Luke Judge

[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.]

With over a decade’s experience in creating 3D animationsand visual effects for TV, film and media, cybertime is perfectlypositioned to develop a game as exciting, sophisticated andaesthetically pleasing as Crazy Hedgy.

Founder and CEO of cybertime, Raffael Leb, described thedevelopment of the game. “For over a decade we have developedsophisticated 3D animations for the TV, film, web and mediasectors. some while ago we decided it was time we applied ourskills to developing a whole new class of 3D mobile game; some6,000 hours of design, development and testing later, we are veryproud to release Crazy Hedgy. We’re sure gamers of all ageswill love its aesthetics and gameplay. Ultimately, it’s allabout the player engaging with the characters and having fun, andthat’s exactly what Crazy Hedgy delivers – inabundance.”

The Crazy Hedgy character lives in a beautiful and challenging3D world, which has 35+ levels and offers many hours of play, witha mixture of challenges, opponents, rewards, humour – andsurprises!

Use your guile to cross yawning abysses, solve riddles, findhidden treasures, conquer your opponents, collect diamonds and earnfantastic new skills and character upgrades.

With real physics, true retina display, HDMI output and iCloudsupport, Crazy Hedgy is one of the most sophisticated gamesavailable on the market.

Because of the comprehensive use of the iOS device sensors, thegame is immediately intuitive to the most casual of gamers – tilt,turn, tap, and swipe!

Available immediately on iOS via the App Store?, Crazy Hedgy is also optimized for the iPad®.

An Android release will follow in early 2012.

Established in Vienna, in 2001, cybertime has worked in avariety of sophisticated graphics and technology sectors. Privatelyheld, cybertime_games’ release of Crazy Hedgy marks the mostadvanced 3D action jump and run platform game available for iOSdevices.

Company website: cybertime.at

Promotional trailers and App Store link: crazyhedgy.com

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