{"id":3011,"date":"2007-12-13T08:48:30","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2010-01-25T16:22:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T22:22:38","slug":"2007-top-10-developers-in-the-category-adventure-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=3011","title":{"rendered":"2007 Top 10 Developers in the category Adventure games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here at FreeGamesNews, we love free browser-based games. The end of the year is coming soon, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for <strong>YOU<\/strong> to cast your vote for the Best Developers of the year in our first annual FreeGamesNews Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the 10 nominees in the category Best Adventure games Developers of 2007, in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n<h2>Aztec (Japan)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Dr Dokkoy\" title=\"Dr Dokkoy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/dr-dokkoy-50.png\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aztec.sakura.ne.jp\/\">Aztec<\/a> is a Flash Adventure\/Escape games designer from Japan. Between June and December 07, Aztec released four unique and superbly crafted games, <a title=\"Shrine (Jinja)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=1944\">Shrine (Jinja)<\/a>, <a title=\"Escape from Island\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=2197\">Escape from Island<\/a>, <a title=\"Escape from Octlien\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=2468\">Escape from Octlien<\/a> and <a title=\"Dr Dokkoy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=2953\">Dr Dokkoy<\/a>.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Anders Gustafsson (Swede)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Gateway\" title=\"Gateway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Gateway-2-50.jpg\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cockroach.se\/\">Anders Gustafsson<\/a> is an independent developer from Swede who mainly works with film and game production. He is well known in the Flash games community for his very popular Point\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Click Adventure series <a title=\"Gateway series\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?s=Gateway&#038;searchbutton=Search\">Gateway<\/a>. The second installment in the series was released last March.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Gionatan Iasio (Italy)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Warbears\" title=\"Warbears\" src=\"http:\/\/freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/War%20Bears%20-%20Mission%201-50.gif\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ioji.it\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?t=28&#038;start=0\">Gionatan Iasio<\/a> is a Flash games designer from Italy and the brilliant mind behind the <a title=\"Warbears series\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?s=warbears+mission&#038;searchbutton=Search\">Warbears series<\/a>. Warbears <a title=\"Warbears - Mission 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=1086\">Mission 2<\/a> and <a title=\"Warbears - Mission 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=2838\">Mission 3<\/a> were released this year, and the author is already working on the upcoming fourth installment in the series, <em>&#8220;Underwater&#8221;<\/em>.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Makibishi Studio<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Makibishi Comic\" title=\"Makibishi Comic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/makibishi-comic-50.jpg\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/makibishi.co.jp\/\">Makibishi Comic<\/a> is a very creative and original Point\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Click adventure game created by Makibishi Studio of Japan (their site really deserves a visit!) Makibishi Comic is loaded with fascinating artwork and the overall quality is impressive!<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Bernd Mattiebe (Germany)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Wogger\" title=\"Wogger\" src=\"http:\/\/freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Wogger50-3.gif\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mattiebe.de\/\">Bernd Mattiebe<\/a> is a German artist and designer. He is also the man who gave life last year to <a title=\"Wogger\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=874\">Wogger<\/a>, a cute red alien. Since then, he has created over 100 chapters for the <a title=\"Wogger Mini\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?s=Wogger+Mini&#038;searchbutton=Search\">Wogger Mini<\/a> series that more and more people enjoy playing every week.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Dan Russell-Pinson (U.S.A.)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Tipping Point\" title=\"Tipping Point\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/tipping-point-50.jpg\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dan-russell-pinson.com\/blog\/\">Dan Russell-Pinson<\/a> has been programming since the early 80\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, but he only started learning Flash a few months ago. Last August, he released the first chapter of <a title=\"Tipping Point\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=2941\">Tipping Point<\/a>, a very promising series of adventure games, and the second chapter went live a few weeks ago.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Federico Rutenberg (Argentina)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Esklavos\" title=\"Esklavos\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Esklavos-50-1.jpg\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lakrim.com.ar\/\">Federico Rutenberg<\/a> released the first chapter of Esklavos last April. <a title=\"Esklavos series\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?s=Esklavos&#038;searchbutton=Search\">Esklavos is a Point\u00e2\u20ac\u2122n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Click Adventure series<\/a> involving two young aliens. Since then, he has created 9 more chapters and Esklavos is quickly becoming popular series.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>On (Japan)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Dwarf Complete\" title=\"Dwarf Complete\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Dwarf-Complete-50.jpg\" \/>On of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eyezmaze.com\">Eyezmaze<\/a>, the creator of the hugely popular Grow series has released several games this year, with major hits like <a title=\"Dwarf Complete\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=1451\">Dwarf Complete<\/a> or <a title=\"Grow Island\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=2428\">Grow Island<\/a>, along with a few others like <a title=\"Neighbours\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=1328\">Neighbours<\/a>, <a title=\"Grow Nano vol.2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=1355\">Grow Nano vol.2<\/a> and <a title=\"Galves Adventure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=1596\">Galves Adventure<\/a>.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Mateusz Skutnik (Poland)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Covert Front\" title=\"Covert Front\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/covert-front-50.jpg\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rewolucje.com\/\">Mateusz Skutnik<\/a> defines himself as a Flash games architect and a graphic novel artist. His best known adventure\/escape series so far is Submachine (with two new chapters this year, <a title=\"Submachine 4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=1644\">Submachine 4<\/a> and <a title=\"Submachine FLF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=1866\">FLF<\/a>). He also started two new adventure series this year, <a title=\"Covert Front Episode 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=2692\">Covert Front<\/a> and <a title=\"Daymare Town\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=2181\">Daymare Town<\/a>. The author is now developing <em>&#8220;Submachine 5: the Root&#8221;<\/em> that should be released in January.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Trickysheep (New Zealand)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Anika Odyssey\" title=\"Anika Odyssey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/anika-odyssey-50.jpg\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trickysheep.com\/\">Trickysheep<\/a> is a digital publisher based in New Zealand. The 21st of November, they released <a title=\"Anika's Odyssey: Land of the Taniwha \" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=2875\">Anika\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Odyssey \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Land of the Taniwha<\/a>, <em>&#8220;a magical adventure deep into a lush and enchanted land&#8221;.<\/em> The game was coded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.custom-logic.com\/\">Jeff Nusz<\/a>, the author of another original adventure game released this year, <a title=\"Sprout\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/?p=1393\">Sprout<\/a>, with art by Tom Robinson.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at FreeGamesNews, we love free browser-based games. The end of the year is coming soon, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for YOU to cast your vote for the Best Developers of the year in our first annual FreeGamesNews Awards. Here are the 10 nominees in the category Best Adventure games Developers of 2007, in alphabetical order: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freegamesnews.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}