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SUMMER GAME FEST: Southeast Asian Games Showcase

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Key takeaways

Gaming

Storyline (what the featured games/segments were about)

  • Mi Nema (Ho Games / Outer Sloth-funded): Psychological horror about Nema, who has lost her memories and is trapped in her mother’s basement. The “story engine” centers on convincing her mother through word-based conversation tests to escape, with the potential to uncover hidden memories and secrets through exploration and word combinations.
  • Sunset Visitor Studio – incremental horror (unnamed in subtitles; code/numbered like “245832”): A horror concept where you generate random numbers to earn cash, then use that cash to commit unspeakable sins, while being warned that “God is watching.”
  • Culinary management / narrative (Twilight Foundry Games): A narrative-driven management sim about rediscovering lost recipes and rebuilding a family restaurant, set against Malaysia’s food culture.
  • Until Then – After Images (Polychrom Games DLC): Two new story chapters following Sophia and Mark, exploring grief, loss, and acceptance, including a chapter set in a fictional University of the Philippines Diliman-like environment with recreated locations.
  • Prove Your Human (Sunset Visitor Studios): In production—features a Southeast Asian protagonist as the player character, with a premise focused on confronting what it means to be human (based on the subtitles’ statements).
  • Work Work (Control D Studio): A retro pixel adventure set inside a “threequetra company” where you play as Worker 012, investigating cycles of work, life, and death to uncover “hidden truth.”
  • Hua 2 (Scrollcast Studio): A sequel expanding into a fully 3D world, focused on exploration, puzzles, mini-games, and costume collecting, with emphasis on music.
  • Merry Crisis (Singapore visual novel): A romance/breakup/merry-Christmas themed heartfelt visual novel.

Other segments in the subtitles read like promo intros/characters and workshop-style announcements rather than fully described storylines.

Gameplay highlights / mechanics emphasized

  • Mi Nema

    • Escape through dialogue tests with your mother.
    • Use thought/emotion “words” that appear in Nema’s mind.
    • Combine words to create new ones, potentially unlocking hidden memories/secrets.
    • Explore rooms and objects to find clues for tests.
    • Some tests may include drawing pictures based on your word choices.

  • Dual Quest (co-op roguelike deck builder)

    • Build decks and go on runs to improve your build.
    • During battles, cards become personal questions you ask a co-op partner.
    • Matching answers creates combo cards; wrong answers punish you and can break bonds.
    • Features many question themes and multiple encounter runs; includes paladin selection.

  • Tabby training/battling game segment (subtitles show “Tabby” and deck/action combat)

    • Move out of the way using an action.
    • Build your deck, choose attacks, fight, and run it back if you lose.
    • Emphasis on team synergy and collecting supplies/events.

  • Seduct / culinary adventure (Twilight Foundry Games baton mention)

    • Narrative management gameplay focused on restaurant rebuilding and lost recipes.

  • Work Work

    • Retro pixel investigation loop: find clues, gather info, uncover truth.
    • Workplace-located loops (cubicles, pantry/coffee, emergency staircase, meeting hall).
    • Alternate reality game elements referenced from an earlier prototype.

  • Until Then: After Images

    • DLC focused on new chapters and characters, with recreated environments and a more music-driven production (full band tracks mentioned).

  • Hua 2

    • Fully 3D exploration and puzzle-solving, mini-games, and collectible costumes.
    • Music performance collaboration highlighted.

Strategies / key tips mentioned

  • Mi Nema

    • Choose words carefully in conversation tests—your responses affect outcomes.
    • Explore objects/rooms early to gather clues for your mother’s tests.
    • Use word combinations to reach deeper memory/secret content.

  • Dual Quest

    • Coordinate with your co-op partner: answer-matching is crucial for combo cards.
    • Avoid wrong answers when possible, since mistakes can damage relationships.

  • (Tabby segment)

    • Focus on action economy (using actions to reposition) and deck-building before battles.
    • If defeated, restart (“run it back”) rather than assuming progression ends.

Gamer(s) / sources featured (as named in the subtitles)

  • Michael Haim (IGN; editor)
  • Samantha Laauo (host/co-founder of the Southeast Asia Game Showcase)
  • RF Johan (host)
  • Victoria Tran (communications director, InnerSloth)
  • Jeremy Hoe (Ho Games; creative director & artist)
  • Alvin Hoe (Ho Games; lead programmer)
  • Allison Hoe (Ho Games; 3D artist)
  • N Joe (Sunset Visitor Studio; actor/producer)
  • Sarah Johanna (independent game marketer, Indonesia)
  • Jay (co-founder, Copi Forge)
  • Elwin / Worker 012 (Control D Studio character/segment presenter naming)
  • Nicole (Polychrom Games; director of Until Then)
  • Kalpatrick Naval (composer, Until Then)
  • Suna (Scrollcast Studio)
  • Jun Shen (Xbox)
  • Nido (Sunset Visitor Studio; producer)
  • Natalie Tenyan Gan (“Pinky Lee”) (narrative designer & writer, Sunset Visitor Studios)
  • Wholesome Direct / Summer GameFest / Southeast Asian Games Showcase (mentioned as event context)

Sponsors / organizers thanked (named sources)

  • Gamescom Asia
  • Thailand Game Show
  • Gopack Goblins (as spelled in subtitles)
  • Mde Deck
  • PM Studios
  • Raw Fury
  • Togi Productions (as spelled in subtitles; appears as “Toge Productions” earlier)
  • Xbox
  • Exola
  • Jeff Keely (spelled “Geoff/Gef keley” as in subtitles), Emily Wear, and the Summer GameFest team (thanks)

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