Review Fix Exclusive: Satoshi Nakajima Talks Swipe

Review Fix chats with Swipe creator Satoshi Nakajima, who discusses his new open-sourced comic book and graphic audio book software and how it’ll change the industry. Nakajima, the lead engineering architect of Microsoft’s Windows 95 & 98 believed the app can give creators more flexibility than ever before.

About Swipe:

Nakajima designed Swipe to give power back to the creator. A free, open-source application for the comic book community, Swipe allows any form of communication created via touch-enabled devices to become a media-rich document embedded with animation, video, images, vector graphics as well as full audio for voice, music and sound effects.  The simple-to-use Swipe software transforms any plain digital document into a visual and audio production – and any individual into an accomplished designer.  Swipe is a fast and easy design solution for everything from interactive comics, sound novels and graphic audio books to interactive videos, tutorials and all manners of presentations.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for this app?

Satoshi Nakajima: I met several people in Japanese comic industry who are desperately looking for a new technology that would help the whole industry. One of them mentioned, “I wish we have a comic browser, specifically designed for comic”. His statement really inspired me. 
 
Review Fix: How does it change the comic book industry?

Nakajima: It allows them to offer contents for younger audience who spent more time in social media than comic today. 
 
Review Fix: What has the development process been like? Any hurdles?

Nakajima: The most difficult challenge was the user experience design. What is the ideal reading experience on a smartphone? 
 
Review Fix: Are you currently looking for writers and artists?

Nakajima: YES!
 
Review Fix: How does this app differ from something like Madefire?

Nakajima: First of all, it’s an open format. The format is open, and the rendering engine is free (open source). Second, we’ve finally solved the user experience problem. Unlike Madefire, the reader can fully control the speed of animation in a very natural fashion. 
 
Review Fix: What are your goals for this app?

Nakajima: It’s not just an app. I want to make it an industry standard. This is why I made it open and free

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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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