Tilted Mill Entertainment
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Tilted Mill Entertainment is a video game developer
located in Framingham, Massachusetts
. It was founded in 2001 by former Impressions Games
lead designer and general manager Chris Beatrice
, business manager Peter Haffenreffer, and designer Jeff Fiske.
The company employs 20 staff in design, programming, creative, and administrative roles. Tilted Mill is a reference to Don Quixote. Tilted Mill developed the fifth sequel of the SimCity series
, titled SimCity Societies
(all previous titles had been developed by Maxis
). The game however was criticized for its lack of the traditional SimCity gaming formula.
On July 11, 2008 Tilted Mill announced the creation of their first independent game entitled Hinterland
. According to Tilted Mills website "In Hinterland, you build up and lead a small village, populated by simple townsfolk struggling to survive and prosper in the wild back country of a medieval fantasy world." The game was released on Steam on 30 September 2008.
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
located in Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 68,318 as of the United States 2010 Census. -History:...
. It was founded in 2001 by former Impressions Games
Impressions Games
Impressions Games was a video game developer founded by David Lester in the UK. He sold the company to Sierra Entertainment in 1995, who was then bought out by Cendant and eventually, Vivendi Universal ....
lead designer and general manager Chris Beatrice
Chris Beatrice
Chris Beatrice is a game designer noted for primary creative development of popular historical city-building games, including Caesar, Lords of the Realm, Pharaoh, and Zeus...
, business manager Peter Haffenreffer, and designer Jeff Fiske.
The company employs 20 staff in design, programming, creative, and administrative roles. Tilted Mill is a reference to Don Quixote. Tilted Mill developed the fifth sequel of the SimCity series
SimCity (series)
SimCity is an open-ended city-building computer and console video game series and the brainchild of developer Will Wright. It is published by Maxis . The game was first published in 1989 as SimCity, and it has spawned several different editions sold worldwide...
, titled SimCity Societies
SimCity Societies
SimCity Societies received mixed reviews. GameZone praised the game's increased accessibility and less "sterile" gameplay compared to previous titles in the SimCity series, and Game Informer concluded that the changes to the gameplay were "inventive"...
(all previous titles had been developed by Maxis
Maxis
Maxis is an American company founded as an independent video game developer in 1987. It is currently a subsidiary of Electronic Arts . Maxis is the creator of one of the best-selling computer games of all time, The Sims and its first sequel, The Sims 2...
). The game however was criticized for its lack of the traditional SimCity gaming formula.
On July 11, 2008 Tilted Mill announced the creation of their first independent game entitled Hinterland
Hinterland (video game)
Hinterland is a high fantasy role-playing video game with city-building elements by Tilted Mill Entertainment. It was released on September 30, 2008 on the Steam content delivery system, and has since been made available at other digital distribution websites. Hinterland: Orc Lords, a cumulative...
. According to Tilted Mills website "In Hinterland, you build up and lead a small village, populated by simple townsfolk struggling to survive and prosper in the wild back country of a medieval fantasy world." The game was released on Steam on 30 September 2008.
Video games developed
- Immortal Cities: Children of the NileImmortal Cities: Children of the NileImmortal Cities: Children of the Nile is a city-building game set in ancient Egypt, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment. The game was released November 2004 in the United States and February 2005 in Europe.-Enhanced Edition:...
, a city-building game set in ancient EgyptAncient EgyptAncient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
and published through Myelin MediaMyelin MediaMyelin Media is a privately held video game publisher owned by the hedge fund Icahn Associates Corporation located in New York, NY. Myelin specializes in working with independent video game developers to promote creative titles...
- Children of the Nile: Alexandria, city pack for Children of the Nile.
- Caesar IV, a city-building game set in ancient RomeAncient RomeAncient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
and published through Sierra EntertainmentSierra EntertainmentSierra Entertainment Inc. was an American video-game developer and publisher founded in 1979 as On-Line Systems by Ken and Roberta Williams... - SimCity SocietiesSimCity SocietiesSimCity Societies received mixed reviews. GameZone praised the game's increased accessibility and less "sterile" gameplay compared to previous titles in the SimCity series, and Game Informer concluded that the changes to the gameplay were "inventive"...
, a society-building game that is part of the Sim franchise.- SimCity Societies: DestinationsSimCity Societies: DestinationsSimCity Societies: Destinations is an expansion pack for SimCity Societies and was released in North America on June 23, 2008.- Gameplay :...
, expansion set for SimCity SocietiesSimCity SocietiesSimCity Societies received mixed reviews. GameZone praised the game's increased accessibility and less "sterile" gameplay compared to previous titles in the SimCity series, and Game Informer concluded that the changes to the gameplay were "inventive"...
.
- SimCity Societies: Destinations
- HinterlandHinterland (video game)Hinterland is a high fantasy role-playing video game with city-building elements by Tilted Mill Entertainment. It was released on September 30, 2008 on the Steam content delivery system, and has since been made available at other digital distribution websites. Hinterland: Orc Lords, a cumulative...
- Mosby's ConfederacyMosby's Confederacy (video game)Mosby's Confederacy is a 2008 turn based strategy and real time tactics video game by Tilted Mill Entertainment.-Overview:In Mosby’s Confederacy the player commands small bands of skirmishers, scouts and guerilla fighters on opportunistic missions to scout, ambush, steal supplies and harass larger...
- Nile OnlineImmortal Cities: Nile OnlineImmortal Cities: Nile Online is a browser-based game set in Ancient Egypt, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment. Like many browser games, there is no set goal. The game is played on an infinite-round basis—there are no resets planned. The main focus of the game is on trading resources in order to...
, a web game in the same vein as Children of the Nile. - Hinterland: Orc LordsHinterland (video game)Hinterland is a high fantasy role-playing video game with city-building elements by Tilted Mill Entertainment. It was released on September 30, 2008 on the Steam content delivery system, and has since been made available at other digital distribution websites. Hinterland: Orc Lords, a cumulative...
External links
- Tilted Mill Entertainment web site
- Children of the Nile web site
- Caesar IV web site
- Tilted Mill Entertainment entry at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...
- SimCity Societies website
- Hinterland web site