For all the toy lovers out there, yesterday was all about the new Skylanders game. But let’s not forget about Prodigy either The beautiful PC game that plays like a mashup of Activision’s kid-friendly franchise and an intricate card game like Magic is still in development, but the toy fiends here at Kotaku have been relishing every opportunity to take it for a test spin.
French indie developer Hanakai was good enough to share some information with us about the concept and development of its newest character, a female magic-heavy fighter named Siren.
“Siren is a dark witch, the kind of character who could easily fall into the clichĂ©s of the genre, so we knew we had to create something unique,” Jean Bey, Prodigy’s creative director told Kotaku in an emailed statement. “I wanted a variation on the theme of the dark witch as it is known in the tale of Snow White—a Maleficent tailored for the Company of Thorns [one of the factions in the game].”
As Kotaku’s resident toy addict Mike Fahey said when the game was first announced: “You officially have my attention, Hanakai Studio.”
Prodigy blew past its original $100,000 Kickstarter goal earlier this month. But if you want to snag yourself some extra goodies, you can still support the project for a few more days here.
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