Trickster Arts Explained

Trickster Arts
Type:Private
Founder:Matouš Ježek
Location City:Prague
Location Country:Czech Republic
Key People:Matouš Ježek
Industry:Video games
Num Employees:2[1]

Trickster Arts is an indie game development team based in the Czech Republic. It consists of former 2K Czech employees.

History

The studio was founded in Fall 2012 when Matouš Ježek left 2K Czech and started to work on his own game. The project was titled Hero. Ježek also contacted some of his friends and former colleagues to join his team. It included Ladislav Týč and Matúš Široký. They also released an iOS game Date Me If You Can. Its Czech version Interande was, unlike the English version, a success.[2] [3]

The project Hero (renamed to Hero of Many) was in development for 10 months and was released in June 2013 to very positive response from critics. The game was also a minor financial success that allowed Trickster Arts to start works on another project.[3] [4] This new project was an unnamed action adventure in which the player controlled Fire. This was a much bigger project than Hero of Many but the development was eventually stopped after a year, as the game was too difficult for development and too expensive. Trickster Arts then decided to make a game about Hacking.[5]

In November 2012, Matouš Ježek, the CEO was present at Game Developers Session, where he talked about the team and its experiences with the development.[6]

Trickster Arts announced its new game Hackers in April 2016 at Game Access Conference in Brno.[7] Hackers was released on 19 September 2016.[8] The game was downloaded by more than 1 million players after one Month.[9]

Studio announced its next game Action RPG Monolisk on 31 May 2019.[10] The game was released on 15 October 2019.[11]

Released titles

YearTitlePlatform(s)Notes
iOSAndroidWinOS XOuyaGameStick
2012Date Me If You CanA simulation of dating. According to developers it is more an interactive film than a game. It was released in the Czech Republic as Interande. The game was played by over 700,000 people. The Windows version was released as a Browser title[12] [13]
2013Hero of ManyAn Action-adventure game. The visual style is reminiscent of games such as Badland and Naught.[14]
2016HackersOnline strategy game. Player controls a hacker who builds his network and hacks other players. It also features story mode.[15]
2019MonoliskAction Role-playing game.[16]
TBADreadhunterShooter game with RPG aspects.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Češi vytvořili akční RPG hru MONOLISK, která na iPhonu kombinuje prvky Diabla a karetních her . AppleCrunch . 8 October 2019 . cs-CZ . 5 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Vašátko. Ondřej. Interview s československými vývojáři připravované pecky Hero of Many. android portal.sk. 24 May 2013. 11 June 2014.
  3. Web site: Zach. Ondřej. Pracovali na Mafii 2, nyní zabodovali s vlastní hrou. Rozhovor. Nonusweb. 5 July 2013. 11 June 2014.
  4. Web site: Bach. Martin. Vývoj her v Česku v roce 2013 - část 4.. Games.cz. 11 June 2014.
  5. Web site: Matouš Ježek (Trickster Arts) - Indie Studio Survival Kit (Game Access '16). Youtube.com. 12 February 2017. 24 August 2016.
  6. Web site: GDS 2013: Matouš Ježek - Od AAA k indie aneb cesta k vlastní hře. Games.cz. 11 June 2014.
  7. Web site: Zach. Ondřej. V české strategii Hackers navrhujete 3D síť a hackujete sítě ostatních. iDNES.cz. 18 April 2016. 18 April 2016.
  8. Web site: Vyšla česká multiplayerovka Hackers, kde bojujete v zákulisní světové válce - Games.cz. Games.cz. 12 February 2017. cs.
  9. Web site: Trickster Arts on Twitter. Twitter. 12 February 2017. en.
  10. Web site: České herní studio Trickster Arts představilo unikátní "Diablovku" pro mobilní telefony . CzechCrunch . 8 October 2019 . cs-CZ . 31 May 2019.
  11. Web site: Za dva týdny se otevřou hráčské dungeony v českém akčním RPG Monolisk . Games.cz . 8 October 2019 . cs.
  12. Web site: Poláček. Petr. Vyzkoušejte rande nanečisto s interaktivním filmem Interande. Games.cz. 11 June 2014.
  13. Web site: Pavel Gotthard – Portfolio.
  14. Web site: Shiels. R.. Trickster Arts' Upcoming Action-adventure Game 'Hero Of Many' Looks Insanely Gorgeous!. iFanzine. 29 May 2013. 11 June 2014.
  15. Web site: Top 10 Mobile games of the week. MobileStartupz. 28 January 2020. 25 September 2016.
  16. Web site: Česká mobilní diablovka Monolisk láká na navrhování vlastních úrovní . iDNES.cz . 29 May 2019 . 28 May 2019.
  17. Web site: Burian . Michal . V české střílečce Dreadhunter se setkává Diablo s Doomem - INDIAN . indian-tv.cz . 19 May 2023 . cs.