company industry video games founded october 15 2002 2002 10 15 founder adam bohn headquarters land o lakes florida united states area served worldwide key people adam bohn founder & ceo products adventurequest dragonfable mechquest inactive adventurequest worlds warpforce inactive epicduel herosmash inactive aq3d legend of lore failed oversoul inactive adventurequest battle gems adventurequest dragons aq3d ponyvspony number of employees 49 2016 website www.artix.com artix entertainment llc often abbreviated to ae is an independent video game developer and publisher founded by adam bohn better known to players by his pseudonym artix von krieger in october 2002 . 1 it is best known for creating browser based role playing video games including adventurequest dragonfable mechquest and adventurequest worlds using adobe flash . the company released its first title for ios and android devices in march 2011 2 and is currently update developing its first 3d game adventurequest 3d using the unity game engine . artix entertainment s products are sometimes referred to as battleon games . contents 1 games 1.1 adventurequest 1.1.1 warpforce 1.2 dragonfable 1.3 mechquest 1.4 adventurequest worlds 1.5 epicduel 1.6 herosmash 1.7 pony vs pony 1.8 adventurequest 3d 1.9 oversoul 1.10 adventurequest battle gems 1.11 adventurequest dragons 1.12 fat panda 1.13 master account mini games 1.14 velocityae 1.15 biobeasts 1.16 other games 2 revenue 2.1 aextras 3 other media 4 references 5 external links games edit adventurequest edit main article adventurequest adventurequest is artix entertainment s first project released in october 2002 . it was meant to be called land of rising evil lore . now it is also referred to as adventurequest classic and the original adventurequest . the game is also called battleon sometimes because of its domain name . the game is set in the fictional world of lore a tongue in cheek reference to the original game name lands of rising evil . while it is free to play players may upgrade their characters to become adventurequest guardians in order to receive exclusive in game benefits . warpforce edit artix entertainment s expansion to adventurequest warpforce was released on july 17 2009 . it is a sequel to adventurequest specifically relating to the recently completed five year devourer story arc in adventurequest and there has been many crossovers between the two . it was built with the same game engine as adventurequest and like adventurequest and artix entertainment s other single player rpgs is free to play with an optional one time fee . warpforce is about the people of lore humans dwarves elves and a reptilian race called drakel who band together to create a fleet of starships powered by both magic and science and zoom into outer space on missions to defeat a powerful and vast alien network that is working to take over the universe . warpforce takes ideas of traditional fantasy and incorporates them into a sci fi universe combining classic rpg elements with artix entertainment s trademark humor and a single player storyline that unlocks as the player levels up becoming more powerful by increasing stats and getting advanced equipment . players will be able to choose from several races dynamically change equipment during the animated battles and also be able to combine their efforts in large wars and crossover events . dragonfable edit main article dragonfable after adventurequest gained popularity artix entertainment began to develop dragonfable and released it in june 9 2006 set in the same world as adventurequest . it serves as a prequel to adventurequest and features younger versions of many of the same characters . but unlike adventurequest which featured a 2d background with the player s clicking the edges of the screen or doors to move around dragonfable has a 2.5 d movement system . mechquest edit main article mechquest the third game mechquest is a science fiction rpg set in the same timeline as adventurequest and dragonfable . mechquest s game system is a fusion between adventurequest s and dragonfable s. players can either move around and fight on foot or pilot their own giant robot called mechas in the game to fight evil forces invading planets around the galaxy . nic stransky complimented the graphics and simplicity of the game but wrote that melee could feel inconsistent and that players may wish for more strategy . 3 adventurequest worlds edit main article adventurequest worlds adventurequest worlds is the fourth major game made by artix entertainment . it is also the first multiplayer mmorpg created by that company . the game was released on october 10 2008 . like its predecessors it uses 2d 3d animation although in a much simpler style to account for the increased server load and incorporates elements of all three previous games in its story . unlike its predecessors however membership which is called legend upgrades are not a one time payment but are instead purchased only for a certain number of months . play is similar to many mmorpgs with players being able to chat and fight both in game monsters and other players in limited areas . characters can be customized in appearance and gear and character classes are available to train in game . combat is not turn based as in artix entertainment s previous rpgs but is real time and allows for group battles . special events take place often with many holidays being celebrated in game . other special events include wars in which players collaborate to defeat enough waves of monsters to win the war over several days and live events with guest stars like voltaire one eyed doll george lowe paul and storm jonathan coulton the cast of ctrl alt del ayi jihu arcattack they might be giants and michael sinterniklaas as the voice of deady . 4 5 6 7 8 9 epicduel edit on december 2 2009 artix entertainment announced that they were taking on a new mmorpg epicduel which they acquired from epic inventions llc who were developing the game independently . 10 this is now their sixth major game and second major mmorpg . epicduel s battle system is primarily based on player versus player gameplay . herosmash edit herosmash is a superhero themed mmorpg that has entered beta testing based on adventurequest worlds . beta stage is playable to all players in the game that possesses a master account . the game was originally going to be called superheroquest but the word superhero is a trademark of dc comics and marvel comics which stopped artix entertainment from using the name . 11 as of 2014 the game is stated to be no longer in development . 12 pony vs pony edit a puzzle game inspired from my little pony . the game was released in 2011 . adventurequest 3d edit artix entertainment is currently working on their first 3d game adventurequest 3d which has now been released for alpha testing to all players who have purchased any packages in any of the games created by artix entertainment . beta testing is due to begin in late 2016 . 13 it features unique features to mmo including cross platform gameplay fusion of weapons allowing players to play on computer or mobile device . it also has a mechanism known as the sidekick system where players can invite a friend to aid them in combat and if there is a huge difference in levels between the players the lower leveled player will be temporarily scaled to that of the higher leveled player . 14 the game was initially playable with online browsing using unity ; however the game was move to steam for mac and windows in march 8 2016 oversoul edit a player versus player and player versus environment game where players possess characters and use skill cards to battle . the game was created by artix entertainment s artist milton pool better known as nulgath or miltonius . the game is currently in beta testing phase and is available to all players . alpha testing took place from september 13 2012 to october 31 2012 . the game is now fully released . adventurequest battle gems edit battle gems artix entertainment s very first major mobile game released on ios on march 18 2014 followed by subsequent releases on android and facebook in the month of may . battle gems features candy crush like game play . 15 players are required to swipe over matching puzzle gems to launch battle attacks against monsters . battle gems features more than 150 fully animated monsters to fight more than 450 quests to conquer and various weapons armor types and pets to collect . the game is full of artix entertainment style puns as well as recurring jokes from other battleon games . players can pay a one time fee to upgrade to the founder status which aside from giving them permanent status as founder also gives unlimited turns unlimited energy normally players can only fight a certain number of battles and then have to wait for it to refill permanent gold boost 30 % gold earned skeleton key unlocks everything players normally need gold keys for and exclusive dragon knight armor helm weapon and wings . players can further link it to your master account and unlock the exclusive draqon knight class in adventurequest worlds . adventurequest dragons edit adventurequest dragons is artix entertainment s second major mobile game developed in collaboration with french programmer orteil who is best known for creating cookie clicker . aq dragons which is aimed at multiple platforms released on google play store on december 13 2014 and the app store on december 17 with a web version planned for release in early 2015 . aq dragons is an idle game which features cookie clicker styled gameplay . players are required to tap on dragon eggs to hatch them and then collect gems by tapping on them in order to buy upgrades and evolve the baby dragons into titanic versions of themselves . dragons features 12 different kinds of dragons each of which has their own artwork and animations along with their own story lines and upgrades which the player can buy with their accumulated gems . the dragons need to be unlocked by means of dragon keys which are either available as part of the upgrades or can be bought for a certain fee . aq dragons features a founder status much like battle gems which the players can upgrade to by paying a one time fee . founder players are granted permanent founder status along with a large number of dragon keys and access to special items in adventurequest worlds . fat panda edit fat panda was developed for android mobile devices and released on the google play store in 2011 . master account mini games edit in early 2010 the battleon portal was launched allowing players to connect all of their accounts to one master account . work also began on a system where progress in portal mini games could be saved on the master account . the first of these mini games is bladehaven . beta testing for the game began on october 14 2010 . only players who had upgraded in one of the company s other games could participate . 16 the game was released to the public on november 5 . 17 in 2011 the staff had an mini game developing contest and ended up making and releasing 10 mini games on the portal site . velocityae edit release in june 13 2015 velocityae is a mobile game for android and ios . it is a retro arcade runner . it was secretly developed by rolith an employee of artix entertainment . biobeasts edit developed in mid 2015 biobeasts is a free single player arcade survival game . it was released in january 20 2016 other games edit a test guardian only game known as zardwars was developed in order to test how the servers would react to more than one database . another guardian