily video series from Frictional Games
Frictional Games Presents SOMA – Available Now
SOMA Has Been Released!
SOMA Reviews
We Are Not All That We Seem – SOMA Story Trailer
SOMA – Behind The Sound
MIDWEEK MADNESS SALE – FREE copy of Amnesia: The Dark Descent!
You Are Not Alone – SOMA Creature Trailer
Sink into the Crushing Isolation of SOMA – New Trailer
Top Three Questions About SOMA
August 2015 (1)
SOMA is now available for PC pre-order
June 2015 (1)
What We Showed At E3
May 2015 (1)
SOMA Release Date And Gameplay Trailer
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SOMA is now in BETA
SOMA – Theta
SOMA – Lambda
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December 2014 (1)
SOMA enters pre-beta
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SOMA is now Pre-Pre Beta
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Thoughts on Alien: Isolation and Horror Simulation
August 2014 (2)
People of Frictional: Samuel Justice
Peter Wester: Engine programmer
June 2014 (3)
Editor Fly Mode
Steven Redmond: Gameplay Programmer
People of Frictional: Ian Thomas
May 2014 (5)
Particle Editor updates
Aaron Clifford: 3D Artist
People of Frictional: Luis Rodero
Patrik Dekhla: Gameplay Programmer
Alien: Isolation and The Two Hardest Problems in Horror
April 2014 (2)
4-Layers, A Narrative Design Approach
Tech Feature: HPSL Shading Language
March 2014 (2)
GDC 14 Lecture Resources
Mikael Hedberg: Writer
February 2014 (1)
LevelEditor Feature: Poser EditMode
January 2014 (4)
Rasmus Gunnarsson: Art Lead
New Screenshot and Intercepted Radio Message
Tech Feature: SSAO and Temporal Blur
Marcus Johansson: 3D Artist
2013 (22)
December 2013 (4)
Marc Nicander: 3D Artist
The Five Foundational Design Pillars Of SOMA
Editor feature: New color picker
Jens Nilsson: Co-founder, producer
November 2013 (2)
Tech Feature: Linear-space lighting
Thomas Grip: Co-founder, creative director
October 2013 (3)
Gone Home – The Amnesia Edition
Useful Tips for Horror Game Designers
SOMA Officially Revealed
September 2013 (1)
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Available Now
August 2013 (2)
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Bloody Preorder
5 Core Elements Of Interactive Storytelling
July 2013 (1)
Thoughts on The Last of Us
June 2013 (1)
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer / Designer
May 2013 (2)
Nailing Down Terminology
Thoughts on Slender: The Arrival
April 2013 (2)
Thoughts on Bioshock Infinite
GDC 2013 Talk
March 2013 (1)
Puzzles and Causal Histories
February 2013 (2)
Puzzles, what are they good for?
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Status Update
January 2013 (1)
Goals and Storytelling
2012 (21)
December 2012 (1)
High-Level Storytelling Design
October 2012 (4)
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Halloween Teaser
Halloween sale, one week of horror
Humble beginnings of the HPL Engine
Hiring: Level Designer Wanted
September 2012 (2)
Amnesia – Two Years Later
Tech Feature: HDR Lighting
August 2012 (1)
The Self, Presence and Storytelling
July 2012 (1)
Horror Tip: Slender
June 2012 (3)
Thoughts of The Walking Dead (ep1)
Thoughts on Lone Survivor
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Teaser Released
May 2012 (2)
Humble Indie Bundle V
Humble Indie Bundle 5!
April 2012 (2)
10 Ways to Evolve Horror Games
Amnesia now available in the Mac App Store
March 2012 (2)
Unconventional Design Tips
We are hiring: Script Programmer wanted!
February 2012 (1)
We are hiring: Environment artist wanted!
January 2012 (2)
Narrative not a game mechanic?
Best of 2011
2011 (36)
November 2011 (2)
The Problem of Repetition
Thoughts on Heavy Rain
October 2011 (2)
Happy Halloween!
Thoughts on Limbo
September 2011 (2)
Amnesia – One year later
GDC Lecture now online!
August 2011 (4)
Custom story competition: And the winners are…
GDC Europe Sum-up
Horror Tip: Hide
GDC Europe
July 2011 (3)
Tech feature: Script Overview #2
Amnesia: Post-Mortem
Tech feature: Script Overview #1
June 2011 (2)
Is the player an artist? – Redux
The Player – the artist?
May 2011 (5)
Tech feature: Scripting upgrade
The Gathering
We are hiring: Programmer wanted!
Amnesia: Justine – Now available for everyone (Version 1.2)
Finding videogame’s true voice
April 2011 (3)
The Road to Valve
The Portal 2 ARG Postmortem
Amnesia: The Dark Descent gets a free expansion!
March 2011 (5)
Some Industry Reflections
Birth of a Monster part 4: It’s alive!
Birth of Monster Part 3: Molding the Abomination
Birth of a Monster Part 2: Conceptualizing the Horror
Birth of a Monster Part 1: Creating Unspeakable Guidelines
February 2011 (4)
Amnesia Retail Release, GDC & IGF
The Dragon Speech
The Dead Island Trailer and the Future of Games
Thoughts on Dead Space 2
January 2011 (4)
Physics and Heightmaps
Tech Feature: Undergrowth
Four months after Amnesia’s release
Embracing Hardness
2010 (66)
December 2010 (3)
See you all next year!
Player – Avatar Symbiosis
Bye, bye Pre-Pass lighting
November 2010 (5)
Tech Feature: Terrain textures
How the player becomes the protagonist
Tech Feature: Noise and Fractals
Tech Feature: Terrain geometry
Tech feature: Light Masking
October 2010 (9)
Halloween Tips. Sale and more!
An Absolutely Horrific Sale & New Store For Mobile Payments
Pre-pass lighting redux
Tech Feature: Pre-pass lighting
Tech feature: Sunlight with Shadows
Story: What is it really about?
One Month after Amnesia’s release
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Mac & Linux updated to 1.0.1
What videogames lack: Deeper Intent
September 2010 (18)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent updated to 1.0.1
On Game Length
One week after the release of Amnesia
Editors are out!
Amnesia: TDD – Tools released and two new videos
Amnesia “Launch” Trailer
Where is your self in a game?
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is Released!
Survival horror “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” is Released!
Making of Amnesia- Sound designer Tapio Liukkonen
Sewer trailer and two new screens
Let’s not forget about Physics
Demo of survival horror “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” released!
Amnesia Demo Is Out!
Article Roundup and a Good Deal
What could possibly go wrong?
Puzzle Tweaking – Tale of a Wooden Stick
Amnesia: TDD – Gameplay Trailer, The Hatch
August 2010 (5)
Commentary on Commentary
Making of Amnesia – Composer Mikko Tarmia
Why I hate “Cinematic”
We just turned into gold!
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Gone Gold
July 2010 (2)
Graphics compatibility test up. Please test!
A cry for help!
June 2010 (3)
Uninvited Guest; Livestock Upset
Disturbing details regarding the release of “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” revealed!
Beta – The End is Nigh
May 2010 (8)
Experience and Live – Not Compete and Beat
Penumbra: Overture goes Open Source!
Penumbra: Overture, HPL1 Engine and OALWrapper released as open source
2000 Pre-orders reached!
Insane Amnesia Discount!
Humble Indie Bundle
Humble Indie Bundle – 5 Indie games for a price that you decide!
1C-SoftClub/Snowball to publish Amnesia: The Dark Descent in Russia & Eastern Europe
April 2010 (2)
Horror Tip: Paranormal Activity
Why Trial and Error will Doom Games
March 2010 (3)
The judgement predicament of audio and graphics
Storytelling through fragments and situations
Horror Tip: The Statement of Randolph Carter
February 2010 (4)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Teaser, Web Site & Pre-order
Closer look at Teaser and more
Exploring Deeper Meaning In Games
Alpha – the beginning of the end!
January 2010 (4)
The perception of $100 000
How Gameplay and Narrative kill Meaning in “Games”
Dark Penumbra Soundtrack Released to Critical Acclaim
When focusing on fun fails
2009 (51)
December 2009 (6)
Future of Adventure Game Interaction
On Versioning (or how the simplest thing can save you from the hardest pain)
The art of Timelapse
Level Editor Video – The Inside Scoop
Horror Tip: Beacon
Video Editing Hell – Linux to the Rescue!
November 2009 (8)
Why Horror Games Suck!
Horror Tip: Korsakovia
Fractional Fun
Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Getting Cosy
The struggle between Light and Dark
The dull side of it
Amnesia entered into the IGF competition
The Haunter Of The IGF
October 2009 (4)
Puzzles in horror games Part 7: Penumbra puzzles
Time for a smallish update
Puzzles in horror games Part 6: On “brain boosters” and hint systems
Horror Tip: [REC]
September 2009 (4)
Parallax trix
I’m a Material Boy
Puzzles in horror games Part 5: Things to consider when designing puzzles
Puzzles in horror games Part 4: Backtracking and why it is essential
August 2009 (8)
Puzzles in horror games Part 3: Why physics puzzles is not the “promised land” of adventure games
Horror Tip: Elevated
Blog layout updated
Puzzles in horror games Part 2: Common problems with adventure game puzzles
Horror Tip: Dear Esther
Puzzles in horror games Part 1: Why are puzzles so suited for horror games?
Horror Tip: The Awakening
Briefly Being Frictional
July 2009 (10)
Horror Tip: All Alone
Obstacles continued
The problem with obstacles
The Thank You Post
Maps with s-tile
Re-release of the Penumbra Series for Mac & Linux – USD 5 launch offer!
Nothing will save you!
What will save you?
Blog about Unknown and Horror created
A History of violence. Part 3
June 2009 (6)
Playing around with particles (not related to the LHC in any way)
A History of violence. Part 2
The tools of the trade
A History of violence. Part 1
The “fun” in horror games?
Welcome!
May 2009 (1)
Unknown – Status update
April 2009 (1)
Character Postmortem: Amabel Swanson
March 2009 (3)
Unknown in-game teaser & screens
Coping with Optimizing
Penumbra: Black Plague Awarded & Steam
2008 (31)
December 2008 (1)
Happy Holidays!
November 2008 (1)
Level editor demo
September 2008 (1)
Requiem 1.0.1 update and reviews
August 2008 (2)
Penumbra: Requiem released, trailer out and Mac & Linux in the works
Penumbra: Requiem
July 2008 (2)
HPL Level Editor Milestone 2: (Static) Objects in Space
SSAO – Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
June 2008 (2)
Character version 2.0
HPL Level Editor milestone 1: It’s aliiive
May 2008 (2)
We’ve been naughty
Black Plague available for Mac & Linux – Windows gets Unbirth
April 2008 (3)
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Frictional Goes To MOCKBA
Penumbra 3 – BWaV Announced!
March 2008 (2)
Reviews and what not
The unseen stuff
February 2008 (10)
Multiple Views
Black Plague & Overture Updated and some new reviews
Latest reviews
Render To Texture
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A penumbra soup of mixed news
Penumbra: Black Plague Demo Released!
Penumbra: Black Plague Reviews
Texture Atlas
HPL 2.0 – The beginning
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Penumbra: Black Plague website, game final, latest previews and more!
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #3 – Screens
Penumbra: Overture released for Mac OS X, better late than never!
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #2
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2007 (35)
December 2007 (3)
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‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #1
A-Vault interview with new info and screens from Penumbra: Black Plague
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‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Facts & Features
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Penumbra: Black Plague to be published worldwide Q1 2008
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Penumbra: Overture with HaptX coming soon
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Penumbra: Overture Release PR
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Puzzle Tweaking – Tale of a Wooden Stick
Why I hate “Cinematic”
Experience and Live – Not Compete and Beat
Why Trial and Error will Doom Games
The judgement predicament of audio and graphics
Storytelling through fragments and situations
Exploring Deeper Meaning In Games
How Gameplay and Narrative kill Meaning in “Games”
When focusing on fun fails
Future of Adventure Game Interaction
Why Horror Games Suck!
The struggle between Light and Dark
Puzzles in horror games Part 7: Penumbra puzzles
Puzzles in horror games Part 6: On “brain boosters” and hint systems
Puzzles in horror games Part 5: Things to consider when designing puzzles
Puzzles in horror games Part 4: Backtracking and why it is essential
Puzzles in horror games Part 3: Why physics puzzles is not the “promised land” of adventure games
Puzzles in horror games Part 2: Common problems with adventure game puzzles
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The tools of the trade
Coping with Optimizing
HPL Level Editor Milestone 2: (Static) Objects in Space
SSAO – Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
HPL Level Editor milestone 1: It’s aliiive
The unseen stuff
Multiple Views
Texture Atlas
HPL 2.0 – The beginning
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #3 – Screens
Gameplay
9 Years, 9 Lessons on Horror
Thoughts on Heavy Rain
Some Industry Reflections
Thoughts on Dead Space 2
Why Trial and Error will Doom Games
How Gameplay and Narrative kill Meaning in “Games”
Puzzles in horror games Part 1: Why are puzzles so suited for horror games?
A History of violence. Part 3
A History of violence. Part 1
The “fun” in horror games?
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #1
HPL1
Frictional Mod Jam 2024: Escape Room Edition
Frictional Mod Jam 2023: Horrors of War
Humble beginnings of the HPL Engine
Pre-pass lighting redux
Tech Feature: Pre-pass lighting
Penumbra: Overture goes Open Source!
Playing around with particles (not related to the LHC in any way)
The unseen stuff
Render To Texture
Texture Atlas
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #3 – Screens
HPL2
Frictional Mod Jam 2024: Escape Room Edition
Frictional Mod Jam 2023: Horrors of War
Amnesia is now open source!
Winner showcase of Frictional Winter Modding Jam 2019
Custom story competition: And the winners are…
Pre-pass lighting redux
Tech Feature: Pre-pass lighting
Tech feature: Sunlight with Shadows
Editors are out!
Amnesia: TDD – Tools released and two new videos
Let’s not forget about Physics
Alpha – the beginning of the end!
Time for a smallish update
Parallax trix
I’m a Material Boy
Playing around with particles (not related to the LHC in any way)
The tools of the trade
Unknown in-game teaser & screens
Coping with Optimizing
Level editor demo
HPL Level Editor Milestone 2: (Static) Objects in Space
SSAO – Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
Character version 2.0
HPL Level Editor milestone 1: It’s aliiive
The unseen stuff
Multiple Views
Render To Texture
HPL 2.0 – The beginning
HPL3
Frictional Mod Jam 2024: Escape Room Edition
Frictional Mod Jam 2023: Horrors of War
Winner showcase of Frictional Winter Modding Jam 2019
People of Frictional: Samuel Justice
Peter Wester: Engine programmer
Editor Fly Mode
Particle Editor updates
Tech Feature: HPSL Shading Language
LevelEditor Feature: Poser EditMode
Tech Feature: SSAO and Temporal Blur
Editor feature: New color picker
Tech Feature: Linear-space lighting
Tech feature: Script Overview #2
Tech feature: Script Overview #1
Tech feature: Scripting upgrade
Pre-pass lighting redux
Tech Feature: Pre-pass lighting
Tech feature: Sunlight with Shadows
Life at Frictional
The website is dead – long live the new website!
We’re launching an official Discord server!
Writing the best application for a Frictional Games job
Miguel Nogueira: Concept Artist
Still alive
Gregor Panič: Gameplay Programmer
Alex Camilleri: Gameplay Programmer
Max Lidbeck: Gameplay Programmer
Q&A with Frictional writer Ian Thomas
Meet Fredrik, our executive producer!
How We Hire At Frictional Games
The Voices of SOMA
SOMA – Behind The Sound
What We Showed At E3
People of Frictional: Samuel Justice
People of Frictional: Ian Thomas
Amnesia – Two Years Later
Happy Halloween!
GDC Lecture now online!
GDC Europe Sum-up
GDC Europe
The Gathering
The Road to Valve
The Portal 2 ARG Postmortem
Amnesia Retail Release, GDC & IGF
See you all next year!
Amnesia “Launch” Trailer
What could possibly go wrong?
Commentary on Commentary
Uninvited Guest; Livestock Upset
The perception of $100 000
The art of Timelapse
Level Editor Video – The Inside Scoop
Video Editing Hell – Linux to the Rescue!
The dull side of it
The Haunter Of The IGF
Briefly Being Frictional
The Thank You Post
Blog about Unknown and Horror created
Welcome!
We’ve been naughty
Frictional Goes To MOCKBA
P sychological
Narrative
9 Years, 9 Lessons on Horror
Thoughts on Detroit: Become Human
The Illusion of an Analog World
Choices, Consequences and the Ability to Plan
Planning – The Core Reason Why Gameplay Feels Good
The SSM Framework of Game Design
6 Reasons For Having a Defenseless Protagonist
Mental Models
Evoking Presence
Navigating the Space of Game Design
Resident Evil and the power of narrative context
Videogames – too much fun for their own good?
Traversal and the Problem With Walking Simulators
Thoughts On Inside and Playable Stories
Thoughts on Until Dawn and Interactive Movies
Thoughts on Alien: Isolation and Horror Simulation
4-Layers, A Narrative Design Approach
GDC 14 Lecture Resources
The Five Foundational Design Pillars Of SOMA
5 Core Elements Of Interactive Storytelling
Thoughts on The Last of Us
Nailing Down Terminology
Thoughts on Bioshock Infinite
GDC 2013 Talk
Puzzles and Causal Histories
Puzzles, what are they good for?
Goals and Storytelling
High-Level Storytelling Design
Narrative not a game mechanic?
The Problem of Repetition
Finding videogame’s true voice
How the player becomes the protagonist
Story: What is it really about?
Storytelling through fragments and situations
Exploring Deeper Meaning In Games
How Gameplay and Narrative kill Meaning in “Games”
People of Frictional
Miguel Nogueira: Concept Artist
Gregor Panič: Gameplay Programmer
Alex Camilleri: Gameplay Programmer
Max Lidbeck: Gameplay Programmer
Meet Fredrik, our executive producer!
David Satzinger: Art Lead
People of Frictional: Samuel Justice
Peter Wester: Engine programmer
Steven Redmond: Gameplay Programmer
People of Frictional: Ian Thomas
Aaron Clifford: 3D Artist
People of Frictional: Luis Rodero
Patrik Dekhla: Gameplay Programmer
Mikael Hedberg: Writer
Rasmus Gunnarsson: Art Lead
Marcus Johansson: 3D Artist
Marc Nicander: 3D Artist
Jens Nilsson: Co-founder, producer
Thomas Grip: Co-founder, creative director
Making of Amnesia- Sound designer Tapio Liukkonen
Making of Amnesia – Composer Mikko Tarmia
Post-mortem
Amnesia: Rebirth – Five months later and SOMA sells 1M+ copies
SOMA – Two Years Later
SOMA – One Year Later
SOMA – 6 Months Later
SOMA – 10 days after launch
Humble beginnings of the HPL Engine
Amnesia: Post-Mortem
The Portal 2 ARG Postmortem
Four months after Amnesia’s release
One Month after Amnesia’s release
One week after the release of Amnesia
Character Postmortem: Amabel Swanson
Puzzles
Puzzles and Causal Histories
Puzzles, what are they good for?
Puzzle Tweaking – Tale of a Wooden Stick
Why Trial and Error will Doom Games
How Gameplay and Narrative kill Meaning in “Games”
When focusing on fun fails
Future of Adventure Game Interaction
Puzzles in horror games Part 7: Penumbra puzzles
Puzzles in horror games Part 6: On “brain boosters” and hint systems
Puzzles in horror games Part 5: Things to consider when designing puzzles
Puzzles in horror games Part 4: Backtracking and why it is essential
Puzzles in horror games Part 3: Why physics puzzles is not the “promised land” of adventure games
Puzzles in horror games Part 2: Common problems with adventure game puzzles
Puzzles in horror games Part 1: Why are puzzles so suited for horror games?
Obstacles continued
The problem with obstacles
Review
Thoughts on Detroit: Become Human
Thoughts on Five Nights at Freddy’s
Thoughts On Inside and Playable Stories
Thoughts on Until Dawn and Interactive Movies
Thoughts on Alien: Isolation and Horror Simulation
Thoughts on The Last of Us
Thoughts on Slender: The Arrival
Thoughts on Bioshock Infinite
Horror Tip: Slender
Thoughts of The Walking Dead (ep1)
Thoughts on Lone Survivor
Best of 2011
Thoughts on Heavy Rain
Thoughts on Limbo
Horror Tip: Hide
Thoughts on Dead Space 2
Halloween Tips. Sale and more!
What videogames lack: Deeper Intent
Horror Tip: Paranormal Activity
Horror Tip: The Statement of Randolph Carter
Horror Tip: Beacon
Horror Tip: Korsakovia
Horror Tip: [REC]
Horror Tip: Elevated
Horror Tip: Dear Esther
Horror Tip: The Awakening
Horror Tip: All Alone
Tech
Gregor Panič: Gameplay Programmer
Editor Fly Mode
Particle Editor updates
Tech Feature: HPSL Shading Language
LevelEditor Feature: Poser EditMode
Tech Feature: SSAO and Temporal Blur
Editor feature: New color picker
Tech Feature: Linear-space lighting
Tech Feature: HDR Lighting
Tech feature: Script Overview #2
Tech feature: Script Overview #1
Tech feature: Scripting upgrade
Physics and Heightmaps
Tech Feature: Undergrowth
Bye, bye Pre-Pass lighting
Tech Feature: Terrain textures
Tech Feature: Noise and Fractals
Tech Feature: Terrain geometry
Tech feature: Light Masking
Pre-pass lighting redux
Tech Feature: Pre-pass lighting
Tech feature: Sunlight with Shadows
Let’s not forget about Physics
On Versioning (or how the simplest thing can save you from the hardest pain)
Fractional Fun
Time for a smallish update
Parallax trix
I’m a Material Boy
Maps with s-tile
Coping with Optimizing
Level editor demo
SSAO – Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
Character version 2.0
The unseen stuff
Render To Texture
Texture Atlas
HPL 2.0 – The beginning
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #3 – Screens
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #2
Amnesia: Rebirth – Five months later and SOMA sells 1M+ copies
A list of lists about games of the decade, and the Frictional Games games on them
9 Years, 9 Lessons on Horror
Writing the best application for a Frictional Games job
Thoughts on Detroit: Become Human
Miguel Nogueira: Concept Artist
Gregor Panič: Gameplay Programmer
Alex Camilleri: Gameplay Programmer
Max Lidbeck: Gameplay Programmer
Q&A with Frictional writer Ian Thomas
SOMA – Two Years Later
The Illusion of an Analog World
The Complexity Fallacy
Gaps of the Imagination
Choices, Consequences and the Ability to Plan
Planning – The Core Reason Why Gameplay Feels Good
The SSM Framework of Game Design
Thoughts on Five Nights at Freddy’s
6 Reasons For Having a Defenseless Protagonist
Story – What is it good for?
Mental Models
Evoking Presence
Navigating the Space of Game Design
Resident Evil and the power of narrative context
Videogames – too much fun for their own good?
Traversal and the Problem With Walking Simulators
Meet Fredrik, our executive producer!
David Satzinger: Art Lead
SOMA – One Year Later
Thoughts On Inside and Playable Stories
How We Hire At Frictional Games
SOMA – 6 Months Later
Thoughts on Until Dawn and Interactive Movies
The Voices of SOMA
SOMA – 10 days after launch
SOMA – Behind The Sound
Thoughts on Alien: Isolation and Horror Simulation
People of Frictional: Samuel Justice
Peter Wester: Engine programmer
Editor Fly Mode
Steven Redmond: Gameplay Programmer
People of Frictional: Ian Thomas
Particle Editor updates
Aaron Clifford: 3D Artist
People of Frictional: Luis Rodero
Patrik Dekhla: Gameplay Programmer
Alien: Isolation and The Two Hardest Problems in Horror
4-Layers, A Narrative Design Approach
Tech Feature: HPSL Shading Language
Mikael Hedberg: Writer
LevelEditor Feature: Poser EditMode
Rasmus Gunnarsson: Art Lead
Tech Feature: SSAO and Temporal Blur
Marcus Johansson: 3D Artist
Marc Nicander: 3D Artist
The Five Foundational Design Pillars Of SOMA
Editor feature: New color picker
Jens Nilsson: Co-founder, producer
Tech Feature: Linear-space lighting
Thomas Grip: Co-founder, creative director
Gone Home – The Amnesia Edition
Useful Tips for Horror Game Designers
5 Core Elements Of Interactive Storytelling
Thoughts on The Last of Us
Nailing Down Terminology
Thoughts on Slender: The Arrival
Thoughts on Bioshock Infinite
GDC 2013 Talk
Puzzles and Causal Histories
Puzzles, what are they good for?
Goals and Storytelling
High-Level Storytelling Design
Humble beginnings of the HPL Engine
Amnesia – Two Years Later
Tech Feature: HDR Lighting
Horror Tip: Slender
Thoughts of The Walking Dead (ep1)
Thoughts on Lone Survivor
10 Ways to Evolve Horror Games
Unconventional Design Tips
Narrative not a game mechanic?
Best of 2011
The Problem of Repetition
Thoughts on Heavy Rain
Thoughts on Limbo
Amnesia – One year later
GDC Lecture now online!
GDC Europe Sum-up
Horror Tip: Hide
Tech feature: Script Overview #2
Amnesia: Post-Mortem
Tech feature: Script Overview #1
Is the player an artist? – Redux
The Player – the artist?
Tech feature: Scripting upgrade
The Gathering
Finding videogame’s true voice
The Road to Valve
The Portal 2 ARG Postmortem
Some Industry Reflections
Birth of a Monster part 4: It’s alive!
Birth of Monster Part 3: Molding the Abomination
Birth of a Monster Part 2: Conceptualizing the Horror
Birth of a Monster Part 1: Creating Unspeakable Guidelines
The Dragon Speech
The Dead Island Trailer and the Future of Games
Thoughts on Dead Space 2
Physics and Heightmaps
Tech Feature: Undergrowth
Four months after Amnesia’s release
Embracing Hardness
See you all next year!
Player – Avatar Symbiosis
Bye, bye Pre-Pass lighting
Tech Feature: Terrain textures
How the player becomes the protagonist
Tech Feature: Noise and Fractals
Tech Feature: Terrain geometry
Tech feature: Light Masking
Halloween Tips. Sale and more!
Pre-pass lighting redux
Tech Feature: Pre-pass lighting
Tech feature: Sunlight with Shadows
Story: What is it really about?
One Month after Amnesia’s release
What videogames lack: Deeper Intent
On Game Length
One week after the release of Amnesia
Amnesia “Launch” Trailer
Where is your self in a game?
Making of Amnesia- Sound designer Tapio Liukkonen
Let’s not forget about Physics
What could possibly go wrong?
Puzzle Tweaking – Tale of a Wooden Stick
Commentary on Commentary
Making of Amnesia – Composer Mikko Tarmia
Why I hate “Cinematic”
Uninvited Guest; Livestock Upset
Experience and Live – Not Compete and Beat
Horror Tip: Paranormal Activity
Why Trial and Error will Doom Games
The judgement predicament of audio and graphics
Storytelling through fragments and situations
Horror Tip: The Statement of Randolph Carter
Closer look at Teaser and more
Exploring Deeper Meaning In Games
The perception of $100 000
How Gameplay and Narrative kill Meaning in “Games”
When focusing on fun fails
Future of Adventure Game Interaction
On Versioning (or how the simplest thing can save you from the hardest pain)
The art of Timelapse
Level Editor Video – The Inside Scoop
Horror Tip: Beacon
Video Editing Hell – Linux to the Rescue!
Why Horror Games Suck!
Horror Tip: Korsakovia
Fractional Fun
The struggle between Light and Dark
The dull side of it
The Haunter Of The IGF
Puzzles in horror games Part 7: Penumbra puzzles
Time for a smallish update
Puzzles in horror games Part 6: On “brain boosters” and hint systems
Horror Tip: [REC]
Parallax trix
I’m a Material Boy
Puzzles in horror games Part 5: Things to consider when designing puzzles
Puzzles in horror games Part 4: Backtracking and why it is essential
Puzzles in horror games Part 3: Why physics puzzles is not the “promised land” of adventure games
Horror Tip: Elevated
Blog layout updated
Puzzles in horror games Part 2: Common problems with adventure game puzzles
Horror Tip: Dear Esther
Puzzles in horror games Part 1: Why are puzzles so suited for horror games?
Horror Tip: The Awakening
Briefly Being Frictional
Horror Tip: All Alone
Obstacles continued
The problem with obstacles
The Thank You Post
Maps with s-tile
Nothing will save you!
What will save you?
A History of violence. Part 3
Playing around with particles (not related to the LHC in any way)
A History of violence. Part 2
The tools of the trade
A History of violence. Part 1
The “fun” in horror games?
Welcome!
Character Postmortem: Amabel Swanson
Coping with Optimizing
Level editor demo
HPL Level Editor Milestone 2: (Static) Objects in Space
SSAO – Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
Character version 2.0
HPL Level Editor milestone 1: It’s aliiive
Frictional Goes To MOCKBA
The unseen stuff
Multiple Views
Render To Texture
P sychological
Texture Atlas
HPL 2.0 – The beginning
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #3 – Screens
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #2
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #1
News
Announcement
Simon from SOMA plushie available now!
Servant Grunt plushie available now!
Amnesia: The Bunker Halloween Update launch
Announcing Amnesia: The Bunker!
Hiring: Animator -CLOSED-
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer -CLOSED-
Adventure Mode for Amnesia: Rebirth
Hiring: Studio Assistant & Communicator -CLOSED-
Amnesia: Rebirth – Mac version cancelled
Hiring: Audio Designer
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.2 – Custom Stories
Hiring: 3D Character Artist
Amnesia is now open source!
Amnesia: Rebirth – Release Date Reveal
Frictional Games announce Amnesia: Rebirth. Coming Autumn 2020.
New Game Teaser!
Releasing on Nintendo Switch: Unattainable dream to reality
We’re launching an official Discord server!
What is Amnesia’s Hard Mode?
What is SOMA’s Safe Mode?
Amnesia Collection PS4 – A FAQ
Frictional Merchandise Is Finally Out!
SOMA Original Soundtrack
First of a daily video series from Frictional Games
Frictional Games Presents SOMA – Available Now
SOMA Has Been Released!
SOMA is now available for PC pre-order
SOMA Release Date And Gameplay Trailer
SOMA is now in BETA
SOMA enters pre-beta
SOMA Officially Revealed
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Available Now
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Bloody Preorder
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Halloween Teaser
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Teaser Released
Amnesia: Justine – Now available for everyone (Version 1.2)
Amnesia “Launch” Trailer
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is Released!
Survival horror “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” is Released!
Demo of survival horror “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” released!
Disturbing details regarding the release of “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” revealed!
Penumbra: Overture goes Open Source!
Penumbra: Overture, HPL1 Engine and OALWrapper released as open source
1C-SoftClub/Snowball to publish Amnesia: The Dark Descent in Russia & Eastern Europe
Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Teaser, Web Site & Pre-order
Penumbra: Requiem released, trailer out and Mac & Linux in the works
Black Plague available for Mac & Linux – Windows gets Unbirth
Penumbra: Black Plague Demo Released!
Penumbra: Overture released for Mac OS X, better late than never!
Penumbra: Black Plague to be published worldwide Q1 2008
Penumbra: Overture with HaptX coming soon
Penumbra: Overture for Linux out now!
Penumbra: Overture in stores now and trailer released!
Penumbra: Overture on Gamer’s Gate
Penumbra: Overture website & publisher announced
Penumbra – Overture
It’s a scientific fact
Penumbra 1.1 released
Event
Frictional Mod Jam 2024: Escape Room Edition
Frictional Mod Jam 2023: Horrors of War
Frictional Monster Fan Jam 2023
Frictional Fan Jam: Holiday 2021
Winner showcase of Summer Writing Jam 2020
Frictional Fan Jam: Summer Writing Jam
Winner showcase of Spring Art Jam 2020
Frictional Fan Jam: Spring Art Jam
Winner showcase of Frictional Winter Modding Jam 2019
Frictional Fan Jam: Winter Modding Event
Winner Showcase of Frictional Fan Jam 2019
Frictional Fan Jam 2019
Celebrating the 30th birthday of Simon Jarrett
Creations inspired by Frictional Games
SOMA is now Pre-Pre Beta
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Halloween Teaser
Custom story competition: And the winners are…
Patch
Amnesia: Rebirth – Important bug fix (disappearing UI elements) released in version 1.23
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.2 – Custom Stories
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.1
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.04
Amnesia now available in the Mac App Store
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Mac & Linux updated to 1.0.1
Amnesia: The Dark Descent updated to 1.0.1
Black Plague & Overture Updated and some new reviews
Penumbra: Overture updated to 1.0.2
Sale
MIDWEEK MADNESS SALE – FREE copy of Amnesia: The Dark Descent!
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Bloody Preorder
Halloween sale, one week of horror
Humble Indie Bundle V
Humble Indie Bundle 5!
Amnesia now available in the Mac App Store
Happy Halloween!
An Absolutely Horrific Sale & New Store For Mobile Payments
Article Roundup and a Good Deal
2000 Pre-orders reached!
Insane Amnesia Discount!
Humble Indie Bundle
Humble Indie Bundle – 5 Indie games for a price that you decide!
Simon from SOMA plushie available now!
Frictional Mod Jam 2024: Escape Room Edition
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER UPDATED – 1.31
Servant Grunt plushie available now!
Hiring: QA tester & Hardware Admin -CLOSED-
Amnesia: The Bunker – Accessibility Patch
Amnesia: The Bunker Halloween Update launch
Frictional Mod Jam 2023: Horrors of War
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER SECOND UPDATE – 1.15
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER UPDATED – 1.1
Frictional Monster Fan Jam 2023
Announcing Amnesia: The Bunker!
Hiring: Animator -CLOSED-
Hiring: Engine Programmer -CLOSED-
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer -CLOSED-
Hiring: Studio Coordinator -CLOSED-
Hiring: Concept Artist -CLOSED-
Frictional Fan Jam: Holiday 2021
Hiring: Animator -CLOSED-
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer -CLOSED-
Hiring: Studio Assistant & Communicator -CLOSED-
Hiring: Audio Designer
Hiring: 3D Character Artist
Amnesia: Rebirth – Release Date Reveal
Winner showcase of Summer Writing Jam 2020
Frictional Fan Jam: Summer Writing Jam
Winner showcase of Spring Art Jam 2020
Frictional Fan Jam: Spring Art Jam
Updates on the Studio Manager Position
Hiring: Studio Manager
Frictional Games announce Amnesia: Rebirth. Coming Autumn 2020.
New Game Teaser!
Hiring: Tech Lead
Winner showcase of Frictional Winter Modding Jam 2019
The website is dead – long live the new website!
Frictional Fan Jam: Winter Modding Event
Winner Showcase of Frictional Fan Jam 2019
Releasing on Nintendo Switch: Unattainable dream to reality
Frictional Fan Jam 2019
Hiring: 3D Art Lead
We’re launching an official Discord server!
Hiring: Audio Lead / Sound Designer
Hiring: Project-based 3D Artist
Hiring: Tools Programmer
What is Amnesia’s Hard Mode?
Celebrating the 30th birthday of Simon Jarrett
Hiring: Project-based programmer
Hiring: 3D Artist
Still alive
What is SOMA’s Safe Mode?
Now Hiring: Community Manager and Event Coordinator
Creations inspired by Frictional Games
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer / Designer
Hiring: 3D Artist
Hiring: PR Coordinator / Community Manager
Amnesia Collection PS4 – A FAQ
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer / Designer
Frictional Merchandise Is Finally Out!
GDC 2016 Lecture Resources
SOMA Original Soundtrack
Hiring: Producer / Project Manager
New SOMA Trailer and Launch Statistics
First of a daily video series from Frictional Games
Frictional Games Presents SOMA – Available Now
SOMA Has Been Released!
SOMA Reviews
We Are Not All That We Seem – SOMA Story Trailer
MIDWEEK MADNESS SALE – FREE copy of Amnesia: The Dark Descent!
You Are Not Alone – SOMA Creature Trailer
Sink into the Crushing Isolation of SOMA – New Trailer
Top Three Questions About SOMA
SOMA is now available for PC pre-order
What We Showed At E3
SOMA Release Date And Gameplay Trailer
SOMA is now in BETA
SOMA – Theta
SOMA – Lambda
SOMA enters pre-beta
SOMA is now Pre-Pre Beta
GDC 14 Lecture Resources
New Screenshot and Intercepted Radio Message
SOMA Officially Revealed
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Available Now
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Bloody Preorder
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer / Designer
GDC 2013 Talk
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Status Update
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Halloween Teaser
Halloween sale, one week of horror
Hiring: Level Designer Wanted
The Self, Presence and Storytelling
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Teaser Released
Humble Indie Bundle V
Humble Indie Bundle 5!
Amnesia now available in the Mac App Store
We are hiring: Script Programmer wanted!
We are hiring: Environment artist wanted!
Happy Halloween!
Custom story competition: And the winners are…
GDC Europe
We are hiring: Programmer wanted!
Amnesia: Justine – Now available for everyone (Version 1.2)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent gets a free expansion!
Amnesia Retail Release, GDC & IGF
An Absolutely Horrific Sale & New Store For Mobile Payments
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Mac & Linux updated to 1.0.1
Amnesia: The Dark Descent updated to 1.0.1
Editors are out!
Amnesia: TDD – Tools released and two new videos
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is Released!
Survival horror “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” is Released!
Sewer trailer and two new screens
Demo of survival horror “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” released!
Amnesia Demo Is Out!
Article Roundup and a Good Deal
Amnesia: TDD – Gameplay Trailer, The Hatch
We just turned into gold!
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Gone Gold
Graphics compatibility test up. Please test!
A cry for help!
Disturbing details regarding the release of “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” revealed!
Beta – The End is Nigh
Penumbra: Overture goes Open Source!
Penumbra: Overture, HPL1 Engine and OALWrapper released as open source
2000 Pre-orders reached!
Insane Amnesia Discount!
Humble Indie Bundle
Humble Indie Bundle – 5 Indie games for a price that you decide!
1C-SoftClub/Snowball to publish Amnesia: The Dark Descent in Russia & Eastern Europe
Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Teaser, Web Site & Pre-order
Alpha – the beginning of the end!
Dark Penumbra Soundtrack Released to Critical Acclaim
Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Getting Cosy
Amnesia entered into the IGF competition
Re-release of the Penumbra Series for Mac & Linux – USD 5 launch offer!
Blog about Unknown and Horror created
Unknown – Status update
Unknown in-game teaser & screens
Penumbra: Black Plague Awarded & Steam
Happy Holidays!
Requiem 1.0.1 update and reviews
Penumbra: Requiem released, trailer out and Mac & Linux in the works
Penumbra: Requiem
We’ve been naughty
Black Plague available for Mac & Linux – Windows gets Unbirth
Multi-topic news!
Penumbra 3 – BWaV Announced!
Reviews and what not
Black Plague & Overture Updated and some new reviews
Latest reviews
A penumbra soup of mixed news
Penumbra: Black Plague Demo Released!
Penumbra: Black Plague Reviews
Penumbra: Black Plague website, game final, latest previews and more!
Penumbra: Overture released for Mac OS X, better late than never!
Preview extravaganza and part two of our dev diary
HaptX edition released, Novint Falcon review & Frictional Games interview
A preview and new screens
New teaser and previews
A-Vault interview with new info and screens from Penumbra: Black Plague
Adventure Conference 2007
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Facts & Features
Penumbra: Black Plague to be published worldwide Q1 2008
Penumbra: Overture with HaptX coming soon
Penumbra: Overture updated to 1.0.2
Reviews
Weekly review roundup
Penumbra: Overture for Linux out now!
This weeks reviews
New week, new roundup
Independent game of the year
More reviews and a little notice
Last bunch of reviews for April
Home turf coverage and this weeks reviews
Another review roundup
Review roundup
Penumbra: Overture in stores now and trailer released!
Last gameplay video released!
Dynamic environments video out
Reviews & New gameplay video
Penumbra: Overture Release PR
The last previews
More previews & the review version has left the building
A wide variety of previews
New previews
Penumbra: Overture on Gamer’s Gate
Preview from Pro-G
The previews start rolling
Video diary: Enemy interaction
Two new screens
Test Penumbra: Overture Audio
Happy Hollidays!
Physics video & Developers diary
Adventure Developers Online Conference 2006
Media coverage October & new screen
Penumbra: Overture website & publisher announced
New blog post, some reviews and more importantly…
Media round-up & developers wiki is back
Penumbra – Overture
It’s a scientific fact
We’re Back!
Media round-up week 30
100 000 visitors & downloads
Penumbra in the media
Penumbra 1.1 released
Launching the new Frictional Games site
Penumbra
Simon from SOMA plushie available now!
Frictional Mod Jam 2024: Escape Room Edition
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER UPDATED – 1.31
Servant Grunt plushie available now!
Amnesia: The Bunker – Accessibility Patch
Amnesia: The Bunker Halloween Update launch
Frictional Mod Jam 2023: Horrors of War
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER SECOND UPDATE – 1.15
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER UPDATED – 1.1
Announcing Amnesia: The Bunker!
Games
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Amnesia is now open source!
A list of lists about games of the decade, and the Frictional Games games on them
Amnesia Collection PS4 – A FAQ
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Available Now
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Bloody Preorder
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Status Update
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Halloween Teaser
Amnesia – Two Years Later
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Teaser Released
Custom story competition: And the winners are…
Amnesia: Justine – Now available for everyone (Version 1.2)
Amnesia: Collection
Amnesia is now open source!
Releasing on Nintendo Switch: Unattainable dream to reality
What is Amnesia’s Hard Mode?
Amnesia Collection PS4 – A FAQ
Amnesia: Justine
Amnesia is now open source!
Amnesia Collection PS4 – A FAQ
Amnesia – One year later
Amnesia: Justine – Now available for everyone (Version 1.2)
The Road to Valve
The Portal 2 ARG Postmortem
Amnesia: The Dark Descent gets a free expansion!
Amnesia: Rebirth
Adventure Mode for Amnesia: Rebirth
Amnesia: Rebirth – Five months later and SOMA sells 1M+ copies
Amnesia: Rebirth – Mac version cancelled
Amnesia: Rebirth – Important bug fix (disappearing UI elements) released in version 1.23
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.2 – Custom Stories
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.1
Amnesia: Rebirth updated to 1.04
Amnesia: Rebirth – Release Date Reveal
Frictional Games announce Amnesia: Rebirth. Coming Autumn 2020.
New Game Teaser!
Meet Fredrik, our executive producer!
SOMA – One Year Later
Amnesia: The Bunker
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER UPDATED – 1.31
Amnesia: The Bunker – Accessibility Patch
Amnesia: The Bunker Halloween Update launch
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER SECOND UPDATE – 1.15
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Servant Grunt plushie available now!
Amnesia is now open source!
A list of lists about games of the decade, and the Frictional Games games on them
9 Years, 9 Lessons on Horror
What is Amnesia’s Hard Mode?
Gaps of the Imagination
Planning – The Core Reason Why Gameplay Feels Good
Mental Models
Navigating the Space of Game Design
Amnesia Collection PS4 – A FAQ
Frictional Merchandise Is Finally Out!
Halloween sale, one week of horror
Amnesia – Two Years Later
Humble Indie Bundle 5!
Amnesia now available in the Mac App Store
Happy Halloween!
Amnesia – One year later
Amnesia: Post-Mortem
Some Industry Reflections
Birth of a Monster part 4: It’s alive!
Birth of Monster Part 3: Molding the Abomination
Birth of a Monster Part 2: Conceptualizing the Horror
Birth of a Monster Part 1: Creating Unspeakable Guidelines
Amnesia Retail Release, GDC & IGF
Four months after Amnesia’s release
See you all next year!
How the player becomes the protagonist
An Absolutely Horrific Sale & New Store For Mobile Payments
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Mac & Linux updated to 1.0.1
Amnesia: The Dark Descent updated to 1.0.1
On Game Length
One week after the release of Amnesia
Editors are out!
Amnesia: TDD – Tools released and two new videos
Where is your self in a game?
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is Released!
Survival horror “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” is Released!
Making of Amnesia- Sound designer Tapio Liukkonen
Sewer trailer and two new screens
Let’s not forget about Physics
Demo of survival horror “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” released!
Amnesia Demo Is Out!
Article Roundup and a Good Deal
What could possibly go wrong?
Puzzle Tweaking – Tale of a Wooden Stick
Amnesia: TDD – Gameplay Trailer, The Hatch
Commentary on Commentary
Making of Amnesia – Composer Mikko Tarmia
We just turned into gold!
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Gone Gold
Graphics compatibility test up. Please test!
A cry for help!
Uninvited Guest; Livestock Upset
Disturbing details regarding the release of “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” revealed!
Beta – The End is Nigh
2000 Pre-orders reached!
Insane Amnesia Discount!
The judgement predicament of audio and graphics
Storytelling through fragments and situations
Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Teaser, Web Site & Pre-order
Closer look at Teaser and more
Alpha – the beginning of the end!
The art of Timelapse
Level Editor Video – The Inside Scoop
Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Getting Cosy
The struggle between Light and Dark
Amnesia entered into the IGF competition
The Thank You Post
Unknown – Status update
Unknown in-game teaser & screens
Energetic
Tech feature: Scripting upgrade
Penumbra: Overture goes Open Source!
Maps with s-tile
Happy Holidays!
Texture Atlas
Fiend
The struggle between Light and Dark
Maps with s-tile
A History of violence. Part 1
Penumbra
9 Years, 9 Lessons on Horror
Mental Models
Halloween sale, one week of horror
Happy Halloween!
Amnesia – One year later
Amnesia: Post-Mortem
See you all next year!
Where is your self in a game?
Penumbra: Overture goes Open Source!
Penumbra: Overture, HPL1 Engine and OALWrapper released as open source
Humble Indie Bundle
Humble Indie Bundle – 5 Indie games for a price that you decide!
1C-SoftClub/Snowball to publish Amnesia: The Dark Descent in Russia & Eastern Europe
The judgement predicament of audio and graphics
Storytelling through fragments and situations
Dark Penumbra Soundtrack Released to Critical Acclaim
The Haunter Of The IGF
Briefly Being Frictional
The Thank You Post
Re-release of the Penumbra Series for Mac & Linux – USD 5 launch offer!
A History of violence. Part 3
A History of violence. Part 1
Character Postmortem: Amabel Swanson
Penumbra: Black Plague Awarded & Steam
Happy Holidays!
Requiem 1.0.1 update and reviews
Penumbra: Requiem released, trailer out and Mac & Linux in the works
Penumbra: Requiem
Black Plague available for Mac & Linux – Windows gets Unbirth
Multi-topic news!
Penumbra 3 – BWaV Announced!
Reviews and what not
Black Plague & Overture Updated and some new reviews
Latest reviews
A penumbra soup of mixed news
Penumbra: Black Plague Demo Released!
Penumbra: Black Plague Reviews
Penumbra: Black Plague website, game final, latest previews and more!
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #3 – Screens
Penumbra: Overture released for Mac OS X, better late than never!
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #2
Preview extravaganza and part two of our dev diary
HaptX edition released, Novint Falcon review & Frictional Games interview
A preview and new screens
New teaser and previews
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Developer Diary #1
A-Vault interview with new info and screens from Penumbra: Black Plague
Adventure Conference 2007
‘Penumbra: Black Plague’ Facts & Features
Penumbra: Black Plague to be published worldwide Q1 2008
Penumbra: Overture with HaptX coming soon
Penumbra: Overture updated to 1.0.2
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This weeks reviews
New week, new roundup
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Last gameplay video released!
Dynamic environments video out
Reviews & New gameplay video
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A wide variety of previews
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The previews start rolling
Video diary: Enemy interaction
Two new screens
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Happy Hollidays!
Physics video & Developers diary
Adventure Developers Online Conference 2006
Media coverage October & new screen
Penumbra: Overture website & publisher announced
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Media round-up & developers wiki is back
Penumbra – Overture
It’s a scientific fact
We’re Back!
Media round-up week 30
100 000 visitors & downloads
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Penumbra 1.1 released
Launching the new Frictional Games site
Penumbra
Secret Project #2
Hiring: Gameplay Programmer -CLOSED-
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Hiring: Studio Assistant & Communicator -CLOSED-
Hiring: Audio Designer
Hiring: 3D Character Artist
Hiring: Tech Lead
Hiring: 3D Art Lead
SOMA
Simon from SOMA plushie available now!
Amnesia: Rebirth – Five months later and SOMA sells 1M+ copies
Winner showcase of Spring Art Jam 2020
A list of lists about games of the decade, and the Frictional Games games on them
9 Years, 9 Lessons on Horror
Celebrating the 30th birthday of Simon Jarrett
Gregor Panič: Gameplay Programmer
Max Lidbeck: Gameplay Programmer
Q&A with Frictional writer Ian Thomas
What is SOMA’s Safe Mode?
SOMA – Two Years Later
The Illusion of an Analog World
Planning – The Core Reason Why Gameplay Feels Good
Creations inspired by Frictional Games
Navigating the Space of Game Design
David Satzinger: Art Lead
SOMA – One Year Later
SOMA – 6 Months Later
Thoughts on Until Dawn and Interactive Movies
SOMA Original Soundtrack
The Voices of SOMA
New SOMA Trailer and Launch Statistics
SOMA – 10 days after launch
First of a daily video series from Frictional Games
Frictional Games Presents SOMA – Available Now
SOMA Has Been Released!
SOMA Reviews
We Are Not All That We Seem – SOMA Story Trailer
SOMA – Behind The Sound
MIDWEEK MADNESS SALE – FREE copy of Amnesia: The Dark Descent!
You Are Not Alone – SOMA Creature Trailer
Sink into the Crushing Isolation of SOMA – New Trailer
Top Three Questions About SOMA
SOMA is now available for PC pre-order
What We Showed At E3
SOMA Release Date And Gameplay Trailer
SOMA is now in BETA
SOMA – Lambda
SOMA enters pre-beta
SOMA is now Pre-Pre Beta
New Screenshot and Intercepted Radio Message
The Five Foundational Design Pillars Of SOMA
Tech Feature: Linear-space lighting
SOMA Officially Revealed
Unbirth
Penumbra: Overture goes Open Source!
Fractional Fun
Black Plague available for Mac & Linux – Windows gets Unbirth
Render To Texture
Simon from SOMA plushie available now!
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER UPDATED – 1.31
Amnesia: The Bunker – Accessibility Patch
Amnesia: The Bunker Halloween Update launch
AMNESIA: THE BUNKER SECOND UPDATE – 1.15
Announcing Amnesia: The Bunker!
Amnesia: Rebirth – Release Date Reveal
Uncategorised
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AMNESIA: THE BUNKER UPDATED – 1.1
Hiring: Narrative Designer -CLOSED-
Frictional Monster Fan Jam 2023
Hiring: Animator -CLOSED-

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