INTERVIEW: Hangar13

The penultimate video interview is dedicated to the Hangar13 development studio, from which the legendary game Mafia comes. We will talk about the studio, as well as the latest news with developer Roman Hladik.   HANGAR 13(2014 / Brno, Praha, Novato, Brighton) Hangar 13 is part of the 2K Games family of development studios and consists of teams based in four locations. The majority of the developers are based in Brno and Prague (CZ), as well as Brighton (UK) and Novato (USA). Some of the team members worked on the development of the first two installments of the Mafia series, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002) and Mafia II […]

INTERVIEW: KikirikiGames

We talked to co-founder Jana Kuklova about the game studio with the original name Kikiriki Games, which specializes in developing accessible and inclusive mobile games specifically for visually impaired individuals. She’ll tell us how this market has opened up for disabled citizens in the next episode.     KIKIRIKI GAMES (2021/ Brno) Founded by Jana […]

Interview: Warhorse Studios

Our seventh interview was with Martin Klíma, developer and one of the founders of Warhorse Studios. He told us not only about the beginnings of the studio, but also how the games from this unusual studio have been developed and what we can look forward to.    WARHORSE STUDIOS   (2011, Prague)     Warhorse Studios […]

Interview: Bohemia Interactive

In the fifth episode, we meet the CEO of Bohemia Interactive Studio, Marek Španěl. In 1999 he founded the studio focused on realistic combat simulations together with his brother Ondrej and Slavomir Pavlíček. The original concept of games brought the studio not only worldwide success, but also cooperation with military forces of various countries.   […]

Interview: Hangonit Studio

In the next episode of Infinite Universes Czech Games and Their Global Success video interviews, we talked with computer game designer and creator Vladimír Kudělka not only about Hangonit, but also about their first successful video game and their plans for the future.   HANGONIT STUDIO (2011 / Brno)   The studio was founded and […]

Interview: Charles Games

The fourth episode of the new online project of Czech Centres and Radio Prague International called Infinite Universes was dedicated to the Charles Games studio. We talked about the studio with manager of communition Ondřej Trhoň.     CHARLES GAMES    (2020/ Prague)    The internationally acclaimed independent game studio, a spin-off of Charles University in […]

Interview: Keen Software House

The third person invited to the video interview is Slovak programmer, developer and entrepreneur Marek Rosa, founder of Keen Software House.     KEEN SOFTWARE HOUSE (2010, Praha) Founded by the Slovak programmer, developer and entrepreneur Marek Rosa, the studio specialises in computer games that combine science and creativity. The studio’s first game was Miner […]

Interview: Amanita Design

In the second episode of the video interviews of the joint project of Czech Centres and Radio Prague International, Jakub Dvorský, founder, designer, artist and animator of one of the most original Czech studios Amanita Design, will introduce himself. The uniqueness of their games has gained popularity all over the world.   AMANITA DESIGN (2003 […]

Introduction to the Czech Gaming Scene

Czech Centres and Radio Prague International have jointly prepared a series of 10 short videos thematizing the current Czech gaming scene. Today we present the first of them – the opening episode, in which the founder of the Czech and Slovak Games Archive, Miroslav Žák, and the director of the Czech Game Developers Association, Pavel […]

DICTIONARY  

Genres  – Adventure: the player solves various quests and progresses through the story to a distant goal, with an emphasis on exploring and solving puzzles  – Action: the goal of the game is to eliminate enemies, most often by dynamic virtual fights   – MMOG (Massively-Multiplayer Online Game): a game with a huge player base who […]