From Paul, "The Rhino Warrior is your tank - he can take a lot of damage, and dish it out too, especially after unlocking his Shield Bash and Battle Shout abilities. Some are brutes and can take a lot of damage, while others can really mount strong attacks. In Animal Legends, each of the beautiful characters you create has their own specialty. The Animal Legends design was led by Game Director Rory McGuire, who joined us in the final months of SpellCraft development and did a bang-up job on his first full game for us." Artistically this is the most ambitious Appy game yet. Animation was by our Project Director, Emmanuel Valdez, and Executive Producer Steve Sargent provided our memorable and funny sound effects. "The visual DNA for Animal Legends was developed by Appy's Creative Visual Director, Farzad Varahramyan, who then oversaw creation of art assets by outsourcing studios and our own in-house artist, Michael Albano. The artwork in Animal Legends is great and very creative. Hit the jump for more on Animal Legends, screenshots, and more from Paul from Appy on this new game. It's easy to get into and progress even if you aren't familiar with RPG games. Animal Legends has been an opportunity for us to bring all these deep nerd obsessions together to brew up a new kind of RPG for this new touch-based, mobile computing generation." Deep nerd obsessions indeed, but the game still remains quite accessible. We have deep roots in creating fantasy worlds, reaching back to Oddworld and our own creation of Darkwatch in our High Moon Studios days, and our CEO used to be editor-in-chief of Malibu Comics, which brought all sorts of crazy original monsters and heroes to life. "We are fantasy geeks of long standing, and the love of the genre that was poured into SpellCraft School of Magic is in Animal Legends. Where did that come from? We asked Paul a little about the influences for Animal Legends to get some idea. Interesting, an unhinged game about animals battling an evil vampire frog. Our release video should give you a sugared-up taste of what the game is all about." Here's that video: Our motto at Appy is "Deadly Serious About Stupid Fun" and Animal Legends has the distinctive polish and sense of humor that we're known for. The tone and story are light and the game is welcoming to casual players, but it is crunchy under the surface, allowing players to explore different towns and character builds, and to kit out parties with their friends taking advantage of the combos and special powers in the game's tactical battle system. The whole game is slightly unhinged, with rampaging Rhino Warriors, giant Ogre Bunnies, and other half-savage, half-funny animal opponents. "In Animal Legends, the evil Vampire Frog, Skulk, has cast a blight upon the land, and you and your friends must defeat him by clearing back the poisoned forest, building up your fantasy kingdom, and questing for loot and glory in battle with Skulk's minions. Paul O'Connor from Appy Entertainment gives us the background story of the game that revolves around the triumph over an evil Vampire Frog, Skulk. Both sides get a little extra reward for doing so. In Animal Legends, as you include your friends in your world you can use their built up creatures. The multiplayer is tuned for the mobile landscape where users play a bit here and there throughout the days. Not the least of which is a social game that is really social. As you level up through the game, your animals gain special powers and equipment to help you fight through ever increasingly difficult levels in a Pokemon type battle arena.Īnimal Legends will be released this week worldwide and Appy brings some new things to the social game scene. We spoke with Paul O'Connor, Brand Director at Appy about their new game and their experiences so far in the App Store.Īnimal Legends is both a city builder, and an RPG battle game and has some amazing artwork and a huge number of character customization options. As Appy Entertainment sees 2 million SpellCraft School of Magic downloads, they prepare to release their next social game, Animal Legends.
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