Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘Warcher Defenders’

Review Fix chats with Ogre Pixel’s Steve Duran, who discusses the fun new iOS game “Warcher Defenders,” breaking down its creative process and goals for the future. A combination of Angry Birds, Plants vs Zombies and Slayin, “Warcher Defenders” is a deep mobile game with a simple premise.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for this game?

Steve Durán: For Warcher Defenders I wanted to create something really easy to play and with a lot of action, it started as a mixture between Angry Birds, Plants vs Zombies and Slayin, Angry Birds because in the beginning the archer was able to shoot in different directions so it added that Angry Birds vibe to it; Plants vs Zombies because of the enemy hordes, I found that protecting a tower from enemy hordes would be cool; and finally Slayin because of the whole arcade vibe of it.

Review Fix: What has development been like?

Durán: Well to be honest the game development was hard, and not hard because we had troubles getting things done it but because we developed it on our spare time: nights and weekends. That was hard because even if we were tired or wanted to spend time with friends we had to work hard on it in order to finish it in a reasonable time.

Review Fix: The game has an awesome look, what were some of the films or books you’ve read or watched that helped mold the game’s look?

Durán: Warcher Defenders look was inspired by good old NES and SNES games like Zelda, Castlevania and Ghost n Goblins.

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

Durán: I am a big fan of The Legend of Zelda (specially A link to the Past from the SNES) and Castlevania (specially NES titles) games, and yeah, there are few references to those games on Warcher.

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

Durán: I think the best feature is the simplicity to play, by just swiping up/down to move and taping to shoot is something really simple but it also makes it really fun to play.

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

Durán: Warcher Defenders offers a nice mixture between Castle Defense and Arcade game styles, that plus the simplicity to play and its nice graphics and soundtrack makes Warcher a really nice and cool game to play.

Review Fix: This game would be a blast on the go. Any plans for a PlayStation Vita version?

Durán: PlayStation Vita is not in the plans right now, we are currently working on the Android version and possibly an AppleTV version too.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the game?

Durán: We want Warcher Defenders to be a game that people really enjoy, we tried to offer a game with a lot of replayability, that’s why it has three unique playable characters, three unique game modes and some unlockables too.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Durán: Now, for Warcher next is the Android version and, in the future, a big update with new game contents like playable characters, unlockables, enemies, etc. For Ogre Pixel, I have an idea for the next game, this idea is yelling to be prototyped, we want to develop it, see how it works and posibly this would be the next Ogre Pixel’s game.

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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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