Itlit Software is a computer game and middleware

Middleware

Middleware is computer software that connects software components or people and their applications. The software consists of a set of services that allows multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact...

 developer

Video game developer

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 based in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

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, South Africa

South Africa

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.

Itlit was founded in 2002

2002 in video gaming

The year 2002 in video gaming saw the release of many games to sixth-generation video game consoles, predominately, the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox.-Events:...

 as a mobile

Mobile game

A mobile game is a video game played on a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet computer or portable media player. This does not include games played on handheld video game systems such as Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable....

 and casual game

Casual game

A casual game is a video game targeted at or used by a mass audience of casual gamers. Casual games can have any type of gameplay, and fit in any genre. They are typically distinguished by their simple rules and lack of commitment required in contrast to more complex hardcore games...

 developer, mainly producing a number of side-scrolling and puzzle-based

Computer puzzle game

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 games. All their mobile titles were developed for Java ME

Java Platform, Micro Edition

Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes...

 and BREW mobile phones while the company served as technical contractor for various other casual game developers. At the start of 2003 Itlit made a shift from mobile and casual games to PC

IBM PC compatible

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 and console systems

Video game console

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. Its first title for the PC, Relent: The Fallen, was a FPS

First-person shooter

First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...

/RPG originally scheduled for release in 2009/2010 but eventually canceled. Neither the company nor its publisher released any information about this title, except for it being based on Itlit's in-house 3D engine.

Itlit is best known internationally for developing the RelentENGINE

RelentENGINE

RelentENGINE is a next-generation first-person shooter game engine developed by Itlit Software for the video game Relent: The Fallen. The RelentENGINE technology was developed with the aim of bridging the gap between pre-compiled and dynamic shadowing; it focuses on support for massive destroyable...

, a 3D engine renowned for its efficient shader model 3 and HDR

High dynamic range rendering

In 3D computer graphics, high dynamic range rendering , also known as high dynamic range lighting, is the rendering of computer graphics scenes by using lighting calculations done in a larger dynamic range. This allows preservation of details that may be lost due to limiting contrast ratios...

lighting support. The engine has also received critical acclaim for its support of large, dynamically modifiable environments.