The game is heavily inspired by the 1964 Soviet fairy-tale movie Jack Frost (Морозко).
[1] The authors of the game read over 1,000 original Russian and Czech fairy tales and legends to gain inspiration.
[4] The game was meant to be released in October 2000,[5] but this was postponed until mid-December with the final few weeks being spent finishing the voice overs.
[6] In cooperation with Bohemia Interactive, Bonusweb launched two competitions where entrants could win one of ten copies of the game.
[8] Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya was included for free with the January 2009 issue of Počítač pro každého.