The relationship between video games and TV series can be described as a happy marriage, which most of the time starts from a video game and develops into a television series. We go against the trend, in fact our advergames are created to launch, promote, or celebrate TV series. We’ll tell you about our projects, how they were born, and the game mechanics that have also enriched, over time, our press review.

From TV series to video game, the “Don Matteo Special Edition” project was the turning point

It all started with “Don Matteo Special Edition”! Yes, in fact the successful Rai Uno TV series was the first project dedicated to a TV series for most of the Dinobros team.

The game mechanics take inspiration from the protagonist’s most distinctive traits: Father Don Matteo, who besides celebrating Mass, always arrives at the crime scene before the Carabinieri, riding his bicycle, to help solve the case.

The protagonist and his ever-present bicycle in an 8-bit version could not be missing from the video game. In this case, it is a race against time: Don Matteo’s avatar must pedal as fast as possible to arrive before his Carabinieri friends. If you’ve never played Don Matteo, you can catch up, as it is online, and you can reach it directly at this link.

From Don Matteo to Sister Angela is a short step, but it would have been a missed opportunity not to create a video game featuring them both. Sister Angela is the protagonist of the TV series “Che Dio ci aiuti,” a Rai production.

This gave birth to the new project "Don Matteo vs Sister Angela": it is still a race, but this time the two protagonists have a scooter for Sister Angela and Don Matteo’s ever-present bicycle. Who will be faster? The game mechanic is simple: choose the character and start the race, avoid obstacles, and collect as many points as possible. Too bad the game is no longer online to play, but on our Instagram (wearedinobros) profile you can see the assets and gameplay of the video game.

That’s not all, though, because as we always say, we like to play and we also like watching TV series. That’s why when we watched the series “The Boys Fan Game,” on Prime Video, we couldn’t resist and created a fan game, starting from the series’ hallmark trait.

The mechanic is simple: first of all, you have to choose which side you’re on, then decide whether to play as Billy Butcher’s avatar or Homelander’s. Once you’ve made your choice, all you have to do is prove you are the fastest. In this video game, it is also possible to challenge your friends in 2-player mode. If you want to try this challenge, just go play at this link.

We’ve already told you everything we wanted to tell you, and yet Chat GPT had suggested talking about the history of video games, the relationship between the language of TV series and video games, and many, many other things.

Suggestions aside, the article’s closing line is this: go play!

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