Going Local with SG50 Games

Entertaining players with uniquely Singaporean quirks. Unearthing fascinating historical facts and highlighting iconic Singaporean personalities. These were the key objectives of the five games, which MDA supported last year to commemorate SG50.

The games were shortlisted from over 40 proposals in 2014 and launched online on 1 July 2015 at www.sg50games.sg, as well as on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

While their gameplay was different, all of them shared the commonality of featuring uniquely Singaporean traits like trying to escape the watchful eyes of the parking attendants and grappling with never-ending orders for delectable satay. Their popularity even spurred local YouTubers Wah! Banana to develop a video on “Types of Mobile Gamers”, featuring the SG50 games. It garnered more than half a million views.

SG50 Games supported by MDA:

• Building the Lion by Swag Soft
• KAN-CHEONG! Kopitiam Saga by Mojocat
• My Singapore City by Ixora Studios
• Rickshaw Rush by Mojo Forest
• Satay Club by Afzainizam Zahari

BUNDLING UP FOR CHARITY

In November 2015, MDA facilitated a charity tie-up between local game developers, Community Chest and US-based online platform Humble Bundle.

Nine Singapore-based developers agreed to sell their titles as a bundle to form the first made-in-Singapore bundle to be featured on Humble Bundle. The bundle, which includes both mobile and PC games, is worth more than S$100, with some games having won international recognition.

Part of the proceeds was donated to Community Chest. Coupled with the government’s dollar-for-dollar matching under the Care & Share @ SG50 movement, a total of US$24,000 was raised for charity.

Through this tie-up, gamers here and overseas got to discover quality titles and hidden gems made in Singapore while giving back to society.

Humble Bundle titles:

• Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! by Daylight Studios
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Phantoms by Ubisoft
• Ravenmark: Scourge Of Estellion by Witching Hour Studios
• Cubetractor by Ludochip
• Dusty Revenge: Co-Op Edition by PD Design Studio
• Autumn Dynasty by Touch Dimensions
• Mooncake Shop by Afzainizam Zahari
• Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken by Ratloop Asia
• Devil’s Dare by Secret Base