Review Fix Exclusive: Camille Masson and Cedric Cadiergues Talk ‘Wooden Sen’Sey’

Review Fix chats with Camille Masson, Technical Director and Cedric Cadiergues, Artistic Director for the recently released Wii U game, “Wooden Sen’Sey” discuss the creative process and hopes for the nifty action adjustment title, as well as what they are working on now.

Review Fix: What was the development cycle like?

Camille Masson: After an initial year of development, the game was released in 2012 on Desura. Later, we added a dedicated time attack mode with leaderboards, then we teamed up with Neko to release ‘Wooden Sen’SeY’ on Steam (Dec. 2013) and Wii U (July 2014). It was just the two of us most of the time; we added one more person to our team to help make the Wii U port.

Review Fix: What games did you guys play as kids and how did they play a role in the creation of this one?

Cedric Cadiergues: We played all kind of games as kids, games like Flashback, Kirby’s Dream Land, Sonic, etc. The most influential for Wooden Sen’SeY certainly were Alex Kidd, Mario, Donkey Kong and Streets of Rage.

Review Fix: What has the reception been like so far?

Masson: We’ve had a lot of positive feedback – people tend to like the universe and the feeling of the game, and that makes us happy.

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

Cadiergues: People who like evolving in new universes; hardcore old school platformer fans, and of course score grinders for the time attack with leaderboards mode.

Review Fix: What are your hopes for the game?

Masson: We hope to make a name, namely on Wii U and Steam. And of course, survive ’till the next game gets released.

Review Fix: What do you think is the strongest element of the game?

Cadiergues: Our care for the core gameplay, combined with beautiful graphics.

Review Fix: Is there something in the game you would have changed if you had more time?

Masson: If only we had more time. We would probably have made a smoother difficulty progression, through more levels. Also more enemies, more bonus types and also a hardcore difficulty mode!

Review Fix: Bottom line, why should someone download the game?

Cadiergues: Wooden Sen’SeY challenges you in a new and colorful universe – and lets you perfect your skills in an unforgiving time attack mode. Dig in!

Review Fix: Any thoughts on a sequel?

Masson: Why not, if players ask for it.

Review Fix: What are you working on now?

Cadiergues: A new game. Not (really) disclosed yet- we revealed a new image with a code name recently.
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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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