Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya (Czech: Pohádka o Mrazíkovi, Ivanovi a Nastěnce) is a 2000 Czech adventure game developed by Centauri Production and Bohemia Interactive. It was published by Bohemia Interactive.
| Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Centauri Production Additional work: Bohemia Interactive (motion capture) |
| Publisher(s) | Bohemia Interactive |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 2000 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Development
editThe 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]
Critical reception
editGames.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
edit- ^ a b "Počítač pro každého 1/2009 – obsah CD | Počítač pro každého". ppk.chip.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "Mrazík - hra na motivy populární pohádky". iDNES.cz. 2000-08-24. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ "Hratelné demo Pohádky o Mrazíkovi..." iDNES.cz. 2000-12-22. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ "Co můžeme čekat od českého Mrazíka?". iDNES.cz. 2000-09-14. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ "První pohled na Mrazíka, Ivana a Nastěnku". iDNES.cz. 2000-10-25. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ "Tiscali | Games". 2002-01-06. Archived from the original on 2002-01-06. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ "Vyhráli jste Mrazíka či bundu od EA?". iDNES.cz. 2001-01-08. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ "Pohádka o Mrazíkovi... MP3 ze hry". iDNES.cz. 2001-01-07. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ Tiscali. "Pohádka o Mrazíkovi, Ivanovi a Nastěnce - Games.cz". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "FAIRY TALE ABOUT FATHER FROST IVAN and NASTYA Review: Just Adventure - Reviews Walkthroughs and Adventure News!". 2004-06-14. Archived from the original on 2004-06-14. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "Baśń o Dziadku Mrozie, Iwanie i Nastce, Fairy Tale: About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya (PC) | GRYOnline.pl". GRY-Online.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "Pohádka o Mrazíkovi, Ivanovi a Nastěnce". iDNES.cz. 2000-12-24. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "Profily postaviček z Pohádky o Mrazíkovi..." iDNES.cz. 2000-12-24. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ "Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya Review". Adventure Gamers. 19 April 2005. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "Doupě". 2001-08-30. Archived from the original on 2001-08-30. Retrieved 2019-02-12.