| “ | NEVER stop being creative and never be discouraged by third parties, believe in what you think, and strive for what you believe, Inka Games began with just a dream and a lot of desire, and today is a beautiful reality thanks to you. Thanks again. | ” |
— From Inkagames to fans on Facebook, translated from Spanish to English
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About the game-site[]
Inkagames (formerly Politicojuegos, peru.com and Inka Games) is an independent Peruvian website that hosts online indie point-and-click games. It was released in April 4, 2006. For a list of games see here.
History[]
When Aldo Mujica met with his friends from work to try to teach them how to create a videogame, he did not imagine that years later, he would decide to resign to dedicate himself full time to this art of creating virtual fantasies. For the first time, he made a game of Ollanta Humala because he wanted to teach his friends with a little humor. However, one of those present, with great intuition, without saying anything, hung it on the network and the next day and spoke of it in the newspapers. That was the letter of introduction of the Inka Games.
The first thing that Aldo wanted to make clear was that he never intended to do business with video games and that he never thought about changing the game on the web I do not want Ollanta. "How Ollanta Humala was fashionable, then I said -Well, we're going to do Humala- and I gave them a small example because it was not the intention to put it on the web or that people see it," he says.
However, without his authorization, one of his colleagues not only hung the game on the Internet, but he made sure to send it by mail to the entire list of APRA contacts.
Thus, this political group, which at that time in 2006, disputed the second round of the presidential elections with Humala. It probably had a lot to do with the dissemination of the game and in which there was a note on it published in the newspaper Trome the next day.
Development[]
2006-2008[]
When the website was released, it only contained one game called Ollanta Recargado. A few days later, another game was released called Ollanta Humala Títere. After about a week, a third game called The Snipper was released. Meanwhile, a new game called Ollanta Revolutions was announced later and was supposed to be released in July. However, it was never released. The development was stopped or possibly canceled. A few months later, Circuito Conchán - Como Sacar Brevete was released.
2006-2008 banner.
2008[]
In the mid-year, Inka Games continued to make games based on politics, making the characters do various things like Tug-of-War, using tanks to stop the nemesis, kick the characters off the playing field, etc., all in humorous ways to portrait real-life politics, with the game being too short to play. In November, something changed. Inka Games have announced a new game called Secret Operación Petrogate, where they made a game that was one point-click (this was the second game with this module, as the first one was Fujimori). The game-changer was the new inventory bar, a lot of original art, characters being more human-looking, the time of the games was still short, but the whole plot had a story to tell. Urraca en Fuga was the first game where the main character is a woman, as well the first game where she had to escape the prison. In December, the company made a sequel for Yehude Simon (which was played before in Petrogate), which the game's name was Ultimatum Fifa, where the character had to get rid of the useless leaders.
First former 2009 website look.
2009[]
In mid-2009, Inka Games have made their second Facebook page, posting pictures, publications of the games, and talking to their fans, as the previous page was blocked. It is still unknown why that happened.
2009 website look.
As the games continued on the same path, Inka Games decided to bring out some new characters with a new protagonist and a whole new different game. Paris Scary Game was the first Saw Game Inka Games have made where Pigsaw, the main villain, kidnaps Paris Hilton, the protagonist, and forces her to play his game to save her dog. The first game was in the theme of Halloween and, besides Spanish, had an English version of it. The protagonist was not a politician but a known celebrity. The villains in the game were the main enemies that we would see throughout the Halloween movies. The main villain could speak and move its mouth, and the inventory bar was again renewed. Then, at the beginning of the written year, the team have started to create Obama's adventures: Obama: Presidential Escape, where the first Afro-American president was making his portrayal of him escaping a building that he was guarded; saving the pandas from the aliens in Obama versus Aliens; and a spin-off from Secret Operación Petrogate, where he had to bring the notorious villain RatFace to justice. In all of his games, we could see characters from movies, series, real-life celebrities, etc. He was also the first one who meet face-to-face with Pigsaw in his Saw Games. In Obama Pigsaw Game, we could see that Pigsaw has been remodeled (as Jigsaw), and this module of him was being portraited in many other Saw Games.
New website look, 2.9.2009
After Inka Games have seen that a lot of people have played these games, they created more and more adventure games based on Obama. They also continued to make games where Pigsaw would kidnap celebrities and force them to play. The second celebrity after Paris was Lady Gaga in Lady Gaga Saw Game. They even created their original characters, like Cody Jones, the famous detective, where he had to investigate places and solve mysteries or even rescue people. Throughout the games, the player would now have more interaction with the protagonist, making them speak to other people, observe, or touch. Even plots have been changed, mostly which the character would able to transport in a different world (if it was a real-world or based off from a movie world), making all kinds of fantasies. Also, the engine was re-programmed, making the games seem smoother. Pigsaw also started to question the players what victim would they want to see next in his games.
2010-2012[]
Over the years, Inka Games have made so many games based on spin-offs, making holiday games, various escapes plots to rescuing a potential character out of dangerous situations. Obama's adventures kept growing as well as Saw Games, while Cody Jones' adventures were not as many. Also, Inka Games have made an impact by creating games with The Simpsons characters, where Bart Simpson was the first of them, and the first who had a sequel. Moreover, there is a game starting him in Bart Simpson Island Escape, where he had to escape from the island by himself. The company also made some spin-offs: Phineas and Ferb; Mayré and the Neon Menace, an entirely new game with a new storyboard; Crazy Haunted House, starting Chavo, a boy from a Spanish well-known TV series; Tommy Cat Crazy Rescue, which the character was the first to be an animal; Kim Dotcom Prison Break, having a new storyboard again; The Little Firefighters 12- 5, a short game that teaches kids what to do when there is a fire, etc. The team has made four original characters called the Inka Team and first being portrait in Pigsaw's Challenge, as they would represent the version of the 'real Inka Game Team' who have been kidnapped by Pigsaw. As the puppet continues to torture his victims, he also got a taste of his medicine in Pigsaw Final Game, where Obama was his kidnapper and tortured the puppet with the gang of previous Saw Game victims, including the Inka Team. Somewhere in late 2012, the company decided to put Obama through the test and made him go in the Dark, which was a significant success as the fans wanted more.
2013-2016[]
Their company begins skyrocket more and more with each published game, using various game plots, puzzles, humor, and now fans' suggestions. The games were with perfect animation and have maps that now show what things they have encountered and where (Homer Simpson Saw Game, 2011, being the first one with it). Lots of efforts were put in the background and the small things in it that reminds them of the series (all Simpsons games, SpongeBob Saw Game, Obama Ball Z...), logical puzzles, and mainly fun to play. Also, Pigsaw's Challenge being the first game that could make the player teleport from character to character (2011). The company have made a good impact on some very impressive games: Shakira Monster Mansion, The Smurfs: The Last Christmas, Obama Ball Z, SpongeBob Ship Escape, Obama in the Dark 2, Obama Hellboy, Phineas Saw Game, Messi CR7 Saw Game, Obama in the Dark 3, Marge Saw Game, Obama Inkagames Rescue, Adventure Time Saw Game, Courage Saw Game and Slenderman Saw Game.
Furthermore, they created a lot of minigames based on the Inka Team to clarify that their story is not yet over. Pigsaw's henchman Pigface is being more active and kidnaps victims for the game. In Lindsay Lohan Saw Game, the players can teleport from two characters (being Lindsay or Charlie), and every Saw Games from Phineas Saw Game till nowadays have maps in them. Inka Games also made two games that the fans inspected very much: one being Santa Claus Saw Game, where Pigsaw kidnaps Santa Clause on Christmas Eve, and the second one was Slenderman Saw Game, where the characters from Creepy Pasta are against or helping Slenderman (even if five characters were not from CreepyPasta), yet the most original game having the most original characters from the series is Adventure Time Saw Game, and Slenderman Saw Game could be in the second rank of many original characters. In 2014, there were no Christmas games. However, Cody Jones Santa Claus Rescue was formerly intended to be one but was turned into Cody Jones and the Chocolate Factory instead to allow Chavo and the Christmas Present to take its place. Nevertheless, it was retitled into Chavo and the Giant Sandwich due to the game being premiered in January, and the Christmas theme was removed.
These years were exceptional, as Inka Games have made the most games out of animated TV series. A full game was based on the movie Coraline and the Secret Door (being one of the longest game ever created); a lot of jumpscares (mostly from Five Nights of Freedy's characters) were added; the leader of Inka Games was making the first interaction with the fans through Live Chats. In mid-2016, they produced a setting button where the player could use the settings for the game (auto safe, fast or slow reading, with or without music). Famous Spanish YouTubers have each their game (Town, German, Vegetta, Fernanfloo). At the end of 2016, at New Years, they have made a whole game based on Youtubers (which inside were 13 well-known Youtubers) where they all had to save themselves from each location that they were in, and all of them had to complete their tasks before they would be sent home.
2017[]
Like the previous year, the team could not make an appearance of the last Youtuber, as they said they would before the Youtubers Saw Game would happen. They have published Rubius Saw Game in the middle of this year. Meanwhile, they reprogram the engine again, remake the inventory bar and the map, making the whole object more solid and smooth, including the red arrows that the player could click on them to make the character go to the place they want. They use a lot of sound effects for different moments or characters (namely FNaF) and also put inside some new songs (like Misha's singing), add a bunch of characters (villains and good ones) that are from other games, or even a YouTubers TV series. Youtubers Saw Game 2 came close by, with five new characters that are facing against Pigsaw and two who are from the previous game (Town and German). As the year was the one where Obama had to give his chair to the new president, Inka Games created Trump Saw Game but was not that much of a fan-favorite character, and the team decided that Obama's adventures will continue even if he isn't a president, which is confirmed by Obama in the Dark 4. The last game was Gravity Falls Saw Game as a Christmas game, where the team also added a song sang by a Youtuber.
2018[]
2018 was a turning point, as the company made two crossovers between the original characters: Obama and Cody: The Mysterious Island and Obama & Pigsaw vs. Aliens, which they all got a remodeling of their own, as well as they, started to publish the newest games on Google Play for mobile phones (Android only - German & Lenay Saw Game, Obama and Cody: The Mysterious Island, Gravity Falls Saw Game, Trump Saw Game, Youtubers Saw Game 2, Scooby Doo Haunted House, Coraline and the Secret Door, Grinch Saw Game, Zombie Prison Escape, Taylor Swift Saw Game, Town Saw Game, Fernanfloo Saw Game, German Saw Game, Vegetta Saw Game, Rubius Saw Game and Youtubers Saw Game), but sadly, they were no longer available in some months and put them down for unknown reasons. The last member of the Simpsons family was added to the Saw Game, namely Grandpa Simpson Saw Game, and two Youtubers who were in a partnership got their Saw Game: German & Lenay Saw Game.
It was a decision made from the team that they would have 10 to 20 fans that would apply for testers to test out the games made for Android to see if they all are working properly.
2019[]
The year was a lot of made choices, as it happened that Inka Games put down Coraline's game due to copyright and had to invent a new version of it, welcoming Geraldine and the Small Door to the scene. As they have told the fans that Coraline will get a sequel (because it was great), they made the sequel with Geraldine, which made the fans satisfied. And due to not coping with another copyright, the team has decided that they will make Sack Esparro and the Treasure Island (similar to Jack Sparrow's name), which was yet another new original story. They still made some Saw Games like Gumball Saw Game (from the Gumball's TV show), Ariana Saw Game featuring some long lost characters from Inka Games that have now been revived and remodeled. And as so, Youtubers Saw Game 3, featuring 4 Youtubers who have already been in the previous game and three new - with so that one of them (MagicManMo) is an English Youtuber amongst the Spanish Youtubers. They also remodeled the settings button as well as the inventory bar.
The company even started working with another developer (Dark Dome). Both of them created a new mobile (android) game The Girl in the Window, where they used a different engine, is rated 12+, uses original music, and has a different art style. Inka Games have also announced that both companies will be making more games like this and helping each other - yet the mobile game goes to the side of the other company, Dark Dome.
2020[]
The director and founder of Inkagames has made a Live-Stream on Youtube and was interviewed by MagicManMo. It was revealed that Aldo was the first who asked MagicManMo to do this collab.
2021-2022[]
Flash Player died has made Adobe Flash Player beginning January 12, 2021, at the same time, Inkagames was renamed to Mazniac, after their last game and Flash Player died in 2021, I project been Simpsons Saw Game is Cancelled game, all of inkagames games have been seen with a black screen saying to play the new games in the play store searching Mazniac or Dark Dome, however, the games can still be played using Flashpoint Archive.
2023[]
If you search inkagames.com, it will redirect to Mazniac games in Google Play. You can access by searching inkagames.com/index.html; however, the games are unavailable.