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Q: What about the puzzles? Will they be difficult to solve?
A: Many puzzles of the first part were said to be quite easy. In the second part we tried to make them more difficult, but at the same time easy enough for those novice players. Moreover, Vakula can ask for advice almost any character of the game, but the thing is that not all of them can or want to say anything useful to him.
Q: So, "Evenings on Farm near Dikanka 2: Evening before Ivan Kupala" is a typical adventure?
A: Yes, it is a 2D-adventure with third person view in classical style.
Q: What are the advantages of the game? What are the things you stake on?
A: First of all we should mention the literary basis of the game. Gogol's stories are full of colorful and amusing characters, amazing dialogues, so we try to keep all of these things in the game and make them even better at times. Also we shouldn't forget about interesting folk characters!
Second, it's bright cartoon graphics, which was approved by the players in the first game. In the sequel we keep the same style and even make it more exciting.
Finally, those who played Dikanka 1, will be, we hope, happy to meet their favorite characters and get to know new secrets, which Vakula couldn't open in the first part of the game. For example, the secret of Pannochka's mansion.
Q: Do you use cell-shading? Will the graphics be "serious" or cartoon-style?
A: The graphics will be the same as in Dikanka 1 with richer animation and more village animals. We use funny cartoon-style 2D graphics which is not too grotesque at the same time. Cell-shading is not used.
Q: It's very important to voice the dialogues properly to keep the original flavor. Will you hire professional actors for this sake?
A: Yes, you are right. Even sparkling Gogol's dialogues will never "shine" without good actors. Alexander Pozharov, Victoria Radunskaya, Anatoly Volodin, Mark Geihman and other famous actors are voices of Dikanka 2.
Q: Are there any other interesting features of the game which we can mention?
A: No, I think that's enough, otherwise we will open some secrets which are to be opened by the players themselves.
Q: When will the game be released?
A: The developing of Dikanka 2 is almost finished. It is planned to be released in October.
Q: Thank you for your answers. Good luck!
A: Thanks for the possibility to tell you about the game and for your interesting questions!
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