Matt Jones talks about WHY he decided to make a mountain biking game built by a mountain biker: MAVRIX

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I’d rather it be good and make loads of money. My stepson River, he was playing a lot of mountain bike video games and I just really hated it. All I know is bikes, so I was hoping that it would be fun and it did. It wasn’t. If I think that, then surely all the actual mountain bikers that play mountain bike games think the same. When you put a controller in your hands, it’s got two triggers, which we have on our handlebars. It’s obvious to me the left analog sticks your handlebars, your steering, the right one’s your body, and that’s all you have on a bike. So, a controller has all the same things. 18 months on, we’ve had a big team, spent loads of money. We’ve actually built a working game. And I’m so scared as the I guess owner of the game, right, to expose any things I don’t want to show. And I want to play it well and make it look fun. There is pressure on you. I’d rather it be good and the core community love it than it be really arcadey blow up and make loads of

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  1. Damn, thought it was a white label situation where the game already existed before Matt's involvement . Dope as heck to hear someone had a problem with something and decided to do something about it.

  2. Yes. There is only riders republic, but its not realistic. I love mavrix. Its fun and we hope for more Matt❤️

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