Old School Gamer Magazine chats with World’s Fastest Drummer to search out out the brand new cell rhythm sport is rooted within the video games of the previous and a lot extra.
Old School Gamer Magazine: How lengthy has this sport been within the works?
Boo McAfee: World’s Fastest Drummer as occasions and a model began within the 12 months 2000. The gaming facet began organically in 2008. We began off by doing an internet flash model of WFD for MTV’s Addicting Games, which produced over 1.5 million performs in its first 60 days. Next, we did an old style, stand alone, arcade cupboard model of WFD which examined very well earlier than COVID. So in 2022, it simply appears pure to begin over with a cell model and develop organically right into a WFD Game Franchise.
Old School Gamer Magazine: Your important character is fairly superior. How did he come to be?
McAfee: Thank you a lot. I’ve to confess I’m actually keen on the little fellow. SpeedE has been in my head because the starting and he was the featured character within the first flash sport for Addicting Games and as effectively within the first arcade sport we did. As time went alongside he began taking legs and rising in popularity, so we needed to flesh his backstory out. Eventually his alter ego, band nerd Stanley got here to life. Their lives have merely developed from there.
Old School Gamer Magazine: What video games have impressed it probably the most?
McAfee: No doubt, Whack-A-Mole. I’m an enormous fan of Aaron Fechter, the inventor of Whack-A-Mole. I’ve to say he and his mega contribution to gaming and leisure with not solely ‘Whack-A-Mole’ but additionally his ShowBiz Pizza animatronic band, ‘Rock-afire Explosion’ all influenced me significantly! Aaron as an inventor was up to now forward of his time. I imply the man invented Whack-A-Mole when he was twenty-one years outdated. Also the old-school sport ‘Field and Track’ has been an affect.’
Old School Gamer Magazine: What form of avid gamers will admire this one probably the most?
McAfee: Mostly for people who know their proper hand from their left. Lol. Seriously although, we’re actually making an attempt to make the WFD sport for everybody to play and luxuriate in. Not for drummers or musicians solely. I used to be studying at present the place a few music-related video games have obtained over 38 million downloads every this 12 months alone. We are hoping to get a slice of such motion in 2023.
Old School Gamer Magazine: Could you see this making its option to a console gaming system at some point?
McAfee: We have partnered with Riseup Labs, a number one expertise and sport developer in Bangladesh. In our early talks and enterprise mannequin we laid out a plan to begin with the inspiration being WFD Mobile Game and take these outcomes and information and construct upon that basis. Certainly, if all goes as deliberate, console video games and even VR can be on our record.
Old School Gamer Magazine: Anything else you’d like so as to add?
McAfee: I might prefer to thanks for this chance to get the phrase out about our World’s Fastest Drummer cell sport and hopefully meet some new individuals through your readership. Hopefully, they’ll play the WFD cell sport and be at liberty to offer us with some a lot wanted evaluations and enter.
Old School Gamer Magazine: Where can individuals discover out extra?
McAfee: World’s Fastest Drummer cell Game is for each iOS and android. So after all the App Store and Google play, search World’s Fastest Drummer.
Landing web page hyperlinks are:
https://WorldsFastestDrummer.com
https://riseuplabs.com/worlds-fastest-drummer/
More information on Speede at https://SpeedEtheWFD.com
Patrick Hickey, Jr., is the founder and editor-in-chief of ReviewFix.com and a lecturer of English and journalism at Kingsborough Community College, in Brooklyn, New York. Over the previous decade, his online game protection has been featured in nationwide advert campaigns by high publishers the likes of Nintendo, Deep Silver, Disney and EA Sports. His guide collection, “The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Game Developers,” from McFarland and Company, has earned reward from Forbes, Huffington Post, The New York Daily News and MSG Networks. He can be a former editor at NBC and National Video Games Writer on the late-Examiner.com
