Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘Pigsodus’

Review Fix chats with Peter Lipert of Psilocybe Games who chats about his upcoming game, “Pigsodus” and its current Kickstarter campaign. A nice blend of old-school point and click games and mini-games, it brings a cool new heartwarming character to the gaming world.

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Review Fix: What games inspired this one?

Peter Lipert: Pigsodus was inspired by titles like Monkey Island, Dust: Elysian Tail, Maniac Mansion and King’s Quest.

Review Fix: What has development been like?

Lipert: It was a fun adventure. It took us half a year from concept to prototype. We had to learn and grow. The amount of work was a bit overwhelming at first. Working on the demo we’ve already reached the limitations of Unity Engine and had to write some better systems for 2D animations.

Review Fix: With all the competition on the mobile market and in the indies now, how difficult was it for you guys to try and make something that stood out?

Lipert: It is true that market is crowded but most of the games out there are really unpolished and have little or no marketing done at all. We also had a head start since our idea is quite unique and our game has no orcs inside.

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

Lipert: You must play Pigsodus to know what ‘go whole hog’ really means. Seriously – you have to play the game because it tells a unique story that will stir your emotions and is beautifully drawn.

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

Lipert: We want Pigsodus to be a milestone in video game storytelling.

Review Fix: What are your goals for this game?

Lipert: We aim to raise $30k on KS and use the budget to create about 10 hours of content. Procedurally generated areas filled with secrets, lots of mini-games, perhaps even a music level!

Review Fix: What’s next?

Lipert: Hard to say. We have to rally our supporters to fund the us, then actually make the game! It is so much work we don’t really have a plan what we are going to do next.

Review Fix: Anything else you want to say?

Lipert: Please support our project on Kickstarter!

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14318 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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