Inside Mahjong Mountain

Dennis chafiâ met Chris van der Linden at the gamescom 2009 and reviewed one of their games. Then we visited Kalydo and did a behind the scenes feature. A while ago they released Mahjong Mountain which we reported about and now we will give you an insider on that very game. So sit back and relax as you read through the interview and as a bonus; developer comment!

The interview:

Nisute: Mahjong is one of the most common flash games on the internet. Why did you choose mahjong to build upon?

Chris : It indeed is a common game that’s freely available on the web. We thought it was a nice challenge to re-make a classic like that but with a Kalydo twist.
The world of cube offered a good backdrop for this game because of the eastern theme and because it looks very colourful. To compete with free mahjong games we put alot of time and effort into making the game world a pretty one. Hence the number of scripted 3D camera angles, beautiful locations and more. Just to give you an example; have you ever played mahjong at the bottom of a waterfall? (as Chris finishes he smiles)

NiSuTe: We know that Mahjong mountain uses the same asian theme as Cube, but how did the style of Cube come to life?

Chris: The visual style of Cube is something we’ve made with the help of the art team. At that time we mainly were using the theme of our underwater game Nauticz. When the puzzleconcept of Cube proved to work out, i went back to brainstorming about what we could do with what we had. Together with Kirtsten Nuyts (concept artist) we came up with an eastern world in which everything is square. This worked so well that we soon had a working world with surprisingly humorous characters. Read more