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Norwegian video game developer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Red Thread Games is a Norwegian video game developer based in Oslo. Their first release was Dreamfall Chapters, the episodic sequel to Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, released in five episodes between 2014 and 2016.
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The team consists of several veterans from the Norwegian game industry, primarily former employees of Funcom. The team has previously worked on The Longest Journey, Dreamfall, Age of Conan, The Secret World and other titles.
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Red Thread was founded in September 2012 by Ragnar Tørnquist, creator of The Longest Journey and Dreamfall sagas, and The Secret World and Anarchy Online universes.[1]
On 1 November 2012, Tørnquist announced that the long-awaited sequel to Dreamfall was on its way from his new development studio[2] after obtaining the first of several development grants from the Norwegian Film Institute for the pre-production of Dreamfall Chapters.[3]
On 8 February 2013, a Kickstarter campaign was launched for Dreamfall Chapters which closed at USD$1,538,425, almost doubling their goal of $850,000.[4] The game also received an additional two million NOK in grants from the Norwegian Film Institute.[5]
On 30 October 2013, RTG announced that they had begun working on a new game titled Draugen, a first-person survival horror set in the 1920s Norway.[6] The development was supported by grants from the Norwegian Film Institute totaling four million NOK (approx. $375,000),[7] as well as a grant of 150,000 Euros from the EU's Creative Europe project.[8] The game also received 150,000 NOK (approx. $14,000) from Viken Filmsenter.[9]
Since 2016, the company has been working on Svalbard, which was among six Norwegian games to receive grants from the Norwegian Film Institute in 2023, in addition to financial support from Creative Europe, Viken Filmsenter and Epic MegaGrants.[10][11]
In 2024, the company released Dustborn, which was followed by the announcement of Hello Sunshine, a survival role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world.[12] The development of the latter was supported by 2,195,000 million NOK (approx. $206,000) from the Norwegian Film Institute.[13]
The company is also working on Project M, an untitled RPG which has received 7.3 million NOK (approx. $640,000) from the Norwegian Film Institute.[14]
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