{"id":21947,"date":"2023-12-20T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=21947"},"modified":"2023-12-19T06:01:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T06:01:29","slug":"interview-with-dave-proctor-from-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-with-dave-proctor-from-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Dave Proctor from Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In his decade-long journey in the gaming industry, Dave Proctor has not only been creating games but also leading the charge at Mighty Yell. This studio, under Dave’s guidance, is dedicated to the development of innovative, original, and non-violent gaming experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q1. Please provide us with a brief bio of yourself and your background.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My name is Dave Proctor and I’ve been making games for 10 years this month (whoa). I’ve been running Mighty Yell for 6 years and am grateful every day that this is my job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q2. Tell us more about your studio \/ company.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mighty Yell is a studio focused on making new, novel, and non-violent game experiences. Our first game, The Big Con, came out in 2021 and A Knight in the Attic, our second (and first VR) title was released earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re fully remote, we mostly work in Toronto, and we believe in supporting our team to give them the time to make weird and wonderful things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q3. What is your own definition of a great game?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A great game is one that turns your head sideways, something that makes you surprised with what it wants you to do. Any game that’s willing to change its loop, or redefine what the expected mechanics of its genre are – that makes a game great, to me. Also, it should have a kickin’ soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q4. Describe the genres of the game(s) your studio \/ company specializes in, as well as its main characteristics.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don’t really specialize in any one genre, but games that reward exploration, experimentation, and to a degree puzzle solving, seem to be a major throughline in our work. Our goal is always to make a game that changes or challenges the mechanics that are expected of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With A Knight in the Attic for example, it’s not just a puzzle platformer, there are full room-scale puzzles (or its not just a VR puzzle game, there’s a tilting world to explore).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q5. Tell us more about your ideation process. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For A Knight in the Attic, our creative directors Andy and George had a concept that we were lucky enough to turn into a full team project. The idea of tilting, of novel interactions between the board and the world, that came first, alongside the idea of telling a new take on the Arthurian legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that, we start to imagine where the game takes place, what story and narrative structures are on top of it, and that usually requires a lot of close and exciting conversation about things that excite us about the project. We work together, very closely, a lot to try to create something that we can all believe in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Knight in the Attic is a comfortable VR game experience where players explore the mysterious contents of their grandmother\u2019s \u2026
(Read more at NYX Game Awards<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about this interview<\/a> with DDmeow Games from Australia, the Gold Winner of the 2023 NYX Game Awards.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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