Trickster Arts

Indie video game creator team based on Czech Republic

Trickster Arts

Company type| Private
Industry| Video games
Founded| 2012; 13 years ago (2012)
Founder| Matouš Ježek
Headquarters|

Prague

Czech Republic

Key people

| Matouš Ježek
Products|

* Hero of Many
* Hackers

Number of employees

| 2[1]
Website| tricksterarts.com

Trickster Arts is an indie game development team based in the Czech Republic. It consists of former 2K Czech employees.

## History

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The studio was founded in Fall 2012 when Matouš Ježek left 2K Czech and started to work on his own game. The project was titled Hero. Ježek also contacted some of his friends and former colleagues to join his team. It included Ladislav Týč and Matúš Široký. They also released an iOS game Date Me If You Can. Its Czech version Interande was, unlike the English version, a success.[2][3]

The project Hero (renamed to Hero of Many) was in development for 10 months and was released in June 2013 to very positive response from critics. The game was also a minor financial success that allowed Trickster Arts to start works on another project.[3][4] This new project was an unnamed action adventure in which the player controlled Fire. This was a much bigger project than Hero of Many but the development was eventually stopped after a year, as the game was too difficult for development and too expensive. Trickster Arts then decided to make a game about Hacking.[5]

In November 2012, Matouš Ježek, the CEO was present at Game Developers Session, where he talked about the team and its experiences with the development.[6]

Trickster Arts announced its new game Hackers in April 2016 at Game Access Conference in Brno.[7] Hackers was released on 19 September 2016.[8] The game was downloaded by more than 1 million players after one Month.[9]

Studio announced its next game Action RPG Monolisk on 31 May 2019.[10] The game was released on 15 October 2019.[11]

## Released titles

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Year  | Title  | Platform(s)  | Notes

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iOS | Android | Win | OS X | Ouya | GameStick
2012  | Date Me If You Can | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | A simulation of dating. According to developers it is more an interactive film than a game. It was released in the Czech Republic as Interande. The game was played by over 700,000 people. The Windows version was released as a Browser title[12][13]
2013  | Hero of Many | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | An Action-adventure game. The visual style is reminiscent of games such as Badland and Naught.[14]
2016  | Hackers | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Online strategy game. Player controls a hacker who builds his network and hacks other players. It also features story mode.[15]
2019  | Monolisk | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Action Role-playing game.[16]
TBA  | Dreadhunter | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Shooter game with RPG aspects.[17]

## References

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1. ^ "Češi vytvořili akční RPG hru MONOLISK, která na iPhonu kombinuje prvky Diabla a karetních her". AppleCrunch (in Czech). 5 June 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
2. ^ Vašátko, Ondřej (24 May 2013). "Interview s československými vývojáři připravované pecky Hero of Many". android portal.sk. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
3. ^ a b Zach, Ondřej (5 July 2013). "Pracovali na Mafii 2, nyní zabodovali s vlastní hrou. Rozhovor". Nonusweb. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
4. ^ Bach, Martin. "Vývoj her v Česku v roce 2013 - část 4". Games.cz. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
5. ^ "Matouš Ježek (Trickster Arts) - Indie Studio Survival Kit (Game Access '16)". Youtube.com. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
6. ^ "GDS 2013: Matouš Ježek - Od AAA k indie aneb cesta k vlastní hře". Games.cz. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
7. ^ Zach, Ondřej (18 April 2016). "V české strategii Hackers navrhujete 3D síť a hackujete sítě ostatních". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
8. ^ "Vyšla česká multiplayerovka Hackers, kde bojujete v zákulisní světové válce - Games.cz". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 February 2017.
9. ^ "Trickster Arts on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
10. ^ "České herní studio Trickster Arts představilo unikátní "Diablovku" pro mobilní telefony". CzechCrunch (in Czech). 31 May 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
11. ^ "Za dva týdny se otevřou hráčské dungeony v českém akčním RPG Monolisk". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 October 2019.
12. ^ Poláček, Petr. "Vyzkoušejte rande nanečisto s interaktivním filmem Interande". Games.cz. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
13. ^ "Pavel Gotthard – Portfolio".
14. ^ Shiels, R. (29 May 2013). "Trickster Arts' Upcoming Action-adventure Game 'Hero Of Many' Looks Insanely Gorgeous!". iFanzine. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
15. ^ "Top 10 Mobile games of the week". MobileStartupz. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
16. ^ "Česká mobilní diablovka Monolisk láká na navrhování vlastních úrovní". iDNES.cz. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
17. ^ Burian, Michal. "V české střílečce Dreadhunter se setkává Diablo s Doomem - INDIAN". indian-tv.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 May 2023.

## External links

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* Official Site