privately held industry video game founded november 2011 2011 11 founder jon ingold joseph humfrey headquarters cambridge united kingdom products 80 days website inklestudios.com inkle is a game company based in cambridge united kingdom that specialises in interactive narrative . they are notable for games such as 80 days which was time magazine s game of the year in 2014 1 and sorcery a well received 2 adaptation of on steve jackson s sorcery series . inkle has also created inklewriter an online tool for creating interactive fiction . contents 1 history 1.1 inklewriter 2 references 3 external links history edit inkle was founded in november 2011 by jon ingold and joseph humfrey . 3 their first project was an interactive choice based version of mary shelley s novel frankenstein written by successful gamebook author dave morris and published by profile books . 4 it received mixed reactions earning a kirkus reviews best of 2012 star 5 despite the guardian describing it as digital butchery . 6 noting it s bewiledring format and the fact that despite being billed as interactive users can not change how the base story plays out . 7 in may 2013 they released the first in an ongoing fantasy series sorcery video game based on gamebooks by famous uk games designer steve jackson . the adaptation was widely praised with ign calling it a prime example of what can happen when traditional storytelling gets along with contemporary game design 8 the sequel followed in november 2013 and was substantially larger in scope . 9 they have collaborated with penguin books on two apps . 2013 s poems by heart is a memorisation game intended to help readers learn poetry and was chosen as one of kirkus best books of 2013 . 10 in the same year they also worked with new york times bestselling author kelley armstrong on the cainsville files a visual novel style interactive prequel to her cainsville book series . 11 gamasutra named them one of their top 10 developers of 2014 saying 80 days set an exciting bar for what mainstream interactive fiction could look like ... without sacrificing sophistication and depth for accessibility . 12 the new york times cited it an example of successful interactive storytelling 13 while the telegraph newspaper called it both one of the best branching narratives ever created 14 and one of the best books of 2014 . 15 inklewriter edit inkle has also created inklewriter an online tool for creating interactive fiction . 16 it is used in schools 17 and was awarded a best website for teaching and learning award by american association of school librarians in 2013 . 18 it is also used by some game developers ; 19 for example stoic studios to aid in development of their game the banner saga . 20 references edit https time.com 3582118 top 10 video games 2014 http www.metacritic.com game ios sorcery http www.inklestudios.com about http www.profilebooks.com frankenstein reborn profile inkle dave morris and jamie thomson launch new app https www.kirkusreviews.com book reviews mary shelley frankenstein inkle http www.theguardian.com books 2012 apr 15 mary shelley frankenstein app review http www.theguardian.com books 2012 apr 15 mary shelley frankenstein app review http uk.ign.com games steve jackson sorcery iphone 167175 http www.eurogamer.net articles 2013 08 16 sorcery part 2 due late sep early oct on ios https www.kirkusreviews.com book reviews penguin group usa poems heart http www.148apps.com reviews kelley armstrongs cainsville files review http www.gamasutra.com view news 232070 the top 10 game developers of 2014.php http nytimes.com 2014 11 24 arts video games dragon age inquisition evokes interactive storytelling.html smid nytcore iphone share & smprod nytcore iphone http www.telegraph.co.uk technology video games video game reviews 11040336 80 days review.html http www.telegraph.co.uk culture books 11245795 christmas books 2014 best fiction to read.html http www.gamasutra.com view news 173448 new free tools allow any novice to make an accessible text adventure.php http teachinghistory.org digital classroom tech for teachers 25775 http www.ala.org aasl standards guidelines best websites 2013 http www.pocketgamer.co.uk r iphone inklewriter news.asp c 61634 http stoicstudio.com single player progress external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title inkle video game company & oldid 703990484 categories companies based in cambridgeprivately held companies of englandvideo game companies established in 2011video game companies of the united kingdomhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 february 2016 at 21 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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