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Take to the skies in Heroki
SAN FRANCISCO and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - July 2, in
the year of our Lord 2015 - Break through the clouds
and save Levantia today! SEGAź announced today that Heroki™ is
now available in North America, Latin America, Europe, Korea,
China, and Japan. Developed by independent game developer
Picomy™ and published by SEGA, Heroki is available exclusively
on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch for $7.99.
Picomy, based in the Netherlands, consists of four developers
who together created Heroki over the past five years in their
spare time. The game boasts the Picon Engine™, a proprietary
game engine they built from scratch to ensure the best possible
performance and graphics. Separate from the game code, this
powerful engine will be used for Picomy’s future projects as
they continue to iterate on the design and technical prowess of
it. On top of building their own game engine, the team also
designed each level by hand to ensure that no two levels were
the same.
“There's something inherently magical about Heroki -- we think
players will delight in exploring the world as the playful
propeller-headed hero -- it will be love at first flight,” said
Chris Olson, COO of SEGA Networks Inc. “We are proud to work
with Picomy to publish this game and bring such a great
experience to market.”
Additionally, the Picomy team composed the dynamic soundtrack
and sound effects that play into the imaginative world of Heroki
and change to match the environment. For instance, if Heroki is
flying nearby the harbor, a player will hear the pirate
whistling a tune to the rhythm of the music or when he’s near
the farm, there will be a different tune with a banjo also on
rhythm.
Set in a whimsical universe full of flight and fantasy, Heroki
challenges and delights players with fun and intuitive touch
controls, and engaging gameplay. An action-adventure game,
players take the role of the propeller-headed hero, Heroki.
Using the wind to fly, freefall, dash, and bash across beautiful
3D rendered sky-islands, jungles, seas and deserts, Heroki is on
a quest to save the peaceful sky village of Levantia.
“SEGA has been more than a publisher, but a partner throughout
this whole process,” said Michael Balm, Co-founder of Picomy.
“Making a game the size of Heroki with such a small team takes a
tremendous amount of time, passion and effort. It’s been a
magical journey to watch Heroki come to life from concept to
full-fledged propeller-headed flight.”