Narrative, artistic direction and elements of South-east Asian culture drive the games' popularity. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA – The last place Indonesian Warji Utama expected to see a stall selling mie bakso, or meatball noodles, was in a video game.
A Space For The Unbound is the latest in a wave of games from Indonesia that are both earning high scores from the gaming community and introducing the archipelago’s culture to the world. But the focus was also to create a quality product, which critics say Mojiken has delivered on. British daily The Guardian gave the game a perfect score and, late last year, it was given The Future Division award by the Computer Entertainment Association of Japan. The prestigious award recognises excellence in upcoming games.
A Space For The Unbound, a video game set in a rural Indonesian town in the 1990s, was designed to capture a snapshot of what Surabaya is like. PHOTO: MOJIKEN STUDIOS He is confident that things will pick up, given how tools and software to build games are getting more accessible, and that more schools are offering game development as a subject major.While the developer scene in Indonesia is small, it is growing quickly with strong support. Asosiasi Game Indonesia president Cipto Adiguno, who heads the Indonesian gaming association,
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