Screenlife LLC is a Seattle-based game company best known for pioneering the DVD game genre. Founded in 2001 by entrepreneurs Craig Kinzer and Dave Long. In 2002, the company's first DVD game Scene It? was released to rave reviews. The game combined movie trivia with in-disc clips, questions and puzzlers (all randomized using their Optreve technology, which would be a common strategy for all of their DVD games), it also utilized a unique foldable game board that could fold into a circle for shorter time. In 2003, the company signed a multi-year deal with Mattel to distribute its games widely. Scene It? also released their first sequel pack that contain not a DVD with more questions, but an extra game piece and more trivia cards. In 2003, their first Scene It? spin-off game, Scene It? Jr. aimed at children was released. In 2004, a deluxe edition of the game was released featuring two extra game pieces and a Party Play mode. From 2004-2011, Scene It? games were released annually. Thanks to Mattel, Screenlife could help grow the brand to even more territories and gain more licenses. In 2008, the company was bought out by Paramount Pictures. By that time, the Scene It? game was massively altered (including the rules) to appeal to newcomers. In 2012, Screenlife planned to release two Scene It? games with streaming and gameplay. However by March of that same year, Paramount shuttered the company. In 2022, another attempt to revive the franchise was released by Imagination Games which featured streaming the game on mobile devices, replacing DVDs, while the 2022 movie edition mainly featured in-game clips from Paramount titles.
Video games developed by this company:
- American Idol All-Star Challenge
- Disney Princess: Dream Journey
- DVD Bingo:
- Disney DVD Bingo
- Nick DVD Bingo
- Thomas & Friends DVD Bingo
- DVD Blast!:
- Family Guy DVD Blast!
- Spider-Man DVD Blast!
- Survivor DVD Blast!
- Ice Age: The DVD Game
- Scene It?:
- Scene It? 007
- Scene It? 30 Rock
- Scene It? 30 Rock HD
- Scene It? 80s
- Scene It? Comedy Movies
- Scene It? Comedy Movies HD
- Scene It? Daily
- Scene It? Disney
- Scene It? Disney 2nd Edition
- Scene It? Disney Channel
- Scene It? Disney Magical Moments
- Scene It? Doctor Who
- Scene It? Friends
- Scene It? Glee
- Scene It? Harry Potter
- Scene It? Harry Potter 2nd Edition
- Scene It? Harry Potter HD
- Scene It? Harry Potter: The Complete Cinematic Journey
- Scene It? HBO
- Scene It? Horror
- Scene It? Horror HD
- Scene It? Horror Movies 2
- Scene It? Horror Movies 2 HD
- Scene It? Jr.
- Scene It? Marvel Comics
- Scene It? Movies
- Scene It? Movies 2
- Scene It? Movies 2 HD
- Scene It? Music
- Scene It? Nickelodeon
- Scene It? Pixel Flix Movies
- Scene It? Pixel Flix Movies HD
- Scene It? Romance
- Scene It? Romance HD
- Scene It? Seinfeld
- Scene It? The Simpsons
- Scene It? Sports: Presented by ESPN
- Scene It? Turner Classic Movies
- Scene It? TV
- Scene It? Warner Bros. TV 50th Anniversary
- Scene It? Box Office Smash (Bundle)
- Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
- Scene It? Movie Night (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Twilight Scene It? (Wii)
- South Park: The Totally Sweet DVD Trivia Game
