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Q&A ROSS MCRAE, DIMSDALE KREOZOT UNITED GAMES MANUFACTURE - 6 November 2003

Introduction: Brisbane based game developers Dimsdale Kreozot United Games Manufacture have recently released Tito the Bouncing Alien for PC through distributors Mannaccom. Ross Mcrae, of Dimsdale, spoke with Gamenews.com.au editor Tim Richards about the development of Tito.
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Interview:

TR [Gamenews.com.au] How long has Tito been in development and when did you believe the game was ready for a commercial release?

RM [Dimsdale Kreozot] Tito was started around 2 years back. We started showing it around to publishers from a very early prototype stage. We even pitched it as a Wiggles game at one stage. Also, early in the project our programmer dropped out and I had to learn how to program as the project went on. The whole exercise was pretty challenging. And that's a good thing about having a publisher breathing down your neck, they tell you when the project is finished. Tito could have been released a lot earlier and like wise we could still spend a lot of time on it.

TR How hard has it been to find a distributor for Tito?

RM It's pretty easy to hook up with a smaller publisher. Pretty hard to know where the bigger boys are coming from but.

 

TR What has the level of interest in the game been from Mannaccom?

RM We showed a build to Mannaccom pretty early in the game. They kept following up on us and when a UK Publisher started to stuff us around we decided to go with Mannaccom.

TR Do you have any set sales targets and time frames in mind, that you would like to see Tito achieve?

RM Tito is pretty much a marketing nightmare. After working on polished turds such as Dick Johnson's V8 Challenge, Rocket Power & Grand Prix 4 we wanted to work on a garage looking game. Our goal was to make a game that doesn't really fit into today's market. We are so sick on FPS, RTS, Racers and GTA clones. Out game has an unpolished artistic look and a strange game play, in a retro throw back way to the great games we all played in the late 80's. Our biggest goal was just to finish the game and getting it published through Manaccom was the icing on the cake. We will be happy with whatever the game does in the market place.

 

TR Finally, do you believe your efforts in securing a deal with Mannaccom will assist the next game to be developed by your studio, and if so, in what way?

RM I don't think this deal will mean much in the future for us (I would be happy if I'm wrong but). We are sill trying to find our place in the market and just as happy to try a different publisher for each of our future projects. Our next big game will be very different to Tito in many ways.

Many thanks to Ross for his time. A demo version of the game is available online.

Links: http://www.dimsdale-kreozot.com/Tito/Index.html

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