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Mini-Games as Lab Experiments

Some of you might have noticed that we have released a couple of small games in the last couple of months, while some of our bigger dream projects remain in the back burner.

There is a reason for this: experimentation. We did not want to burn resources working on a dream game for years and years, especially with the huge possibility of having only one game to our name and an outdated looking one at that. We’ve all heard of horror stories about game projects taking too long to finish, only to be outclassed by newer games. John Romero’s Daikatana had been one example, and had become a huge learning experience for the game dev legend himself. If you look at YouTube and do a search for “games in development hell”, you’ll find a number of them. Read More

Philippine Game Festival 2015

We were happy to be given a space at the IGDA booth for both October 2 and 3, 2015, for the celebration of the Philippine Game Festival. DocB was also one of the speakers at the conference and she talked about how to survive indie burnout on Sunday, October 3, 2015. You can read about the whole event at the IGDA website, including an article contributed by DocB. This blog post contains a photo summary of Senshi.Labs’ participation. Read More

Anemone

Overview

TITLE: Anemone
GENRE: Puzzle, Sidescroller
RELEASE DATE: September 3, 2015
GAMEPLAY LENGTH: Approximately 30 minutes
PLATFORM: Android

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A mini-game about Anemone, a young girl whose mother had passed away. Drag her through 5 stages of grief to help her emotionally recover from her loss. Find the angels who could tell her mother’s story and help Anemone relive her most precious memories.

This was originally a capstone project by College of Saint Benilde students (team SirMoonSheep) under adviser Dr. Lapa. The pre-alpha version of this game, which was then only available on PC, won three awards at the Philippine Game Festival 2014 Game On student competition: Best Narrative, Best Art, and Game of the Year. It was also Best Capstone Project in the very first Incendium 2014.

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Zenaya

Overview

TITLE: Zenaya
GENRE: Puzzle Platformer
RELEASE DATE: July 31, 2015
GAMEPLAY LENGTH: Approximately 10 minutes
PLATFORM: Android
Get it on Google Play playonsenshiweb

Zenaya is a 10-minute experimental mini-game by Senshi.Labs as a means to test the player’s knowledge about Philippine folklore. Think of this game as a visual riddle that you have to solve.

Story: Zenaya’s physical body has been stolen by a Diwata. To retrieve it, she has to pass through the obstacles that the Diwata throws at her. As you control Zenaya, weave your way through puzzles and mythical creatures lurking in the dark by switching to her temporary corporeal form and back.

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