Thai Bishoujo Game
Here’s your daily dosage of “WTF everything I hold to be true and dear in this reality has been torn apart and disintegrated.” Angel’s Tale from StudioGU is a bishoujo game made in Thailand. Yes, the one in Southeast Asia.
Uh, I don’t know about you guys, but I don’t exactly associate Thailand with bishoujo games. Although Kotaku says that this game is ero, I don’t see anything that supports this claim. (And Kotaku is generally wrong about otaku-related stuff anyway, despite its namesake.) But I can’t say for sure either way since I can’t read Thai to save my life.
Promo and gameplay videos embedded after the break.
Judging from the videos, the quality of the game looks to be on par with most doujin releases. It actually looks not bad on the whole. StudioGU just needs to get the game some voice overs and it will be all set for prime time! (Probably.)
Come on guys, Singapore needs to invest in this emerging market too. It has great growth potential. (I can offer my “professional” service as a story writer.)
[ Source: Angel’s Tale via Kotaku ]
December 6th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Singapore is a place without moe… Japan has GALs, China has GALs, Now Thailand is joining in, but Singapore seems to be never possible… So sad fact… BTW, Singapore gov seems to be not support GALs with ero?
December 6th, 2007 at 1:15 am
What the…? Why is l-lawliet the default name in my computer?
Back to topic.
I can’t say. Thailand has too many good potential settings to induce an environment suitable for creating a galge. I mean, tolerant culture (where in the world do a culture accept bisexuals and transsexuals, and buff it up with Buddhist beliefs), wide open spaces, many pan-Asian models etc. The list goes on, I mean, the cultural similarities between Japan and Thailand seemed odd, isn’t it? But that’s the only plausible answer I can give, to answer the question of “Why Thailand can, Singapore can’t?”
I guess I can imagine the relationship between Singapore and her neighbours:
The rest of ASEAN - screenwriters
Singapore - The Big 5 “Name your RIAA-member companies” hub
December 6th, 2007 at 1:16 am
Stupid. I go and post up l-lawliet’s name. I hereby declare the one above mine.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:29 am
And I almost posted using TP’s name.
Well given the fact that Singapore gave a M18 rating for Mass Effect for the the most banal of all reasons, I doubt Singapore really has the growth potential for a gaming industry.
I had always wanted to be a music producer for a game company, and become Asia’s Frank Klepacki. After reading through demographics, I realised that Singapore does not have a base foundation for game developers. Meaning, we don’t have potential long-term investors, good media law and broadcasting codes, a tolerant culture (look at all the ratings by MDA!) and a holistic education system.
The last one is particularly important, as you know that most of us students sit down to exams to regurgitate and plug the information into questions we have practiced and done for the hundredth time. We don’t have alot of critical thinking and creative evaluation.
The reason why Singapore can’t is because of social stigma. The reason why we can is that there are people like DM around to play all the eroge any developer is willing to make.
Just my 2 cents.