is an
American Video Game and
Computer Game Developer .
"Cryptic Allusion" was started by
Dan Potter around
1995 for the purposes of web design consulting. Since that area of the business world began to take off on its own and become crowded, the purpose of the group has been redefined several times over the years, but it has found its calling as an independent game development group. They are now Cryptic Allusion, LLC, registered in the state of Texas.
In
2000 , Cryptic Allusion started the Cryptic Allusion DCDev Project, whose initial fruits of labor were libdream and
KallistiOS . Both were toolkits designed to assist hobbyists and independent developers to work with the
Dreamcast Console , but KallistiOS is now the preferred and active project, and is developed by a group of developers on the SourceForge Free Software development site. Cryptic Allusion DCDev has slowly become GameDev, as they have started to move to other consoles as well.
Cryptic Allusion made an appearance at
E3 2001 to distribute ''
DC Tonic '' demo CDs to the Dreamcast fans at the show. ''DC Tonic'' has been well received and has even been reportedly mistaken for an actual commercial demo, though the developers were rushed for time in its production, and the tools used were not at a very high level of quality at the time.
In
2003 , Cryptic Allusion released the first independent commercial Dreamcast game developed with KallistiOS, a multiplayer dancing and typing game entitled ''
Feet Of Fury ''.
Shortly thereafter, they announced that their demo game that was included on the ''DC Tonic'' demo CD, ''
Tryptonite '', would be their next commercial Dreamcast game.
In
2005 , they shifted from developing for the Dreamcast to developing
Shareware for
Mac OS X and
Windows . Their first game was ''
Marbol '', a game idea by Brian Peek of
Ganksoft Entertainment , originally intended for a Dreamcast release, and demoed for the Dreamcast on the ''DC Tonic'' demo CD.
At the Midwest Gaming Classic gaming convention on
June 3 ,
2006 , it was revealed that Cryptic Allusion has returned to producing titles for the Sega Dreamcast. The titles announced were
Feet Of Fury 2 , a remake of the Amiga CD32 game
Donk . They are also coding the menu system for the upcoming arcade compilation
GOAT Games .
