Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “The Tailor†creator Denislav Georgiev, who breaks down the game’s creative process, development cycle and more.
About The Tailor:
Once upon a time, “The Tailor†created George and Samantha. It was love at first sight – a match made in heaven. Inseparable and bound by love, George and Samantha live happily ever after … until the day Samantha disappears. As the couple find themselves apart for the first time, George searches for Samantha across 45 levels filled with deadly hazards, bottomless pits, and ever more difficult puzzles …
To get past the toughest challenges, George realizes that he needs to work on himself. Literally. Through cloning, George can now flick that all important switch while the “original†strolls past a gate! Taller/heavier clones with a particular set of skills (and personalities) are the difference between getting stuck on a silly puzzle and living to tell the tale. However, all the cloning eventually becomes a huge problem – setting Samantha on a quest of her own …
Old School Gamer Magazine: How was Where’s Samantha? born?
Denislav Georgiev: Where’s Samantha? was partially inspired by an old PSP game called Loco Roco. Initially, the art consisted of cubes and obstacles made out of simple shapes – but eventually our graphic artist came up with some amazing designs and textures!
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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