Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘Safe House’

Labs Games’ Mark Collins discusses their newest game, “Safe House.” Inspired by a love of ‘60s spy films, it’s a nifty adventure making use of both new and old game mechanics.

About Safe House:

With an art style that harkens back to classic spy films, Safe House will transport you to the fictional world of Kazataire – a nation suffering from chronic corruption after a devastating military coup. Take on the role of an intelligence officer with the CIA who joins an elite task force bent on collecting valuable intel and toppling those in power.

Get ready to recruit, train, and deploy spies from a top-secret location that’s perfect for running a modern spy ring. Complete missions to earn new abilities and unlock operations – leading to a number of possible endings in the single-player campaign. A spy’s life is never easy. To earn revenue, use tradecraft to break codes, forge IDs, exchange secret phrases, and more.

About Lab Games:    

Based in Vancouver, Labs Games is a one-man studio founded in 2015. With the flexibility that comes with being a micro-studio, Labs Games is able to create fun, experimental titles like Safe House. To learn more about Labs Games and Safe House, please visit http://www.labs.games.

Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born?

Mark Collins: Labs Games are huge fans of spy movies and games, especially ones with that retro ‘60s feel. We’ve always wanted to create spy game in that style, but with a bit of a twist. The goal was to approach the familiar genre at a new angle- from the eyes of not the super spy, but his boss.

Old School Gamer Magazine: What has development been like so far?

Collins: Safe House was developed by a one-person dev team, which is always a challenge, but it’s fulfilling. There’s a lot to juggle, but in the end, it’s very satisfying to see all the pieces come together. The game has had a group of loyal Kickstarter backers, and it’s been great to see their enthusiasm throughout the development, so that’s always been a good morale booster.

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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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