Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘My Food Truck’

Review Fix chats with Priyanka Barathwaj, Head of Operations at Gamecubator Labs, who lets us know why their new mobile release, “My Food Truck” belongs on your smart phone.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for this game?

Priyanka Barathwaj: Our love and the increasing popularity for food trucks.

Review Fix: Can you talk about the gameplay elements at work here?

Barathwaj: Five theme based food trucks to own, 10 exotic destinations to travel, 30 famous monuments to explore, 250 delicious and challenging levels.

Review Fix: What has development been like?

Barathwaj: A journey as exciting as the game! A 6 month long virtual world tour for the team, cooking the code relentlessly to prepare a flawless experience for the players.

Review Fix: What games did you play as a kid? How did they influence this one?

Barathwaj: The obvious nostalgia of playing Bejeweled, a dream to travel the world and never ending love for fast food has influenced every aspect of this game.

Review Fix: What do you think is the coolest feature in the game?

Barathwaj: Allowing players to chef themselves by clicking a selfie and gain celebrity status by sharing their fan count on social media

Review Fix: Bottom line, why should someone play this?

Barathwaj: Whether you’re a foodie, a traveler or just love games and are looking for a new addiction, you’ll enjoy My Food Truck.”

Review Fix: What are your goals for the game?

Barathwaj: This much anticipated release aims to break the monotonous trend of candies, gummies, pastries and pets.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Barathwaj: The team plans to build this as a top game franchise over the next two years and plan to introduce celebrities in coming updates. Players who make good progress in the game can see themselves play with celebrities from around the world.

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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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