Later, that model was laying around and I thought it would be funny to put that in the background with googly eyes, since I wanted the Pedro’s World portion of the game to be different from the rest of the levels and look as weird as possible. When I was mucking about in the first year or so of development, the playable character was basically that head, had that face but without the googly eyes. Originally, that was based on my face as well. Victor: The faces in the background of Pedro’s world, the ones with big googly eyes. SRG: Are there other details in My Friend Pedro that you’re particularly proud of or just think are neat that maybe people don’t notice as much? I ended up using myself just because that was safe. Victor: The story of why I ended up putting myself into the first game as a boss was that originally I had some picture from some really old, black-and-white commercial, some sort of gentleman fellow that I wanted to be the final boss.īut then I thought maybe there would be some sort of copyright or legal issue with that, so I had to quickly swap it out with something else. The final boss in that earlier game is basically that picture, a big version of me sort of bumps in and fights against the player, who has turned into a butterfly. That’s actually more than just ego, it’s a reference to the original Flash game version of My Friend Pedro. Special Reserve Games: I was playing My Friend Pedro last week and I noticed that you hid your portrait on the wall of Denny’s office! It’s a great little Easter-egg cameo. On this exclusive interview, the creator talked about the origins of the project as well as the upcoming Special Reserve Games release. My Friend Pedro, a somewhat violent action sidescroller, was created by solely by DeadToast Entertainment’s Victor Ågren, a one-man band of an indie developer. ![]() I’ll see if I can get over this oversight when it launches in June 2019 for Switch and PC.Ĭheck out all of our Rezzed 2019 coverage here.Along with Special Reserve Games recent announcement that a special physical edition pre-order will be opening soon for My Friend Pedro, the publisher has also published a newsletter containing an exclusive interview with the game’s creator. There is one small blot on My Friend Pedro, though: the banana doesn’t actually talk in a Mexican accent. Based on my short time spent with the game, My Friend Pedro will strike a pretty fine balance between being fun and a challenge. I didn’t die during the demo, but the boss (which I did not expect this game to have at all), took me pretty close. It is just about as silly and ultimately fun as it sounds, but competitive players can also try to get the best rank possible on an S scale, which I somehow managed to do.įrom what I’ve played, My Friend Pedro doesn’t seem too difficult, which may be to imbue players with a sense of badassery - it certainly did for me. ![]() The “meat” looks like it will take place indoors through side-scrolling corridors, but the demo also offered the chance to jump on a motorcycle and perform slow-motion backflips while raining down hell on you assailants. The demo I played only offered about ten minutes of gameplay, but it was certainly varied. It left me grinning like a teenager for almost the entirety of my playtime. ![]() Combine this with a slow-motion leap of faith and it’s clear that My Friend Pedro rewards experimental violence, evidenced perfectly by a moment where you are able to kick a pan into the air and shoot it to deflect the bullets at baddies above you. Players pirouette and dance around while mowing down enemies with ease, the ability to shoot in different directions when dual wielding feeling like a simple joy. It has the same kind of attitude as something from the late 90s/early 2000s, which is about the highest compliment I could give something. My Friend Pedro will feel very familiar for anyone who grew up on MTV (when it was actually music) and constant rewatches of The Matrix on VHS. Having had the chance to play it at EGX Rezzed 2019, I’m even more excited to figure out how to artistically murder bad guys this June. I’ve had a close eye on My Friend Pedro since it was launched back at E3 2018.
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