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Within a few months, two communication designers from Salzburg developed a strategy and pursuit game. The demand is high, because playing together at home experienced an upswing during the lockdowns.
“Cheeky Hyena” is the name of the game that has 1,500 year old ancestors and has been played by nomadic tribes in North Africa. It’s about the search for drinking water and a chase by a corporation – in the form of a hyena. “We have adapted this special game, this hyena game. We got it from an old book that we found on a flea market in Australia many years ago, so we picked it out. We have changed and revised the rules and actually brought them into the present ”, recently game developer Ingrid Sapp.
Corona rekindled the passion for games
Even in their youth, the two women made board games and are currently selling them. The corona pandemic rekindled this passion, says Sapp. The premise for their game: It has to come 100 percent from Austria – with toy figures bought and recycled by large game companies and game boxes that play with an effect. “The moiré effect is known from photography. We use it consciously by creating an animation on the outside of this slipcase that.
Board games from Salzburg
Two communication designers from the city of Salzburg worked as board game developers during the pandemic. Even in their youth, the two women made board games themselves and sold them. Now they have launched a strategy and a pursuit game within a few months.
Great demand for games
In the toy trade, everything has been in demand since the first lockdown that you can play together or that occupies you for a long time, said toy dealer Adele Liedl. “The puzzles for adults are in great demand, board games for one or two people and again for larger groups after the lockdown.”
