Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘Boris The Vampire’

July 13, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Video Games 0

Review Fix chats with ShogunWolf Dy’vine, Founder 2D, Anurag Lingam, Lead Story Writer/Composer and Martin Kikkas-Concept Artist to find out about their upcoming game, “Boris the Vampire.” Although it’s admittedly not a game for everyone, the team feels it’s an original title with some cool, never seen before game mechanics.

Review Fix: What games inspired this one?

Shogunwolf Dy’vine: Some games which inspired Boris the vampire are telltale’s the walking series,wolf among us and stardew valley. They’re games which added new elements & boundaries to video games which became huge successes.

Review Fix: What has development been like?

Shogunwolf Dy’vine: Development has had its ups and downs which helped us get to where we are now, much hard work and planning has been done to pave the path for the team to be able to be ready for Steam greenlight and our crowd-fund campaign.Boris the vampire has been an awesome experience to work on which helped us learn more about the broad world of game development and improve many aspects of the game. It’s an exciting and fun experience. I love what I do and what we do together.

Review Fix: Bottom line, why must someone play this game?

Shogunwolf Dy’vine: Boris would be playable because theirs an untold story which is different take on its genre also a variety of cool game aspects which includes elements of multiple endings,and your overall control of life in the game, as well as the “drain mechanic.”

Review Fix: How do you want this game to be remembered?

Anurag Lingam: We want Boris the vampire to be remembered as a game that emphasized originality, interesting characters, and a deep story that portrays plot twists and unexpected circumstances.

Review Fix: What are your goals for this game?

Shogunwolf Dy’vine: A few goals would be having Boris released on steam and to successfully have our games story experienced and foretold by many across the world.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Shogunwolf Dy’vine: Our next step is to get ready to launch our Kickstarter and greenlight campaign in a few short weeks and begin the official release of Boris the vampire.Art, games, fun, art, games and fun.

Review Fix: Anything else you want to say?

Martin Kikkas: This is for everybody. Dream, work, be happy and positive as much as you can! Dreaming is important, dreams can’t come true , if you are not working for it, a happy and positive outlook on life makes it easier and fun! Be sure to follow us on Twitter @shogunwolfgames for live updates were constantly active and feel free to ask any questions regarding the development of Boris coming soon.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14268 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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