About Us
HandMade Game was built out of some students in dep. of Film, TV & Multimedia, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. Like the one and only handicraft, HandMade Game does its best to create gameswhich give player unique experience.
Members
Kim Jonghwa
Lead Designer & Programmer
Jang Suyung
Lead Artist
What¡¯s Next
We are planning to develop the Deluxe version of Rooms in various platform, include X-Box Live Arcade, PC and mobile. It will include lots of things which ¡°weren¡¯t able to be embodied in the first version¡±.
The deluxe version of Rooms will include¡¦
- New Gameplay using the ¡°Room Object¡±!!
- New Items & Objects!!
- More Stages!! Up to 60!!
- Save Function Available!!
So, stay tuned on us!!
Our Works
The first work, Palette, released in Sep. 2005, which has a unique gameplay using a mixture of colors, won 2006 IGF Student Showcase Winner prize and was displayed in GDC 2006. Palette is being serviced at www.HandMadeGame.com, and it is also included in IG 2.0 package which moondance games published.
The second work, Rooms, which is a sliding-puzzle platform game, released in Nov. 2006. Rooms won ¡°Grand Prize in 2006 Korea Independent Games Competition¡±, ¡°2006 Amateur game of the year in Korea¡± and ¡°2007 IGF Student Showcase Winner prize¡±.
In Rooms, the character wander over rooms, which are separated like sliding puzzles, and escape to the exit using rooms¡¯ movements and items. It has an original gameplay, mysterious graphic and BGM. It was downloaded 2,500 times in ten days through HandMadeGame.com's free download service as soon as it was opened.
Reviews
and Interviews
We did lots of interviews and got many reviews.
Interview - Gamasutra's
education sister site GameCareerGuide.com
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Interview - Interview for IGF 2006 Student Winner Palette on Gamasutra.com -----------------------------(English)
Interview - Korea¡¯s
leading independent games webzine Pig-Min.com
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Review -
Rooms, Great casual web game review site JayIsGames.com
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Review - Reviewed
by mrKwang in Pig-Min.com, posted on GameBoomers.com
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Review - Rooms, Pig-Min.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Korean)
Review - Palette, Pig-Min.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Korean)
And here¡¯re a few comments from players.
¡°Nice work on the
puzzle mixed in with the adventure aspect.¡±, ¡°Extremely original
puzzle-platform game.¡± - 2007
IGF Judge
¡°I truly love your
game, as it is unique. Keep up the great work!¡± - Nicole Lambert
¡°Excellent game. I
hope you'll add more stages or create more of the same.¡± - Sharron
¡°Thanks for making a
great game.¡± - Jon Wilson
Contact
Kim JongHwa
C.P : (+82)-18-721-1800
E-Mail : AmbitiousK@Gmail.com
Snail Mail : Dept. of Film, TV & Multimedia, SungKyunKwan university, Seoul, Korea