Review Fix Exclusive: Inside Dragon’s Cry

October 4, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Video Games 0

Review Fix chats with game developer Matej Vančo, who discusses his beautiful indie adventure, “Dragon’s Cry.” With a release date on Steam still unknown, there’s plenty of mystery around the game, but it’s serene visuals and sound make it one of the most interesting indie games of 2016.

Review Fix: What games inspired this one?

Matej Vančo: We have been inspired by a lot of games. For example: Skyrim, The Journey, God of War. We tried to mixed up all these games meantime we were thinking about the game atmosphere and story.

Review Fix: Lets talk about the art. What inspired that?

Vančo: We wanted to be original. We specially made a new atmosphere for the game. It’s red in color, but at the final point you will be able to change the color atmosphere. So you can be creative. We chose red because it is an unusual and dramatic color.

Review Fix: What has development been like?

Vančo: The development was a little bit longer and harder that we expected. It took a long time to work only on single scene. But we believed we will make it through together.  We’ve had a long time to develop. We hope that the game will be successful on the online game market.

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?

Vančo: It isn’t difficult. You just need a cool thumbnail, header and title to attract people. People will check out the game, they will try it and have own opinion. We really try to do our best. But it also depends on each personality. Every human is different and every human has own interests, so that’s everyone’s problem.

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

Vančo: We want to show that indie developers are not losers. With great teamwork, handy and clever people and community, we can make something incredible like this. We believe that the game will be featured on the global game market.

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

Vančo: As an ambient, relaxing game with action. You just have to play it to understand.

Review Fix: What are your goals for this game?

Vančo: As you maybe know, we are a very young studio, so we want this game to make us more popular and also to let know people know about our unusual creations.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Vančo: We are preparing the game for a Steam release. We are really happy for everyone’s support. The official game release is not released yet- it will be released soon as it will be decided by team.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14320 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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