New Fishhead 4 Engine preview

Hayo Van Reek has just released footage of his latest, colourful project: Fishhead 4.

A little Fishhead interview

When did you make the original Fishhead game?
The first Fishhead game was made in 1998 in Klik&play. It was just a little cartoon I made before that, because I was called fishhead at school.

When did you make Fishhead 3? How long has it been?
Fishhead 3 was started in the summer of 2002 and released in the spring of 2003. I made it for a girl.

Fishhead. Why a man with a fish for a head?
I was called that in school when I was 13.Not even by my classmates but by some older bully-type boys.

I noticed a bird type creature in the video you posted, can you give anymore details on it's purpose?
Fishhead is learning the way of the Stone Goose. The Stone Goose will heal him and save his progress. The Potheads and Tomatomen worship other gods. Also included are treehuggers.

Other than what we see in the video, will Fishhead have any other special moves?
He will have a couple of swimming moves and some more jumping moves. But the main move he will make is shoot. Shooting will be the key to many puzzles in this game.

What about locations? Do you any plans there?
A southern city, an ice castle, a dark jungle, sewers, caves. Further in the game you will come across the more industrial locations.

Will most of the locations echo the same dreamy and cute graphical style we see in the video?
Yeah, I am not going to switch style halfway through the game.

How long did it take you to make the graphics we see in the video?
Well, some of the graphics you see where done late 2007. Then I abandoned and picked it up again about four weeks ago. I am pretty fast with tiles and sprites and terribly slow with backgrounds. I am just never happy with them.
I think it is finding the style that is the hardest. Once you have that things will pick up and you can do large amounts in a short time.

Will Fishhead ever meet Bernard and/or Hank?
Not likely. They live in a different universe. The only way of them ever meeting would be when I make a racing game with all my characters. Which again isn't very likely. Apart from that most Fishhead lovers HATE Bernard and Hank. They told me that.

That's a shame. Well then, what about ever creating a new character?
I probably will. But after making this game I'd like to expand the universe of Lily. It had fun characters I hardly used. I'd rather deepen a character than making up new ones. But I am sure I will come up with other odd characters in the future.

Thanks for your time!
No problem. Be sure to eat organic food.