Description

The Critique Gaming team is an eclectic squad of people with very different social and educational backgrounds, from law and economy to art and programming, with very diverse skillsets. We’ve gathered with the mission of making pointful games that explore important contemporary questions.

History

Dexter

Andrei “Dexter” Olaru is the captain of Critique Gaming. An economist and career academic debater with international results, he’s the entrepreneurial spirit of the team, handling project and team management, wrangling needed resources.

Marius

Marius Petcu studies in the Bucharest Polytechnic University. With artistic spirit and a background in academic debating, he’s the team’s programmer. He makes sure the abstract thoughts and ideas of the team take tangible form, supple and interactive on the player’s screen.

Moise

Moise Theodor, master of numbers and papers, a human sized calculator of optimized business organization, he is the team’s business admin and our very own semi-pro e-sports player.

David

David Moscovici has a master’s degree in law, is grumpy, is a trainer and career academic debater and is the team’s game designer. He writes the narrative content, insures the balance and dynamics of game mechanics and handles the creative direction of the games.

Dexi

Dragos "Dexi” Antoniu Stoica is an Economics graduate but his soul is in music. Passionate about contemporary popular art, he creates the sounds and soundtracks for Critique Gaming as well as leading all marketing efforts.

Cătălin

Amateur musician and video game enthusiast, Cătălin Nedeluș does not like waking up early. However, he is like fish in the water when it comes to game development.

Mădălina

Completing our art team, Mădălina Șoimu is a Computer Science student. She has a knack for smart video games and for drawing art for them.

Cristian

Easily confessing his love of life, Cristian is a Computer Science graduate that seeks the light in RPG games, indie games and programming.

Alex

With a dual degree in screenwriting and psychology, Alex enjoys creating interesting and life-like characters above all. His pastimes include writing in a supine position, yelling at a TV screen whenever Liverpool plays, and ranting about pop culture.

Victor

A renegade Law school graduate, Victor Bajan does what any good narrative content writer does: he stresses about the lore for 12 hours and writes 10 pages of dialogue in 2. He has a passion for worldbuilding and really, really cares about consistency.

Vlad

A Masters graduate in fine arts, Vlad has had a fascination in games ever since he was cowering behind his parents as they played Doom 2 on a beige, old Pentium PC. If it's not subversive, hot blooded, ambitious, or painfully mid-2000's edgy, Vlad doesn't want to have anything to do with it.

Projects

Videos

Teaser trailerYouTube

Release trailerYouTube

Short Company Presentation (Romanian)YouTube

How are video games made in Romania - Ep.2 (Romanian, with captions)YouTube

Interview from System ShutdownYouTube

Images

Awards & Recognition

  • "Best Narrative Design" Montreal Independent Game Awards 2019, November, 2019
  • "Coup de Coeur Panache Digital Games Finalist" Montreal Independent Game Awards 2019, November, 2019
  • "Nordic Game Discovery Contest: Final Four Finalist" Nordic Game, May, 2019
  • "Best Game Design" Dev.Play, October, 2018
  • "Best Game of the Show" Dev.Play, October, 2018
  • "Best Visuals finalist" Dev.Play, October, 2018
  • "Indie Prize finalist" Casual Connect London, May, 2018
  • "Very Big Indie Pitch nominee" Pocket Gamer Connect London, January, 2017
  • "Special Talent Award Contest nominee" Ludicious Zurich, January, 2017
  • "Indie Pitch runner-up" Dev.Play, 20 September, 2016
  • "Selected for the Amber Jam" East European Comic-Con, 29 May, 2016

Selected Articles

  • Interrogation: You Will Be Deceived brings a fresh game with provocative ideas delivered in a thrilling way
    , Gaming Cypher
  • Interrogation: You will be deceived ambitiously marries adventure, RPG and strategy elements with a dark edge that will even have you asking questions of yourself.
    , Adventure Gamers
  • Interrogation is an emotionally compelling and thought-provoking look at contemporary issues.
    , PC Invasion
  • This is a detective-noir game done right.
    , Game Luster
  • This is a detective-noir game done right.
    , Game Luster
  • Do you Expect Me to Talk?
    Many a True Nerd,
Additional team photos
Photos of us at events or just generally together. facebook.com.
Company LinkedIn
Our company's LinkedIn page. linkedin.com.

Team & Repeating Collaborator

Andrei “Dexter” Olaru
Producer, Marketing
Marius Petcu
Game Developer
David Moscovici
Game Design, Writing
Dragoș Dexi Antoniu Stoica
Music, Sound Design, Marketing
Cătălin Nedeluș
Programming, Sound Design, Animation
Moise Theodor
Art, Business Admin
Mădălina Șoimu
Art, Graphics
Alexandru Bergauer
Game Developer
Victor Bajan
Game Developer
Cristian Prodan
Game Developer