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With today’s gamer widely tipped to become tomorrow’s gambler, the boundaries between the graphics seen on casino slot machines and
those on console gaming played at home, look set to blur. Having worked in both camps, Rabcat, a professional art outsourcing specialist
with established 3D expertise, looks set to flourish. The company’s Thomas Schleischitz and Benjamin Spiss reveal their hand.
extremelygraphic and the company demonstrates we actually started and still bling industry had also begun to develop the complete game Rabcat’s artwork for Casino
INTERVIEW its high qualitative services by work as an artwork supplier focus more on the visual aspects clients in Flash for them based
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working on AAA games with for the video gaming industry, of their games. This is something on their concepts and their
machine (left). The creation
Everything about today’s several high profile clients. In which is the industry with the the younger and upcoming gen- math for them,” Spiss added.
of Panda Cash for Casinos
leading gambling machines is the casino sector, Rabcat has highest visual standards out erations of players will be asking “With every new game we
Austria’s
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becoming more like the experi- worked as the main game sup- there. This is especially the for more and more and from our develop we take the visual
completed game
ences of console gamers; the plier for
Win2day.at for about case when it comes to 3D point of view there is a big trend quality one step further, which
game play, the sounds and, of eight years and since 2008, has graphics for AAA-videogames towards 3D igaming.” has resulted so far in some of visual quality, especially in 3D,
course, the graphics. been realiSing projects for other on major platforms like Rabcat’s producer for gam- the most successful games on that we can offer.”
Based in Vienna and estab- companies in the industry like Xbox360 and Playstation 3.” bling Benjamin Spiss added: “All
win2day.at. The latest game we Rabcat also firmly believes
lished in 2001, Rabcat spe- Casino Technology, bwin and Away from the gambling of the traditional gambling produced for
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cialises in the latter, and has Ongame Network. sector, Rabcat has already development companies spe- slot game Panda Cash which is quality graphics and especially
quickly become a leading sup- The merging of the quality become a partner for Microsoft cialise in 2D, although this is set in an ancient Chinese temple 3D graphics is unstoppable in
plier of high-end real time 3D between the graphics used on Game Studios, where it worked very often in poor quality, but with a wildlife theme. This game the igaming industry.
content for the interactive gambling specific machines and on graphics for blockbusters they have no experience in 3D is our biggest achievement so “This is also clearly visible
games industry. those used for gaming has left like Forza Motorsport 3 and production at all, and that is far and we really think that we by the buzz around ventures
Due to the growing complex- Rabcat in a particularly enviable Crackdown 2. It also partnered why they either need to out- took slot game development to like
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ity of games and the increased position for games designers. with Atari to provide graphics source their 3D game develop- the next level. The level of detail 3Dice Casino and the success
expectations of the target audi- Thomas Schleischitz, man- for Test Drive Unlimited, and ment completely - or at least realism of the animation, the our latest 3D games have on
ence, graphic outsourcing has aging director at Rabcat, said: with Disney Interactive, where they outsource the 3D art pro- overall visual quality still stuns
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become a key focus for the “What makes us unique is that it worked on Split Second. duction. At Rabcat we offer us, especially the free spin ani- prietary, exclusive, closed
entire games industry. “Rabcat has a huge know- both, artwork production and mation when the Panda displays systems,” Schleischitz high-
Rabcat’s outsourcing how when it comes to the pro- full game development in Flash.” its fireworks, and the Wild ani- lighted. “We have the know-
model is aligned to duction of highest quality 2D Rabcat was the creative force mation when a dragon flies how to represent video game
these new demands and especially 3D visuals no behind the production of the through the reels.” brands in the area of gambling
matter if pre-rendered or real- complete artwork for the Bwin and Ongame Network, properly and that’s why we
time,” Schleischitz explained. upcoming slot machine The Old meanwhile, were looking for a plan to launch some own
“Our expertise covers the entire Oak from Casino Technology. way to spice up their table and video game branded games in
production flow ranging from “Casino Technology realised avatar graphics in the new P5 the future. Additionally, we
concept art and mood screens that there exists an increasing Poker client, so they approached are looking into real time 3D
to game design in general, full demand for high quality 3D Rabcat. “We delivered several video gaming engine tech-
art production, coding, QA, graphics in land based gambling 3D poker tables and 3D avatars nologies for iGaming.”
testing and complete as well and they picked Rabcat for their new poker environ- Spiss concluded: “We truly
game clients.” as their outsourcing partner of ment,” Spiss explained. believe that today’s gamer will
“Over the last years choice. The results are 3D graph- He believes that video be tomorrows gambler - and
we realised ics like never seen before on a gaming and igaming will get they are so used to stunning
that the Casino Technology game and closer and closer in the near graphics and a visual quality
gam- we are looking forward to the future. “We are looking forward that so far, only a few studios
finished game and the first feed- to that,” Spiss said. “We are one out there are able to deliver to
back from Casino Technology’s of the very few companies out the igaming industry. At the
players,” Spiss explained. there who have a huge expert- moment, high quality 3D graph-
The graphics specialist has ise in both areas. The 3D expert- ics will help to acquire new
also worked for Casinos Austria ise we gained from the role as customer segments like
on the group’s
win2day.at supplier for video games com- younger players, but over time
website it runs in con- bined with the gambling know- these players will become the
junction with the Aus- how Rabcat possesses, really majority and in a couple of
trian Lotteries. sets us apart from every other years high quality graphics will
“We not only produce game manufacturer out there become a must have for the
artwork for them, but we and so far nobody can offer the mass market as well.”
50 November 2009 • interview
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