MetaArcade

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MetaArcade
Company typeVideo game developer
Industry Video games
Founded2016
FounderDavid Reid
Defunct2020
Headquarters
Mercer Island, Washington
,
The United States of America
Key people
David Reid
ProductsAdventure Creator, Cthulhu Chronicles, Tunnels & Trolls Adventures
Number of employees
12 (2018)
Website www.metaarcade.com

MetaArcade was a Seattle, Washington area-based independent game production company founded in 2016 by David Reid, focused on interactive fiction adventures for mobile platforms.

They produced Adventure Creator, a platform which allows users to easily create interactive fiction adventures for mobile devices. [1]

In 2016, MetaArcade released Tunnels & Trolls Adventures based on the Tunnels & Trolls tabletop role-playing game. [2] The game won the MMORPG.com "Best Mobile MMO or RPG" award at PAX West 2016. [3]

In 2018, MetaArcade released the Cthulhu Chronicles, a campaign of several interactive adventures based on Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game). [4]

In late 2019, MetaArcade sold the Tunnels & Trolls Adventures and Adventure Creator assets to Trollhalla Press Unlimited, a print and digital publishing company owned by Ken St. Andre, but the sale was not widely announced until early 2020. [5] [6] [7] MetaArcade sold the Cthulhu Chronicles assets to Chaosium. [8] [9]

In 2020, MetaArcade shut their doors.[ citation needed ]

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