Jiří Filip The barrier-free game studio Kikiriki Games, which released the successful audio mobile shooter To the Dragon Cave this May, is working on a new, this time a knowledge game. In The Brave Brain, it will be about correctly answering the quiz questions from the options offered. The goal is to create the most inclusive game with global content, so the developers decided to involve the entire gaming community in the preparation. The release of the game is planned for the spring of next year.
The upcoming game The Brave Brain is designed as multiplayer trivia game. Unlike the audio shooter To the Dragon Cave, which was intended primarily for blind players, the new title will also target the general public thanks to its attractive graphics. Kikiriki Games creates a game that doesn't want to single anyone out, whether it's based on a handicap or perhaps the culture they come from. Therefore, the developers decided to involve the players themselves in the creation of game content and invite them to create quiz questions.
The development of The Brave Brain game was supported by the city of Brno as part of the program for creative industries.
“To the Dragon Cave is played by people all over the world, and we will strive to do the same for The Brave Brain. We try to make it so that people from different corners of the country and different cultures can find quizzes that they will understand and that will be close to them. Therefore, everyone has the opportunity to send us questions related to their favorite topic or perhaps the place where they live." Jana Kuklová, co-founder of the game studio, describes the motivation for this decision.
Crowdsourcing ideas from around the world
That's why Kikiriki Games launched Challenge The Brave Brain and people can submit their quiz questions to the studio through the web form until February 28, 2023. Then they will be rewarded with game bonuses in The Brave Brain. And for the most active creators, the developers have prepared attractive rewards.
“Game studios often collect money from players to develop a new video game. However, we decided to approach crowdfunding a little differently. We invite players to contribute their ideas to the upcoming game. Everyone has the opportunity to become a co-author of the game and also get interesting game bonuses as a reward. And then we have interesting prizes prepared for the most active authors," developer and co-founder of Kikiriki Games Miloš Kukla reveals details about the competition. Quiz questions to challenges of The Brave Brain it is possible to send via the form located at the addressthebravebrain.com/formulary
Interesting, little-known but verifiable facts
For example, quiz questions might ask which marine fish is the fastest swimmer; on which island Mount Obama is located, or when the sun rises at the north pole. There are only a few basic rules to follow when creating questions:
- Multiple choice answer format where only one is correct,
- Verifiability of the given fact,
- Questions must not offend or otherwise harm anyone.
In addition, the Kikiriki Games studio includes another bonus rule in the description of the challenge, which reads Have fun and enjoy the joy of creating.
"We were excited by the idea of a challenge, because coming up with quiz questions itself is actually such a game. moreover, The Brave Brain will be a lot about discovering new locations. We believe that thanks to a set of questions created by people from all over the world, players will not only discover new places on the game map, but will also have the desire to learn new things about the world we live in. I personally, for example, am very much looking forward to the arrival of questions that will ask about something about India or other places that I still don't know much about." says Jana Kuklová from Kikiriki Games.
Mysterious locations and multiplayer mode
In the upcoming mobile game The Brave Brain, which studio Kikiriki Games plans to release this coming spring, people will be able to test their knowledge against their friends and random players. In addition to this multiplayer mode, the game will also offer a single player part in the form of revealing mysterious locations. In places such as a rainforest, a science institute or even a harbor pub, quizzes thematically related to the given location will await the player. The entire game is then framed by a sci-fi story, in which cutely portrayed courageous brains play the main role.
Game studio Kikiriki Games
Barrier-free game studio Kikiriki Games strives to remove barriers in the gaming industry and uses inclusive design to create mobile games accessible to all. For the impact that the studio brings to the world of video games, it won the Social Startup of 2022 award in the Idea of the Year competition. The Vodafone Foundation Laboratory accelerator for technological innovations with social impact, which the team went through this year, also helped the development of the entire project.
Game To the Dragon Cave
Kikiriki Games' first mobile game - To the Dragon Cave - was released this May. Global magazine Pocket Gamer named this audio shooter one of the ten most influential accessible games of the last decade, and DroidGamers named it one of the top five games released that week. www.tothedragoncave.com
