Review Fix Exclusive: Q & A With Space Keeper Developers Maxim Babarinow and Martin Tjokrodiredjo

Review Fix chats with Space Keeper developers Maxim Babarinow and Martin Tjokrodiredjo via E-mail to get the inside scoop on the cool new mobile music adventure.

Review Fix: What makes Space Keeper cool?

Maxim Babarinow and Martin Tjokrodiredjo: Unique gameplay with high replayability, exclusive and highly immersive ambient music and sounds. Almost every level introduces a new aspect or reuses gameplay aspects in a new manner which keeps the game interesting even after playing many times.

Review Fix: What’s the object of the game?

Babarinow and Tjokrodiredjo: Collecting and combining elements, so called Space Energy Cells to ensure earth’s energy supply in 2312.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for the game?

Babarinow and Tjokrodiredjo: At first we were working on a completely different kind of game. At some point we decided that it was too ambitioned for two developers. And that this type of game would not appeal to too many people. So at some point the idea come up: “Hey why don’t make a game where you take little thingies and push it all over the screen, let it bounce off of walls and such?” From then on the game pretty much evolved by itself.

Review Fix: The music by Ryan Andrew Smith is great, how does it play a part?

Babarinow and Tjokrodiredjo: The music plays a keyrole for giving the player the feeling of being up in space. We highly recommend playing space keeper using headphones. There is also an OST coming up featuring amazing ambient space music that shows our his full capabilities.

Review Fix: Who do you think will enjoy the game the most?

Babarinow and Tjokrodiredjo: The game will be most appealing to casual gamers. The entry barrier is set pretty low.Though regular gamers will also be challenged by collecting every last achievement and attempting to claim the top spot on the online leaderboards.

Review Fix: How do you want the title to be remembered?

Babarinow and Tjokrodiredjo: As a highly entertaining and relaxing experience.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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