The cornerstone of Code Mystics' approach to game development is a solid technology base. Benefiting from decades of experience, we have developed a number of tools and engines that maximise the efficiency of game development, for rapid cross-platform deployment in a timely and cost-efficient fashion.

Our two primary technologies are the Prometheus Engine and our FOCAL Emulation Technology, each specialised to its application.

Prometheus is an abstracted cross-platform engine design and tool suite intended to ease development of 2D games. Game code built within the engine's framework can be simultaneously deployed without modification on, for example, both Windows-based PC and the Nintendo DS. Prometheus is the product of decades of experience in cross-platform abstraction. Supporting Windows, web browsers, and Nintendo DS, with near-term expansion plans for iPhone and Wii, Prometheus is intended to be an ideal launching platform to take casual gaming beyond the desktop.

Emulation technology is used to bring classic games back to life. Our team members were pioneers in the retrogaming genre, in 1994 creating the technology that became the foundation of retrogaming developer phenomenon, Digital Eclipse. Prior to forming Code Mystics, our coders have been responsible for nearly 100 classic gaming SKUs, from Atari Arcade Hits to Midway Arcade Treasures and beyond.

15 years and millions of sales later, our team has built upon this expertise to create a new breed of emulation. FOCAL (an acronym for Flow-Optimised Code AnaLysis) marries the efficiency and accuracy of emulation, with a new data-driven approach that can achieve solid frame rates on modest platforms and still take advantage of the cross-platform efficiencies of our Prometheus Engine. FOCAL can target any console, desktop or handheld gaming platform. Thus, emulated games can now be deployed with arcade quality within web browsers, for example, and then ported to the Nintendo DS and iPhone alike with lightning speed.