please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources synapse gaming news newspapers books scholar jstor free images december 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message synapse gaming type indie game technology development industry video game industry founded 2003 headquarters pittsburgh pennsylvania united states products torque lighting kit 2003 2008 sunburn xna game engine 2008 present salty jim s putt putt island 2010 present website http www.synapsegaming.com synapse gaming was a pittsburgh pennsylvania based video game engine developer . it is best known for lighting and rendering technology integrated into the sunburn xna game engine and previously garagegames torque lighting kit . synapse gaming s interest in and development of lighting rendering and other elements of game technology have enabled independent game developers to create games with visuals that can compete with aaa title releases . it was started by john kabus initially working in partnership with garagegames . garagegames released the following products with synapse gaming s lighting and rendering technology in them torque lighting pack 2003 torque lighting kit 2004 torque shader engine 2006 in 2008 synapse gaming embarked on a partnership with microsoft building new technology using xna which retails as the sunburn engine . 1 the resulting xna products include sunburn lighting and rendering engine 2008 salty jim s putt putt island 2010 sunburn xna game engine 2011 microsoft recognizes synapse gaming as an official partner and app hub members receive discounts . 2 in 2010 synapse gaming released a mobile mini golf video game for windows phone 7 called salty jim s putt putt island . references edit mcdermott wes 2009 . creating real time assets . real world modo in the trenches with modo . focus press . pp. 291 292 . isbn 978 0 240 81199 4 . . microsoft xna partners . archived january 7 2011 at the wayback machine . external links edit synapse gaming s website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title synapse gaming & oldid 743626782 categories companies based in pittsburghcompanies established in 2003video game companies of the united statesvideo game engineshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from december 2014all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from december 2014all articles with topics of unclear notability 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 10 october 2016 at 13 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view