Games
Spiderweb Software is most notable for the following RPG video games:
- The 3-part Exile series of underground adventures.
- The 6-part Avernum series, which are expanded updates of the Exile series with several enhancements to the visual design and gameplay.
- The games Blades of Exile and Blades of Avernum, which include scenario creation kits and are a continuation of the previously mentioned series.
- The 5-part Geneforge series, notable for its unique gameplay involving the creation of creatures to assist the player.
- Nethergate, a fantasy game based upon the Roman occupation of Britain, as well as a revamped version called Nethergate: Resurrection.
- Avadon: The Black Fortress, the first game in a new trilogy. Avadon features a new game setting, interface, and combat system. Avadon: The Black Fortress was released for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and the iPad in February, May and June 2011 respectively.
- Avernum: Escape From the Pit, the first in a series of ground-up rewrites of the first Avernum trilogy, with new graphics and sound effects and an expanded storyline. Released for Mac OS X on December 14, 2011. A release date of April 2012 has been announced for Microsoft Windows, the iPad. and Andorid in colaboration with the Humble Indie Bundle .
The company previously provided distribution services and other support for other shareware developers, including Richard White and Crystal Shard. In June 2007, Jeff Vogel announced that the company would no longer be supporting games by other developers, and they are no longer available for download through Spiderweb's main site.
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Famous quotes containing the word games:
“The rules of drinking games are taken more serious than the rules of war.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared. From then on the child played the same games as the adult, either with other children or with adults. . . . Conversely, adults used to play games which today only children play.”
—Philippe Ariés (20th century)