Zen Studios On Flipper Critters, Electronic Downloads
Zen Studios is a multimedia and game technology company based in Hungary. Small and full of potential are the adjectives that best describes this company who are the brains behind the NDS game, Flipper Critters. It’s one thing to be full of potential or talent and another to be widely exceptional, and Zen’s managing director- Zsolt Steven Kigyossy, wants to prove in a recent interview that the company is indeed going to reach those potentials.
The Zen Studios honcho talked about Flipper Critters giddily. He mentions that “instead of confining the action to a standard pinball table, all of the fast-flipping action in Flipper Critters takes place in a variety of landscapes, locations and areas from town squares and mountain valleys through to towering castles and even the surface of the moon! All the famous and favourite pinball features are still there, including ramps, sinkholes, bumpers, jackpots, gates and goals – though not as you know them.”
He believes that the game is a standout in the usually overlooked pinball genre because they “combine classic mini games with several exciting pinball tables, and add adventure elements. We have balanced different game sections so things never become boring and there are always incentives and always an option to move on to an original new game.”
He also talked about this FPS engine in development for Nintendo DS that manages to incorporate all or most features of Nintendo’s own Metroid Prime: Hunters engine– which is quite a feat for a small third party developer. According to Zsolt, publishers loved the demo of the still unnamed game, and it will most likely see the light of production and release.
The guys over at Zen are also very excited with Ninty next-gen console, Wii. When asked if they are currently working on a Wii title, he answered “we will not miss the opportunity to start working on it. But right now we are busy finishing up our other titles in production.”
Zen Studios is also looking at the possibility of providing electronic downloads. “Hopefully this will mean that, though the production cost of a title is higher, thanks to the efficient distribution, the customer pays less. Easier to play demos; buy games and still pay way less.” If they keep thinking and performing that way, we won’t be surprised if they would reach those potentials in no time.
Via Cubed3
Zen Studios is a multimedia and game technology company based in Hungary. Small and full of potential are the adjectives that best describes this company who are the brains behind the NDS game, Flipper Critters. It’s one thing to be full of potential or talent and another to be widely exceptional, and Zen’s managing director- Zsolt Steven Kigyossy, wants to prove in a recent interview that the company is indeed going to reach those potentials.
The Zen Studios honcho talked about Flipper Critters giddily. He mentions that “instead of confining the action to a standard pinball table, all of the fast-flipping action in Flipper Critters takes place in a variety of landscapes, locations and areas from town squares and mountain valleys through to towering castles and even the surface of the moon! All the famous and favourite pinball features are still there, including ramps, sinkholes, bumpers, jackpots, gates and goals – though not as you know them.”
He believes that the game is a standout in the usually overlooked pinball genre because they “combine classic mini games with several exciting pinball tables, and add adventure elements. We have balanced different game sections so things never become boring and there are always incentives and always an option to move on to an original new game.”
He also talked about this FPS engine in development for Nintendo DS that manages to incorporate all or most features of Nintendo’s own Metroid Prime: Hunters engine– which is quite a feat for a small third party developer. According to Zsolt, publishers loved the demo of the still unnamed game, and it will most likely see the light of production and release.
The guys over at Zen are also very excited with Ninty next-gen console, Wii. When asked if they are currently working on a Wii title, he answered “we will not miss the opportunity to start working on it. But right now we are busy finishing up our other titles in production.”
Zen Studios is also looking at the possibility of providing electronic downloads. “Hopefully this will mean that, though the production cost of a title is higher, thanks to the efficient distribution, the customer pays less. Easier to play demos; buy games and still pay way less.” If they keep thinking and performing that way, we won’t be surprised if they would reach those potentials in no time.
Via Cubed3