The Dreamers Guild

Former computer and video game publisher and developer

The Dreamers Guild

Founded	1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Defunct	1997 (1997)
Key people	Robert McNally (president & co-founder) Walter Hochbrueckner (co-founder)Bradley W. Schenck (art department)}}
Number of employees	Over 100 (1997)

The Dreamers Guild was a publisher and developer of video games that operated from 1988 until 1997.

History

Authors Bryan Kritzell and David C. Logan reported that The Dreamers Guild was founded on an "open, consensus-driven" business model, in which employees voted to decide the company's corporate moves. It was based on the model of a guild.^[1] The company's art department was run by artist Bradley W. Schenck, who had previously created The Labyrinth of Time at Terra Nova Development.^[2] At final count, The Dreamers Guild employed over 100.

Employee Joe Pearce recalled that most of the Dreamers Guild's games were "a mixed bag success-wise." He cited Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb as a commercial flop, and called I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream "a modest seller."^[3] Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II (1997) was The Dreamers Guild's final game before the company's closure. According to Retro Gamer, the developer "rushed out" the game before its bankruptcy.^[4] Pearce noted that "it barely got out the door."^[3]

Games

Nick of Time – (unreleased)
Skulls, Bones and Buccaneers – (unreleased)
Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II – 1997
The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge (port to Mac OS) – 1996
Dinotopia Adventure Game for PC – 1996
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream – 1995
FiefQuest – 1995
The Labyrinth of Time (port to Mac OS) – 1995
Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb – 1994
Fast Action Paq – 1994
Solitaire and Other Card Games – 1994
Deluxe Music 2.0 – 1993
The Legend of Kyrandia (port to Mac OS) – 1993
More Vegas Games – 1993
A-Train & A-Train Construction Set (port to AmigaOS and Mac OS) – 1993
Robosport (port to AmigaOS) – 1992
PGA Tour Golf (port to Mac OS) - 1991
Faery Tale Adventure – 1990
Ebonstar – 1988

References

^ Logan, David C.; Kritzell, Bryan (1997). Reinventing Your Career: Following the 5 New Paths to Career Fulfillment. McGraw-Hill. p. 80. ISBN 0-07-009434-9.
^ Staff (November 24, 2006). "Interview with Bradley Schenck". Graphic Design Basics. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Jong, Philip (November 24, 2009). "Joe Pearce – Wyrmkeep Entertainment – Interview". Adventure Classic Gaming. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019.
^ Al Bustani, Hareth (2018). "The Making of... I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream". Retro Gamer (183): 72–75.