Daniel Vávra
| Daniel Vávra | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 September 1975[1] Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Czechoslovakia |
| Occupation | Video game writer, director, designer |
Daniel Vávra (born 2 September 1975) is a Czech video game writer, director, designer and co-founder of Warhorse Studios. He is best known as the author of crime action video games Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven and Mafia II. As of 2016, he is working on medieval role-playing game Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Biography
Daniel Vávra was born in Rychnov nad Kněžnou,[2][3] before moving to Prague.[1][4] Since childhood, Vávra has enjoyed working with computers, drawing comics, and taking photos.[5] He studied at the School of Applied Arts in Turnov and started his career as a graphic designer at advertising company TIPA. He has written numerous articles for the Czech gaming magazine Level[5] and other gaming magazines, and is also a passionate player of paintball.[5][6] He was also an active demoscener, under the pseudonym Hellboy, as part of the group Broncs.[7]
Illusion Softworks/2K Czech
In 1998, Vávra joined Illusion Softworks as a 2D artist. His first project was Hidden and Dangerous, for which he created some textures.[8] His next project was the highly acclaimed Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven,[9] for which he was the lead designer, screenwriter and director. He later became the leading figure of Illusion Softworks's Prague subsidiary[10] and also worked on Wings of War, released in 2004.[11] He worked on another project, Hi-Tech,[12] but it was cancelled. His last project for Illusion Softworks (renamed as 2K Czech) was Mafia II. He left the studio in 2009.
Warhorse Studios
In 2011, Vávra co-founded Warhorse Studios. He is currently working on Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a role-playing video game that uses Cry Engine 3 set in a medieval-themed open world environment.[13] The game was set to be delivered in Q4 2015 through episodic iterations, and was successfully funded via Kickstarter.
On 9 November 2012, Vávra led a protest against the arrest of I. Buchta and M. Pezlar, Bohemia Interactive Arma 3 developers arrested during their holiday on the Greek island Lemnos. The protest was held outside the Greek embassy in Prague.[14]
On 2 April 2015, Vávra (Warhorse Studios) announced that Kingdom Come: Deliverance was delayed until Summer 2016, and the game was later delayed until 2017.
Video games
- Hidden & Dangerous (1999), Illusion Softworks[11]
- Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002), Illusion Softworks[11]
- Mafia II (2010), 2K Czech[11]
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2017), Warhorse Studios
References
- 1 2 Obchodní rejstřík na justice.cz, IČ 24155489, Warhorse Studios s.r.o. (formerly Prague Game Studios s.r.o.), Czech
- ↑ "Daniel Vávra (Person) - Giant Bomb". Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ "Jay Diesel v rozhovoru pro HipHopStage nabízí nejen slíbenej new mixtape ke stažení!". HipHopStage.
- ↑ "Řecká pomsta českým vývojářům. Dan Vávra polemizuje s Janem A. Novákem". Reflex.cz.
- 1 2 3 "Bio - Hellboy". danielvavra.com.
- ↑ "Military Paintball Community Camping 2010 < Articles - Hellboy". danielvavra.com.
- ↑ http://zine.bitfellas.org/article.php?zine=13&id=19
- ↑ "Mafia 2 - Rozhovor s Danielem Vávrou - na Scorpions.cz".
- ↑ "Mafia for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ Tiscali. "Na čem pracuje pražská pobočka Illusionu?". Games.cz.
- 1 2 3 4 "Daniel Vávra Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ "HiTech". YouTube.
- ↑ "I do care for a next-gen medieval RPG with no fantasy • Eurogamer.net". Eurogamer.net. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ "Jailed ArmA 3 devs send letter from prison as Czech protests escalate • Eurogamer.net". Eurogamer.net. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2014.