Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya
| Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Centauri Production Additional work: Bohemia Interactive (motion capture) |
| Publisher | Bohemia Interactive |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 20 December 2000 |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Mode | Single-player |
Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya (Czech: Pohádka o Mrazíkovi, Ivanovi a Nastěnce) is a 2000 adventure game developed by Czech developers Centauri Production and Bohemia Interactive. It was published by Bohemia Interactive.
Development
The game is heavily inspired by the 1964 Soviet fairy-tale movie Jack Frost (Морозко).[1] The authors of the game read over 1,000 original Russian and Czech fairy tales and legends to gain inspiration.[2]
The game was developed by Centauri Production with Bohemia Interactive providing motion-capture technology. The design style is hand-drawn animation,[3] which were then modeled into the computer as 3D images.[4] The game was meant to be released in October 2000,[5] but this was postponed until mid-December with the final few weeks being spent finishing the voice overs.[6] In cooperation with Bohemia Interactive, Bonusweb launched two competitions where entrants could win one of ten copies of the game.[7] Due to the popularity of the game's soundtrack, four songs were released on Bonusweb in MP3 format.[8]
Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya was included for free with the January 2009 issue of Počítač pro každého.[1]
Reception
Games.cz felt the game would appeal to children because it was simple, clear, nice, and interesting.[9] Just Adventure felt the title would appeal to players who looked for mild cartoon violence and minimal stress in their adventure games.[10] Gry Online felt the developers had crafted an eye-catching, cartoonish visual setting.[11] At the time Bonusweb deemed it the best Czech adventure game ever created,[12] and the most technologically advanced adventure ever.[13] Adventure Gamers disliked the repetitive fetch quests and one-note characters.[14] Doupě said the game enjoyably extends the narrative of the film.[15]
References
- ^ a b "Počítač pro každého 1/2009 – obsah CD | Počítač pro každého". ppk.chip.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Mrazík – hra na motivy populární pohádky". iDNES.cz. 24 August 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Hratelné demo Pohádky o Mrazíkovi..." iDNES.cz. 22 December 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Co můžeme čekat od českého Mrazíka?". iDNES.cz. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "První pohled na Mrazíka, Ivana a Nastěnku". iDNES.cz. 25 October 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Tiscali | Games". 6 January 2002. Archived from the original on 6 January 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Vyhráli jste Mrazíka či bundu od EA?". iDNES.cz. 8 January 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Pohádka o Mrazíkovi... MP3 ze hry". iDNES.cz. 7 January 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ Tiscali. "Pohádka o Mrazíkovi, Ivanovi a Nastěnce - Games.cz". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "FAIRY TALE ABOUT FATHER FROST IVAN and NASTYA Review: Just Adventure – Reviews Walkthroughs and Adventure News!". 14 June 2004. Archived from the original on 14 June 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Baśń o Dziadku Mrozie, Iwanie i Nastce, Fairy Tale: About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya (PC) | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Pohádka o Mrazíkovi, Ivanovi a Nastěnce". iDNES.cz. 24 December 2000. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Profily postaviček z Pohádky o Mrazíkovi..." iDNES.cz. 24 December 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya Review". Adventure Gamers. 19 April 2005. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Doupě". 30 August 2001. Archived from the original on 30 August 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2019.