That was a tourist ride in the Hollywood Hills a decade ago, he elaborates, but even some real life experience to draw upon can help.
“I was the only one on the team who had ever sat on a horse before,” Michael admits with a laugh. Previously functioning only as a publisher, Wild River first hired internal developers in 2019, with the development of Horse Club Adventures being kicked off in November of that year. The idea for a Horse Club Adventure game was initiated by Wild River Games and pitched to toy manufacturer Schleich. “There was still a lot to do in terms of design,” he says, adding that he would have handled budget and planning differently, had he been on board since the beginning of the process. He has been remotely overseeing the development of Horse Club Adventures at Wild River Games in Munich since May 2020.Īlthough Michael has worked with Wild River Games before, this particular project was already well underway by the time he joined. Michael Hengst – whose last name is the German word for stallion, by the way – is a freelance game producer based in Austria with thirty years of experience in the games industry.
