First S'pore-created PlayStation 3 game to hit stores
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The team behind the first Singapore-developed PlayStation 3 game are (standing, from left) Red Hare Studios game designer and art director Ho Qing Xiang, 28; programmer Justin Cheng, 34; programmer Simon Goh, 29; game artist Athena Wu, 29; programmer Desmond Kiu, 28; game artist Narongdej Teo, 23; game artist Vincent Goh, 30; lead programmer Yap Wei Han, 29; (seated, from left) producer Koh Wee Lit, 33; and Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Interactive and Digital Media director Daniel Tan, 53. -- ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM
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A screen grab of Page Chronica (above). -- ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM
The team behind the first Singapore-developed PlayStation 3 game are (standing, from left) Red Hare Studios game designer and art director Ho Qing Xiang, 28; programmer Justin Cheng, 34; programmer Simon Goh, 29; game artist Athena Wu, 29; programmer Desmond Kiu, 28; game artist Narongdej Teo, 23; game artist Vincent Goh, 30; lead programmer Yap Wei Han, 29; (seated, from left) producer Koh Wee Lit, 33; and Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Interactive and Digital Media director Daniel Tan, 53. -- ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM
A screen grab of Page Chronica (above). -- ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM
In a first for the gaming industry in Singapore, a local start-up has produced a game exclusively for Japanese electronics giant Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) console.
The game, Page Chronica, was developed by Red Hare Studios at Nanyang Polytechnic with the support of Sony Computer Entertainment Asia (SCEA) and the Media Development Authority's (MDA) Games Solution Centre.
Describing it as a cross between Scrabble and Super Mario Bros, Red Hare Studios game designer and art director Ho Qing Xiang said the action game has players form words out of scrambled letters to progress through levels.
The game can be played singly or with a friend, and is targeted mainly at children aged 10 to 14, as well as parents who may play it with their school-going children.
