The Fast Five with Andrew Lau: One of the team bringing us Fiend Legion

Interview by Ginny W.

Australia’s game development landscape is brimming with indie developers, and even in such a big pool, almost no two ideas are the same. Fiend Legion is a great example of a title that pleasantly subverts expectations even whilst looking familiar; we may have seen CCGs and strategy games in bed before, but add tower defence to the mix and meticulously designed dark-fantasy environments and you have a unique formula that Spree Entertainment have shown off to much aplomb on the local circuit.

Ginny saw the game in action at PAX Australia, and was instantly enamored with both the art and the enthusiastic developers. The industry clearly sees the appeal; the game’s studio was one of a select few to win some coveted funding during MIGW. This week for the fast five, we caught up with the brilliant team behind Fiend Legion and to chat with the head honcho himself, Andrew Lau, Founder of Spree Entertainment.

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