Mushroom Men

Mushroom Men is Red Fly Studio’s first full game, but the team has plenty of previous experience working for the likes of Ion Storm (Deus Ex), Retro Studios (Metroid) and Terminal Reality (Bloodrayne). We traveled all the way to the Mushroom Kingdom (well, Austin, Texas anyway) to have words with Dan Borth, CEO and Creative Director at Red Fly.

So you’re currently working on Mushroom Men on the Wii and DS, and the

When a glowing jade comet crashes into Earth and spews green funk all over the vegetation, it’s up to a group of - wait for it - Mushroom Men, to traverse the lands and save their tribe. Set for release on the DS later this year, Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi tasks you as one of three spore-bearing fungi and enables you to scavenge your surroundings for makeshift weapons, while beating on mutated baddies. We recently got our hands on an unfinished version, and while a little rough around the edges, definitely provided for an original, clever experience.

By now, you’ve probably caught a glance at the eye-popping concept art for Mushroom Men, and you’re as anxious for a look at the actual game as we are. Thankfully, we got that look last week,  when we met with the developers in Austin, Texas, to see Mushroom Men in motion.As far as the setup goes, it seems a comet crashed to earth, brought a whole bunch of stuff to life, and plunged the once tiny and ignored world of fungus