Drakensang The Dark Eye

Drakensang is a traditional, classic, story driven party RPG for PC. Based on the German Pen and Paper RPG “The Dark Eye” (“Das Schwarze Auge”) three parts have been released:

2008 Drakensang The Dark Eye
2009 Drakensang River of Time
2010 Drakensang Philleasson´s Secret

… more screenshots, artworks and further details will be added soon …

Youtube

2009 “Drakensang 2 River of Time Intro”
2009 “Drakensang 2 River of Time Trailer”
2009 “Drakensang 2 River of Time Fun Trailer”
2007 “Drakensang 1 Developer Diary”
2006 “Drakensang 1 Art Work In Progress 1” When Art Director Marcus Koch joined the team, we were able to increase the quality of the characters a lot. The video shows Nebula tools and character improvements.
2006 “Drakensang 1 Art Work In Progress 2” Drakensang 1 charakter preview. Inhouse Development Tools (Nebula 2). This video has been shown at Ratcon 2006 when Drakensang was presented the first time to the DSA Community.

Facts

Developed from 2005-2010
“Drakensang” is based on the leading German Pen and Paper fantasy franchise “The Dark Eye” (“Das Schwarze Auge”)
One of the unique points of “The Dark Eye” is a living and constantly evolving world - Drakensang is deeply embedded and interlinked with. Books and adventures unfold and connect the story lines from the game into the pen and paper world and vice versa.
At peak a team of more than 100 great people worked on the project
It took us 3 years, severaly concepts and 3 prototypes until we finally closed a publishing deal in 2005. And another 3 years to develop the first title.
Development was co-funded by public subsidies of the “Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung” - the highest funding at that time.
“Drakensang” after release 2008 held Top Ten positions 1,2 and 3 in Germany at the same time for several weeks. (with 3 different editions)
While the first part took 3 years to develop - “Drakensang 2 River of Time” was developed within only 18 months, with more content, full synchro, in all terms better quality and much deeper embedded into the living world of Aventuria.

More materials

Artwork Google Drive Folder

Links

2010 “Drakensang Philleasson´s Secret” on Mobygames
2009 “Drakensang River of Time” on Mobygames
2009-Aug-28 dsa-drakensang.de “Am Fluss der Zeit” Games Com Interview Interview. German.
2008 “Drakensang The Dark Eye” on Mobygames
2008 Spieletipps Interview Interview. German. Details about the development and funding process.
Wikipedia