Review Fix Exclusive: Q and A with Meowzers Developer Dustin Sacks

February 7, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Video Games 0

Review Fix chats with Meowzers developer Dustin Q Sacks, who discusses the games influences and plans for the future. A free to play title for mobile devices, Meowzers is all about fun with your favorite furry friends.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for the game?

Sacks: Meowzers started as an exploration of what multi-touch devices could be capable of. From there a “Herding Cats” idea appeared, as I’m a cat-lover, and so is the internet. After proto-typing that, it evolved away from herding towards controlling the cats, as that was much funner.

Review Fix: The game has an almost “Tom and Jerry” look to it. Were there any cartoons you watched growing up that helped influence the title?‬

Sacks: Haha. I did watch a lot of cartoons growing up, and I’m still a big fan of animated movies and series. Credit for the cat art style goes to our talented illustrator Karly MacDonald, whom I met at the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival. ‪

Review Fix: Are there any planned updates to the game?‬

Sacks: Yes. We plan to continue to add more game worlds to the adventure mode. Also, there are plans for a better intro-storyline to enter players into the game.‪

Review Fix: What’s your favorite part/element of the gameplay?‬

Sacks: I really enjoy playing the game with friends in co-op mode. That and when the sound-effects go crazy from a lot of things happening at once. ‪

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

Sacks: I think everyone who likes cats will enjoy Meowzers.‪

Review Fix: If you had the ability to change one thing about the game, what would it be and why?‬

Sacks: Hmm, well technically I do have the ability to change anything about the game. There are plans to keep adding more content, but for now I’m really happy with the core game. I’d like for more people to know about it though. ‪

Review Fix: What are your hopes for the game?‬

Sacks: I hope it makes a lot of people smile.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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