Trickster Arts

Trickster Arts
Private
Industry Video game industry
Founded 2012
Founder Matouš Ježek
Headquarters Prague, Czech Republic
Key people
 Matouš Ježek
Products Hero of Many
Number of employees
 8[1]
Website http://tricksterarts.com/

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 includes 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.[1][2]

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.[2][3] This new project was an unnamed action adventure in which player controlled Fire. This was 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 than decided to make a game about Hacking[4]

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.[5]

Trickster Arts announced its new game Hackers in April 2016 at Game Access Conference in Brno.[6] Hackers was released on 19 September 2016.[7] The game was downloaded by more than 1 million players after one Month.[8]

Released titles

Year Title Platform(s) Notes
iOS Android Win OS X Ouya GameStick
2012 Date Me If You Can Yes No Yes No No No A simulation of dating. According to developers it is more an interactive film than a game. It was released in the Czeh Republic as Interande. The game was played by over 700,000 people. The Windows version was released as a Browser title[9][10]
2013 Hero of Many Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes An Action-adventure game. The visual style is reminiscent of games such as Badland and Naught.[11]
2016 Hackers Yes Yes No No No No Online strategy game. Player controls a hacker who builds his network and hacks other players. It also features story mode.[12]

Members

  • Matouš Ježek
  • Ladislav Týč
  • Pavel Gotthard
  • Radim Brnka
  • Vít Procházka
  • Marek Horváth
  • Jiří Malíř

References

  1. 1 2 Vašátko, Ondřej. "Interview s československými vývojáři připravované pecky Hero of Many". android portal.sk. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 Zach, Ondřej. "Pracovali na Mafii 2, nyní zabodovali s vlastní hrou. Rozhovor". Nonusweb. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Bach, Martin. "Vývoj her v Česku v roce 2013 - část 4". Games.cz. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Matouš Ježek (Trickster Arts) - Indie Studio Survival Kit (Game Access '16)". Youtube.com. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "GDS 2013: Matouš Ježek - Od AAA k indie aneb cesta k vlastní hře". Games.cz. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Zach, Ondřej. "V české strategii Hackers navrhujete 3D síť a hackujete sítě ostatních". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Vyšla česká multiplayerovka Hackers, kde bojujete v zákulisní světové válce - Games.cz". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Trickster Arts on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Poláček, Petr. "Vyzkoušejte rande nanečisto s interaktivním filmem Interande". Games.cz. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  10. ↑ http://www.pavelgotthard.cz/#interande
  11. ↑ Shiels, R. "Trickster Arts' Upcoming Action-adventure Game 'Hero Of Many' Looks Insanely Gorgeous!". iFanzine. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "10 Mobile games of the week - Mobile Application Review|Startups| iPhone|Android|BlackBerry|Windows Phone|Best|Top|Trending|Free|Paid|Submission Portal|PR News|Launch website". Mobile Application Review|Startups| iPhone|Android|BlackBerry|Windows Phone|Best|Top|Trending|Free|Paid|Submission Portal|PR News|Launch website. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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