Game development

I made console and PC games, first at X-Ray Interactive and then at Tate Interactive in Kraków, the studio behind the Kao the Kangaroo series. Tate Interactive belonged to four of us who made the games, Jan Matląg, Jakub Kojder, Wojciech Biliński and me, and to an investor who owns the company today. In the Polish demoscene and gamedev community I went by Makhzi.

The studio’s own engine, Elephant, and its tool set were built by three of us: Jakub Kojder, Jan Matląg and me, and the later games ran on it. In the following years the studio grew into a much larger team. My credits:

Who released the games, country by country (MobyGames, GameTDB, gry-online.pl):

• Kao the Kangaroo: Titus (France, USA; Virgin Interactive distributed the Dreamcast version in Europe), Licomp Empik Multimedia (Poland), Sold Out Software (UK, 2002)
• Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2: Titus and Cenega (Poland, 2003), JoWooD (Germany, France and Europe, 2004–2005), Atari (USA and Canada, GameCube, 2006), Nordic Games (PS2 re-release, 2012)
• Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano: Cenega (Poland), 1C (Russia), Auran Games (Australia)
• Kao Challengers: Atari Europe (UK, France, Australia), Atari (USA), Licomp Empirical Multimedia (Poland)
• Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Wifix (PSP): Atari Europe
• Lanfeust of Troy: Atari Europe
• Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure: Atari Europe (France), Atari Deutschland (Germany), CD Projekt (Poland)
• My Horse & Me 2: Atari Europe (Europe), Atari (USA, as Riding for Gold), CD Projekt (Poland, as Kocham konie 2)
• The Saddle Club: Deep Silver (Europe, France as Grand Galop), Koch Media (Germany), Cenega (Poland), Destineer (USA, as I Love Horses: Rider’s Paradise)
• Titeuf: Le Film: Deep Silver (France)

The producers we worked with, as credited:

• Kao the Kangaroo: Eric Caen and Hervé Caen (executive producers, Titus), Paul Leskowicz (producer)
• Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2: Keehwan Her (associate producer, Atari); Neil Soane (producer), Stefan Berger, Daniel Wehner, Jan Wagner and Robert Al-Yazdi (product management, JoWooD); Paul Leskowicz (producer)
• Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano: Paul Leskowicz (producer)
• Kao Challengers: Gérard Barnaud (producer) and Rebecka Pernered (publishing director), Atari, with Ai-Lich Nguyen, Sophie Barnaud, Ludovic Bony, Sandrine Dubois, Jenny Clark, Carine Mawart and Lisa Gaillard (localisation, materials, quality and certification); Paul Leskowicz (producer)
• Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Wifix (PSP): Nadège de Bergevin (senior producer), Rebecka Pernered (republishing director), Sébastien Chaudat (republishing manager), Christophe Manquant (republishing producer) and Philippe Louvet (engineering services manager), Atari Europe, with Cyril Voiron, Tim Verschure and Lionel Arnaud (marketing and product)
• Lanfeust of Troy: Rebecka Pernered (director of production), Nadège de Bergevin (executive producer) and Philippe Louvet (producer), Atari, with Cyril Voiron, Tim Verschure and Lionel Arnaud (brand and product)
• Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure: Rebecka Coutaz (publishing director), Nadège de Bergevin (senior producer) and Philippe Louvet (producer), Atari, with Cyril Voiron, Tim Verschure and Sara Hasson (marketing and planning)
• My Horse & Me 2: Rebecka Coutaz (director of production), Thomas Le Grand (senior producer) and Olivier Staebler (associate producer), Atari Europe, with Weronika Larsson, Aurélie Baudy, Marie Sliwa, Sophie Wibaux-Meliet, Stéphanie Sieker, Claire McGowan and Stéphane Entéric (project management); Hudson Piehl and Veronica Franklin, Atari Inc.

Where to read more:

• My credits on IMDb and the Tate Interactive page on MobyGames
• The Kao the Kangaroo series on Wikipedia and Tate Multimedia on Wikipedia
• “Polscy twórcy gier od A do Z: Tate Interactive” on Polygamia (in Polish)
• How Kao the Kangaroo was made: an interview with Wojciech Biliński (in Polish)
• The games today: the Tate Multimedia website and its developer page on Steam, with Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 and Mystery of the Volcano re-released