Line #28 Creator/SpiderwebSoftware


1	[[http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/ Spiderweb Software]] is a plucky little game development studio from Seattle. Founded by Jeff Vogel[[note]]a.k.a. "indie development's self-declared [[MadwomanInTheAttic Crazy Old Uncle In the Attic]]"[[/note]] in September 1994, it became the first successful {{Indie\|Game}} developer of {{Western RPG}}s in the history of the genre[[note]]if only because the distinction between "indie" or "auteur" and "publisher-backed" a.k.a. "AAA" games didn't really exist until the mid-90s[[/note]] and has been consistently releasing story-focused {{isometric\|Projection}} [=RPGs=] with old-school TurnBasedCombat ever since. The studio currently consists of Jeff and his wife Mariann, and has never really been much bigger than that. Jeff does the programming and the writing, while Mariann does [[HypercompetentSidekick everything else]], with graphic assets produced for them by contracted artists (who, in the past, have included Creator/PhilFoglio).
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3	For a retrospective of the studio's long history, see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stxVBJem3Rs Jeff's GDC 2018 talk]].
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5	!!Games developed by Spiderweb:
6	[[index]]
7	* ''VideoGame/{{Exile}}'' trilogy:
8	** ''Exile: Escape from the Pit'' (1995)
9	** ''Exile II: Crystal Souls'' (1995)
10	** ''Exile III: Ruined World'' (1997)
11	** ''Blades of Exile'' (1997)
12	* ''VideoGame/{{Nethergate}}'' (1999; remake in 2007)
13	* ''VideoGame/{{Avernum}}'' series
14	** ''First Trilogy'' (a remake of the ''Exile'' series):
15	*** ''Avernum'' (2000)
16	*** ''Avernum 2'' (2000)
17	*** ''Avernum 3'' (2002)
18	** ''Blades of Avernum'' (2004)
19	** ''Second Trilogy'':
20	*** ''Avernum 4'' (2005)
21	*** ''Avernum 5'' (2007)
22	*** ''Avernum 6: Prison Break'' (2009)
23	** Reboot:
24	*** ''Avernum: Escape from the Pit'' (2011)
25	*** ''Avernum 2: Crystal Souls'' (2015)
26	*** ''Avernum 3: Ruined World'' (2018)
27	* ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' series:
28	** Original series:
29	*** ''Geneforge'' (2001)
30	*** ''Geneforge 2'' (2003)
31	*** ''Geneforge 3'' (2005)
32	*** ''Geneforge 4: Rebellion'' (2006)
33	*** ''Geneforge 5: Overthrow'' (2008)
34	** Reboot:
35	*** ''Geneforge 1: Mutagen'' (2021)
36	*** ''Geneforge 2: Infestation'' (TBR)
37	* ''VideoGame/{{Avadon}}'' trilogy:
38	** ''Avadon: The Black Fortress'' (2011)
39	** ''Avadon 2: The Corruption'' (2013)
40	** ''Avadon 3: The Warborn'' (2016)
41	* ''VideoGame/QueensWish''
42	** ''Queen's Wish: The Conqueror'' (2019)
43	** ''Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor'' (2022)
44	[[/index]]
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46	In addition to self-publishing its own games, Spiderweb had also published other devs' games before 2007:
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48	[[index]]
49	* ''Homeland: The Stone of Night'' (2000, developed by Dragonlore)
50	* ''VideoGame/SubTerra'' (2001, developed by Creator/CrystalShard)
51	[[/index]]
52	* ''Galactic Core'', ''Lost Souls'', and ''Ocean Bound'' by Richard White (a set of games so obscure, not even Website/TheOtherWiki seems to know anything beyond their titles and the original developer's name)

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