Pinoy mobile game developers showcase talent at G-STAR 2016

Today’s generation is increasingly drawn to the lucrative mobile game industry, and many young Filipino game developers are more than ready to prove they are worthy of being called world-class talents.

Our hard-working artists, programmers, and visionaries have been all over the world to showcase their works to countless video game fans. And they’re just getting started. From November 17 to 19, six Philippine game development studios were at the BEXCO Exhibition Center in Busan, South Korea, to showcase their mobile games at one of the largest global game exhibitions, G-STAR 2016. Here, they found themselves rubbing elbows with industry behemoths such as Sony PlayStation and Sega, and a host of smaller studios from every corner of the planet.

The six studios were delegates from the Game Development Association of the Philippines (GDAP) and the International Game Development Association (IDGA).

These participating studios were:

YangYang Mobile

YangYang Mobile showcased its latest title, “The Letter” at G-STAR 2016. As a horror visual novel, “The Letter” is like a choose-your-own-adventure book whose story evolves dramatically depending on the choices you make.

A demo of "The Letter" can be downloaded from the company’s official site or Steam Greenlight.

OutResource Global, Inc.

Game development service company OutResource Global, Inc. also creates their own products.

Bari Silvestre – the developer of “Kill the Plumber” and “Tower Fortress” – is currently leading the company’s game development team.

Indigo Entertainment

Indigo Entertainment is a studio that specializes in developing games for children and adolescents. Its repertoire boasts a number of huge clients, such as Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Samsung, and Unilever.

Some of Indigo Entertainment’s most notable works include the Disney games “Snow White Forest Adventure” and “Star Wars Rebels: Strike Missions”; and Nickelodeon games “Sponge Bob Square Pants: The Krusty Krab Presents Boogie Bob Dance Pants” and “Fairly OddParents Wishing 101.”

White Widget

Startup company White Widget created apps that Google Play Store has featured. Aside from apps, it develops games for desktop platforms as well as Android and iOS devices.

Some of White Widget’s games include “Appirio Server Ninja,” “Vegas Ninja,” and “Cut Cut Cut.”

Audacity Studio

Audacity Studio began life three years ago as a graphics design company. It is now a web and game development studio, with an expertise in game design, game reskin, and 3D models and animation production.

Audacity Studio has worked on games such as “Monster Burst” and “Luna League.”

Aardvark Mobile Games

Aardvark Mobile Games is currently developing “Jeepney Adventure,” a game about a living, cheerful Jeepney who helps passengers to their destinations. A Bacolod City-based team composed of around 15 artists are working on said game.

The aforementioned studios were invited, through the Board of Investments (BOI), by the ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC), which is an intergovernmental organization whose goal is to promote exchanges between ASEAN member states and South Korea. AKC also sponsored studios from the following eight ASEAN member states: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

G-STAR (Game, Show, Trade, All Round) is an annual South Korean event that is now on its 12th year. It is managed by Busan IT Promotion Agency and organized by the Korea Internet and Digital Entertainment. — TJD, GMA News