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 for being 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 his childhood, Vávra liked to work with computer, draw comics, and make photos.[5] He studied at School of Applied Arts in Turnov[6] and started his career as a graphic designer in advertisement company TIPA.[6] He has written numerous articles for Czech gaming magazine Level[5][6] and other gaming magazines, and is also a passionate player of paintball.[5][7] He was also an active demoscener, under the pseudonym Hellboy, as part of the group Broncs.[8]
Illusion Softworks/2K Czech
In 1998, Vávra joined Illusion Softworks as a 2D artist. His first project was Hidden and Dangerous for which he did some textures.[9] His next project was highly acclaimed Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven,[10] of which he was the lead designer, screenwriter and the director. He later became the leading figure of Illusion Softworks's Prague subsidiary[11] and also worked on Wings of War that was released in 2004.[12] He worked on another project, Hi-Tech,[13] but it was cancelled.[6] His last project for Illusion Softworks (that was renamed to 2K Czech) was Mafia II. He left the studio in 2009.[6]
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.[14] The game was set to be delivered in Q4 2015 through episodic iterations, and the game was successfully funded via Kickstarter.
On 9 November 2012, Vávra led a protest against the unjust 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.[15]
On 2 April 2015, Vávra (Warhorse Studios) announced that Kingdom Come: Deliverance is delayed until Summer 2016, in which the game had now been delayed until 2017.
Video games
- Hidden & Dangerous (1999), Illusion Softworks[12]
- Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002), Illusion Softworks[12]
- Mafia II (2010), 2K Czech[12]
- 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Daniel Vavra". linkedin.
- ↑ "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.