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Hovniválové aneb Záhada komixu (English: Dung-beetles aka The Mystery of A Comic) is a 1998 adventure game developed by Centauri Production and published by JRC Interactive.
The game is a 2D adventure about a boy named Jerry who becomes trapped in a world of comic books. To return to the real world he must play through four different comic book narratives and help their protagonists overcome their obstacles.
The game opens with a six-minute video played by live actors. [1] It is divided into four different chapters, and interwoven with movie sequences and minigames in other genres like slot machines. [1] The game has two difficulty settings – easy and hard – which was an uncommon feature of Czech games. [1] The harder version required certain items to be picked up at particular times of the story, and required more actions to complete puzzles. [1]
The game was one of the first titles from Centauri Productions to be released. [2] An extensive demo of the game was featured in the set 'PC GAME COLLECTION SPECIAL LEVEL No. 2/98'. [3] BonusWeb acknowledged this title did not do well upon its release. Jan Hloušek served as chief programmer and team leader on the game. [4]
The creators of Horké léto 2 chose to use Centauri Productions as the game's programmer due to their previous work on games such as Hovniválové. [5]
Level said the camera work, editing, and music were all professionally done, [6] [7] Zive felt the cutscenes were captivating [8] and Plne Hry deemed the game "unforgettable". [9] Mirsoft called it a sprawling and impressive adventure. [10] Madukas found it overly confusing and illogical, [11] while Score's reviewer compared the game's graphics to those of the Slovak game Next Space and described them as amateur. [12]
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Hovniválové aneb Záhada komixu (English: Dung-beetles aka The Mystery of A Comic) is a 1998 adventure game developed by Centauri Production and published by JRC Interactive.
The game is a 2D adventure about a boy named Jerry who becomes trapped in a world of comic books. To return to the real world he must play through four different comic book narratives and help their protagonists overcome their obstacles.
The game opens with a six-minute video played by live actors. [1] It is divided into four different chapters, and interwoven with movie sequences and minigames in other genres like slot machines. [1] The game has two difficulty settings – easy and hard – which was an uncommon feature of Czech games. [1] The harder version required certain items to be picked up at particular times of the story, and required more actions to complete puzzles. [1]
The game was one of the first titles from Centauri Productions to be released. [2] An extensive demo of the game was featured in the set 'PC GAME COLLECTION SPECIAL LEVEL No. 2/98'. [3] BonusWeb acknowledged this title did not do well upon its release. Jan Hloušek served as chief programmer and team leader on the game. [4]
The creators of Horké léto 2 chose to use Centauri Productions as the game's programmer due to their previous work on games such as Hovniválové. [5]
Level said the camera work, editing, and music were all professionally done, [6] [7] Zive felt the cutscenes were captivating [8] and Plne Hry deemed the game "unforgettable". [9] Mirsoft called it a sprawling and impressive adventure. [10] Madukas found it overly confusing and illogical, [11] while Score's reviewer compared the game's graphics to those of the Slovak game Next Space and described them as amateur. [12]