Hi friends, This is the perfect early 30th birthday present! Last week we received our first official interview for our indie game Copycat in the lead-up to PAX Australia. Tony did a terrific job wrangling the article together. Read the full article here: https://eziyoda.com/2023/08/16/genre-of-cats-chat-with-team-behind-copycat/ Kostia and I have an opportunity to reflect on our journey, and realised that thanks to our years in advertising, we now have the hustle, the fire, the storytelling skills and the technical abilities to thrive in game development. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//40457693/5457c6b038b34d51a46965491688a79c11d4944c.png[/img] Follow our socials for more updates on Copycat as we approach PAX. Or head on over to EZIYODA (https://eziyoda.com/) for more loveable long-form opinion pieces usually involving games or cats. See below a sneak peek of the article: "TONY: When people experience Copycat firsthand at PAX Aus, what are you hoping their takeaway will be? SAM: We want them to turn to their partner, their friend, or their animal, and just give them a big hug! KOSTIA: We want to try to shift more public perception, to show that video games are not just a bunch of violent shooting and robbing games, but they have beauty, they have storytelling. SAM: They have a soul." [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//40457693/734105cf4ca1433ffb0897e9263bbb305ef2d021.png[/img] "TONY: Are there any real-life pets that might be making cameos in-game? SAM: Oh yes, there’s so many! Flame, our family cat, is the voiceover for about 80% of the game. KOSTIA: Last Christmas break, when we were with the family, we were stalking the poor cat for three days with a microphone, like, “Please meow! Please meow!”. We have a few friends from Twitter and a few streamers that kindly offered us their help in terms of cat sounds. We have two people sending us cat sounds to use in the game." Legends. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//40457693/45c415674f8f19effa267ec9bb0c410170e05be2.jpg[/img] (Image of Flame our voice over actor) Lots of love, Sam & Kostia