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42 ............... Sunday, October 21, 2018 1SM MUSIC GAMES EXCLUSIVE by RACHEL MACPHERSON It’s a love try angle THE lads in Fatherson DOVETAIL Games’ fishing frolics are largest fish. Fishing is the largest proving so much fun that gamers are participation sport in the UK. More are revelling in a getting hooked on the real sport. people go fishing than play football and it lightbulb moment Titles producer Des O’Connor revealed spans a huge age range.” that’s boosted their that growing numbers are using the Dovetail aim to push the boat out with confidence. game as a tutorial then heading off to the Fishing Sim World — thanks to some riverbank. extra BASS. Des says: “We have taken They have just released He says: “Our gameplay programmer is what the fans really enjoyed about Euro Sum Of All Your Parts — a great example — before he worked on Fishing and made it better — so more two years after their last the game he had never fished species and styles of fishing like album — but they refuse to but through working on the bass, pike and predator fishing. call it a fresh start. game he has learned about it “We wanted to take it to the The trio from Kilmarnock — and has actually picked it up as next level so we have added Ross Leighton, Greg Walkin- a real hobby. predator fishing on a canal in the shaw and Marc Strain — insist “The game has tutorial videos UK as well as two big bass lakes it is more a step forward. for the core skills and it is 100 in the US — one in Florida and Singer Ross, 25, says: “Fresh per cent possible to take what one in upstate New York. start is always meant nicely you learn from them and “The Euro lakes are about 24 but it kind of suggests that we transfer the skills into the real to 28 arces whereas the bass f**ked up and had to start world. And the videos are lakes are 2,500 acres so again. available to watch at any you’ll need a boat to get “It’s more that we’ve just point during the game in EXCLUSIVE around. lifted a veil of insecurity. I case you need a reminder.” “There are also 18 species don’t think we’re an entirely But the reverse is also true INTERVIEW of fish but the team will con- new band or going about — with a number of anglers playing the tinue to make free updates which will add doing things any differently.” game. new fish to the afterlaunch and you can He adds: “We were like ‘Why Des adds: “By far the highest buy new lake locations.” are we second guessing our- percentage of the player base are Des reckons the team have ramped up selves all the time? Let’s just real-world fishers, but we have had lots of the levels over Euro Fishing. He says: “The be confident in our decisions’. feedback from the community saying that game is built in the Unreal engine and the It’s the only we can make the gamers just wanted to see what a fishing team have worked hard on getting it look- music we make. We thought game was like. ing just right — how the water reacts and Play loud music “We find it is best enjoyed with friends the transparency. You can now see the in the multiplayer as you can have fish in the water.” “Fresh start is just a nice tournaments between you to catch the STUART CULLEN way of saying this album is better than the other albums, which we all agree with.” The band started out in 2010 it’s time for under the name Energy!, but after the release of their first EP, Fatherson was born. BE A LINE KING Despite being on the go for eight years, Ross insists the making of Sum Of All Your Parts goes back to their roots. a Fatherson WITH FISHY FUN He said: “We spent nine months in an old sh*t building in Ibrox, it was only us and another guy who ran a Crypto- currency firm. There was no hot water and it was absolutely freezing. moment... “This album was about us playing music together like we did when we were kids. Some beginnings of our musical edu- in advance, and that was before days were great — we got to cation. Scottish music has a way the album even came out. It’s play loud music in a room and about it. You learn from the going to be an absolute party. that was our jobs for nine music you love. For Scottish “Someone once told us coming months, which was class. bands to have a Scottish sound to one of our gigs was like a “Sum Of All Your Parts is to them, I think that just comes choir practice, because they got the most confident and naturally to people. to sing with a room full of assured thing we’ve done “But I always got dead frus- strangers. because we got to find out trated with seeing and playing “We’re lucky that way because what we loved about music with bands who would sound from the get-go our gigs have again, instead of running the Scottish then go on and sing been like that. whole rat race and worrying with weird American accents or “I’m really looking forward to about what people were going English ones. it, and now we’ve got a show to think about it.” “Don’t get me wrong, it’s obvi- the night after at the Alternative Fatherson have played with ously inspiration from other Peers Ball in Edinburgh. some massive Scottish bands bands and that’s who they were “Everyone in that line-up over the years — from Biffy we’ve been friends with for SIM games are usually hardcore — racing Fishing Sim World emulating. But when people find cars, flying planes or operating trains. Clyro and Admiral Fallow to their voice it usually becomes a years, so we’re going to have to Xbox One, PS4 and PC £29.99 Frightened Rabbit. lot better.” drag ourselves out of our hang- But there are laidback sim games But while Ross reveals the But despite their recent suc- overs to get through that gig, where you harvest crops or — the you play, the deeper it all feels — no puns big names are still inspira- cess, the lads still can’t believe but I reckon it will be awesome ultimate in doing little — become a stone. intended. tional, he admits he has one their popularity. as well.” Well, Dovetail Games is angling for a It is also quite rewarding when you land gripe about Scottish bands. He Ross says: “Our Glasgow gig l Fatherson play The Barrowlands new activity — going fishing. a large fish after an epic battle. Once you explains: “They were the sold-out two and a half months in Glasgow on November 2. Now we have to admit that we have get the hang of it, there are never thrown a line on a tournaments for single riverbank or fought to and multiplayer. land a whopper, so this is Real-world anglers will a game appreciation recognise a huge range of THE EVES started to perform them at our gigs to more than an assessment licensed kit — from lures of how real the experi- WHERE: Edinburgh. gauge the reaction. They seemed to and rods to boats — so NEW go down quite well.” ence is. However, one of you’ll probably find the WHO: Caroline Gilmour (vocals/ my impressions about guitar), Marissa Keltie (vocals/piano/ Outwith the band Caroline co-hosts gear you actually use. MUSIC the online music platform The CAKE fishing is realised from the The water and fish look flute). off — you can just cast FOR FANS OF: First Aid Kit, The By Jim Gellatly Show with Keith Easton. Marissa mod- great, but the characters els for the world-renowned Model your line then sit and wait . and are as stiff as a . dead fish. The Corrs, The Pierces. wait . and wait. music is very easy going, if a little JIM SAYS: New Edinburgh-based duo time when the energy just clicked and Team agency, featuring in campaigns for the likes of British Airways, John There are seven locations — bit like a doctor’s waiting room. The Eves are off to a flier with their the songwriting started to flow.” from an inner city canal to an epic The game does lack a proper Though only now releasing their first Lewis, Specsavers and Heineken. debut single Tides, which came out on The next step for The band is to lake surrounded by forest. But, progression system — most things Friday. The coming-together of two music together, the partnership goes complete their debut album. quite rightly, the fish take are unlocked and available to buy accomplished solo artists, it’s a back a couple of years. Marissa, origi- They’ve been working on the tracks the epic crown. when you have enough wonderful introduction. A glistening nally from Coatbridge, approached with Mark Morrow, who’s turned his There is more choice in-game currency and pop gem with delightful harmonies it Newtongrange lass Caroline about a hand to some of my favourite tracks than a supermarket fish you can fish all locations. sucks you in straight away. possible collaboration, and over the past few years from acts like counter — everything The biggest challenge Caroline says: they clicked instantly.

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