Panic
Panic Inc. Is an American software development and video game publishing company based in Portland, Oregon. The company specializes in macOS and iOS applications and began publishing video games in 2016.
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Panic

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- Name
- Panic Inc.
- Founder
- Steven Frank and Cabel Sasser.
- Headquarters
- Portland and Oregon.
- Activity
- video game industry and software industry.
- Products
- Firewatch, Coda, Transmit and software.
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Panic Inc. Is an American software development and video game publishing company based in Portland, Oregon. The company specializes in macOS and iOS applications and began publishing video games in 2016.
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Overview
Overview
Founded by Steven Frank and Cabel Sasser in 1997.
It is associated with United States. Its recorded founders are Steven Frank and Cabel Sasser. Its recorded seat is Portland and Oregon. The recorded field of activity is video game industry and software industry. Recorded products are Firewatch, Coda and Transmit.

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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Panic Inc. • Type — Private • Founded — 1997 • Founders — Steven Frank Cabel Sasser • Hq Location — Portland, Oregon, U.S. • Key People — Steven Frank Cabel Sasser • Industry — * Software • Video games • Consumer electronics • Products — Transmit, Coda, Playdate • Website — https: panic.com
Software
Software
Panic is known for their flagship app Transmit, as well as their Audion media player, Unison usenet client, and Nova code editor (a successor to their web development app Coda). The company has won multiple Apple Design Awards for their products. In 1999, Audion was introduced as a skinnable MP3 media player. One of its competitors, SoundJam MP, was acquired by Apple in 2000 and was further developed into iTunes 1.0, which became available in 2001. Panic retired Audion in 2004 and began distributing it free of charge. After Audion, Panic focused development on two other software applications. In 2004, they released Unison, a Usenet reader, and Stattoo, a tool that shows "digital statistics" overlaid on the Mac OS X desktop wallpaper. In 2007, the web development application Coda was introduced. In 2019, Panic announced a successor to Coda named Nova. • App — Platform — Type • Active development • Transmit — macOS — FTP client • Nova — macOS — Web development • Prompt — iOS — Command line • Panic Pals — iOS — iMessage stickers • Playdate Sticker Pack — iOS — iMessage stickers • Discontinued • “Code Editor” — iOS — Web development • Audion — macOS — Music player • CandyBar — macOS — Icon customization • Coda — macOS — Web development • Desktastic — macOS — Desktop annotation • Stattoo — macOS — Computer statistics • Status Board — iOS — Information display • Transmit — iOS — FTP client • Unison — macOS — Usenet client
Video games
Video games
The company published their first video game, Firewatch, on February 9, 2016. Panic published their second game, Untitled Goose Game, on September 20, 2019. • Title — Platform(s) — Developer — Release date • Firewatch — PC (Windows, macOS, Linux), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch — Campo Santo • Untitled Goose Game — PC (Windows, macOS), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch — House House • Nour: Play with Your Food — PC (Windows, macOS), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch — Terrifying Jellyfish • Thank Goodness You're Here! — PC (Windows and macOS), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S — Coal Supper • Arco — PC (Windows, macOS), Nintendo Switch — Franek Nowotniak, Max Cahill, José Ramón “Bibiki” García, Antonio “Fáyer” Uribe • Despelote — PC (Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch — Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena • Time Flies — PC (Windows, macOS), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch — Playables • Herdling — PC (Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch — Okomotive • Blippo+ — Playdate, PC (Windows), Nintendo Switch — Yacht, Telefantasy Studios, Dustin Mierau, Noble Robot — Playdate Windows, Switch • Ratcheteer DX — PC (Windows, macOS), Nintendo Switch — Shaun Inman • Big Walk — PC (Windows, macOS), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 — House House
Playdate
Playdate
• Illustration — Playdate console with the crank in an open position On May 22, 2019, Panic unveiled Playdate, a handheld gaming device, designed by Panic in collaboration with the Swedish firm Teenage Engineering. The device features a 400x240 pixel 1-bit screen, a directional pad on the left, two buttons on the right, and a mechanical crank on the right edge of the device. Games on Playdate are released in "seasons", where there are two new games each week, automatically downloaded to the device when available. Also, there is a store of additional games to buy on demand, the ability to sideload games to the device, and two environments to self develop games. While some video games for Playdate are being produced at Panic, most of the games are created by indie game developers such as Keita Takahashi, Zach Gage, Bennett Foddy, Shaun Inman, and Lucas Pope.
Awards
• Year — App — Award — Category — Result • 2003 — Transmit 2 — Apple Design Awards — Best Mac OS X User Experience — Runner-up • 2004 — Unison 1.0.2a — Apple Design Awards — Best Mac OS X Product — Runner-up • 2004 — Unison 1.0.2a — Apple Design Awards — Best Mac OS X User Experience • 2005 — Transmit 3 — MacWorld — MacWorld Best of Show • 2005 — Transmit 3.2 — Apple Design Awards — Best Mac OS X Tiger Technology Adoption • 2007 — Coda 1 — Apple Design Awards — Best Mac OS X User Experience • 2013 — Coda 2 — Apple Design Awards — Mac OS X • 2021 — Nova — Apple Design Awards — Interaction • 2025 — Thank Goodness You're Here! — Apple Design Awards — Delight and Fun
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