ImaginEngine

ImaginEngine Corp. was an American video game developer based in Venice, California. Founded in 1994, it was merged into Backbone Entertainment on January 1, 2004.

History
In 1994, the company was founded by Jon Goldman, Mark Loughridge and David Vronay. Mark and David met at Apple Computer where they both worked in Apple's Advanced Technology Group (ATG). Alan Kay, who also worked in ATG at the time, was an early mentor. Houghton Mifflin was their publishing partner.

In 2003, ImaginEngine merged with Digital Eclipse Software to form Backbone Entertainment.

In 2005, Backbone Entertainment merged with The Collective, Inc. and Pipeworks Software to form Foundation 9 Entertainment.

In 2007, DragonFly Game Design was purchased by ImaginEngine, to make extend its reach further into Serious Games market.

In October 2012, ImaginEngine shut down, likely due to poor sales of their products.