Comment below for a chance to win a game key of your choice! Winner can choose a game key for Steam from these options: Trine, Trine 2: Complete Story, Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power, Shadwen, Shadowgrounds or Shadowgrounds Survivor.
Frozenbyte celebrated its 15th birthday earlier this year. But it’s actually on this day, 15 years ago, that Frozenbyte was officially registered as a company. So let’s see some pictures that we have taken along the way.
CEO’s apartment 2001-2003
Sometimes you have to compromise with the working space.
This is where it all started. Our CEO’s tiny flat. This proves that all you need is a computer and a lot of determination. At least in the beginning it’s enough, later on you might need some other stuff too.
Garage 2003
I bet this is the workspace and party dinner that comes to mind when you think about how glamorous the video game industry is! During the spring of 2003, Frozenbyte had seven employees so the company had to move from our CEO’s apartment to his mother’s garage due to the lack of space.
New business center 2004-2007
Towards the end of 2003, Frozenbyte moved into a business incubator located in the Helsinki city centre, because a real company needs a real working space. The office was 40 square meters and quite an improvement compared to the garage, don’t you think? Shadowgrounds was released in 2005 and Shadowgrounds Survivor in 2007. Frozenbyte hired so many workers that the company ran out of space again.
Kalasatama 2007-2011
Workstations and a game corner we had back then!
Eight times more space than before! Frozenbyte started to work with Jack Claw, a project that was later buried. After the burial Frozenbyte started working on Trine which was released on Steam in 2009. Playstation, Mac and Linux versions came later. Trine 2 went into development right after Trine was released. Trine 2 is also having a birthday today and is turning five years old! Trine series was such a success that once again Frozenbyte hired more employees and the space ran out. And the solution for that? Yup, it was time to move again!
Kuusisaari 2012-Now
Pictures from the downstairs. The pool is replaced by a meeting room!?Okay, these pictures are from our current office building here in Kuusisaari, Helsinki. In this office we have developed Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power and Shadwen. Nine Parchments is currently in development. Unfortunately we don’t have the pool anymore as we kinda ran out of space and had to convert the pool area to an auditorium. And as you can see from one of the pictures below, our catering has somewhat improved, although we still have french fries and ketchup once in a while.
This was when our Writer’s, Maija’s office was setup to upstairs, and some party food on the right!
That was quite nostalgic, wouldn’t you say! Do you have any absolute favorite photos? Or do you maybe have some questions that you’d like to ask us? Maybe tomorrow we could post something that isn’t as old as some of these photos. 😀
Here is also the video that we made to show our journey from our first game, Shadowgrounds to Shadwen.
20 comments on “Christmas Calendar – Frozenbyte 15 Years #7”
Congratulations with officially 15 years of Frozenbyte! 🙂
”Maybe tomorrow we could post something that isn’t as old as some of these photos.”
Trine 3 DLC please?! Best series ever <3.
Still very interested in a Shadwen key! Fingers crossed 🙂
good old stuff there… hope i win something this year 😀
Weird to feeling to realise that big white monitors’ heyday is actually almost 2 decades ago. Great to see pictures from Frozenbyte’s humble beginnings
Big monitors : heavy to carry but so more reliable than those flat screens.
I choose Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power.
First image is my favourite – it gives me hope 😛
Thanks for the amazing work over all those years! A Trine 3 key would be awesome.
I loved big monitors.
Great photo story, thanks for sharing 🙂
Congrats for the 15 years, thanks for your work all these years
So cool to see the company’s progress! I wish you the best to come
Congrats on 15 years!
Admittedly, it kind of scares me that “15 years ago” is still in the 2000s. Does that mean I’m getting old?
Nice upgrades. Congrats on 15yrs!
Congrats for the 15 Years!, it’s pretty amazing look backwards and see the evolution of the company, and I’m glad you guys still around because Trine is part of the start of the Boom of indie games in 2009 with games like Braid, World of Goo, Limbo, it’s just great, I’m looking forward to play what is still to come :), cheers!
favorite picture is the pool 😀
It is great to see your progress during the years. Keep up the good work!
Shadwen 🙂
Congratulations on your 15th anniversary!
As already mentioned this is an interesting look back. Where you once had started and what you’ve achieved till now. I’m looking forward to your next great ideas.
Congratulations FB you’ve come a long way!
Happy anniversary!
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