Today notes the start of Czech & Slovak Games Week, a yearly occasion that commemorates games produced by workshops based in the nations of Czechia and Slovakia. Our workshop has actually been around for over 25 years, seeing the significant development of the neighborhood games sector. During our modest starts, there were much less than than a hundred people developing games on an expert basis in our nations. These days, more than 2,000 individuals in the area are earning a living developing games, and making fairly an effect on the worldwide video gaming scene. What an experience it has actually been!
We might not be the earliest workshop, however we are pleased to be a component of this development from the very early years, and we are honoured to collaborate with many superb and imaginative workshops throughout this week-long party.
Many of the games taking part will certainly be commemorating by providing great price cuts on Steam and any type of systems where gamers can locate them. Unfortunately, we consumed our readily available price cut port just recently on the launch of the , and we will just have the ability to do an advertising sale around the moment of the launch (wink wink). Still, we wished to sustain the CZ & SK Games week somehow on Steam and provide individuals checking out the large offering of in your area generated games a deal to attempt our titles too; Or to capture up, in situation they currently possess among our front runner vehicle simulators, however were trying to find a justification to attempt the various other one. We have actually located a functioning option on Steam – a committed package might do simply the technique! We understand that the majority of our visitors most likely recognize our games in and out, however it might still be a great way of expanding our fanbase.
One component of Czech & Slovak Games Week that constantly attracts attention is the special and attractive art work that accompanies it. Anna Voříšková, among our skilled 2D musicians, remains to be the primary driving pressure behind the production of these fantastic styles. We talked with her to read more concerning the procedure on developing art work for such an occasion.
“This is the fourth year I’ve volunteered to create artwork for the event, and I feel like with each year I continue to challenge myself more and more in terms of the art’s vision and composition.” Annie clarifies “It’s always my job to design everything, from start to finish, which is a very challenging job and a huge responsibility, but to see it done, see the event up and running, is such a rewarding feeling. I’m very proud of what we’ve accomplished together with my teammates at GDACZ.”
“The theme I’ve chosen for this year’s event is “togetherness”. Czechia and Slovakia have a very warm relationship and I wanted to represent it in the artwork. The two characters – a Czech girl and a Slovak boy – play through a platformer together to reach a common goal, while munching on some popular local snacks. The platformer itself also pictures various landmarks from both Czechia and Slovakia. I really wanted the artwork to have an educational impact as well – it tells you a little about the culture of both countries.”
“The cover art took around 30 hours to design, sketch, outline, colour, and polish. The details and clean, intricate lines are mostly to blame. I did most of the work on my iPad, which I like to take to cafés for a little change of scenery. And no, I really don’t wanna think about the cost of all the large Starbucks coffees I had to consume to get it done!”
We take pride in the job Anna carries out in her very own time for this unique occasion! The Czech & Slovak Games Week happens in between November 13th and November 20th and includes a variety of price cuts for in your area produced games throughout a wide variety of systems, together with electronic occasions and on the internet streams. We prompt you to inspect it out on your own! You can locate the Czech & Slovak Games Week Steam web page