We are happy to announce that we are taking part in Steam Game Festival!
Not only you can play the demo of A Space for the Unbound, but you can also join our live stream. Our art director, Dimas Novan D will be there during the session, so don't miss it!
Iām Dimas, the art director of A Space for the Unbound.
My team and I recently did an interview for Indie Obscura, we talked about behind the scenes of A Space for the Unbound there. You can check out the video here and give it a like!
https://youtu.be/ZvnTWJ5lrH8
The Inspiration
After the interview, I feel like I want to share the story behind A Space for the Unbound here, too. So here it goes!
A Space of the Unbound started off as an internal game jam in 2015. Back then, thereās no really a clear vision on what the gameplay would be, and then I just made a very experimental one and a concept trailer. After it garnered some attention we decided to continue this project. You can see the initial build of A Space for the Unbound - The Bridge we made back in 2015 here:
https://mojiken.itch.io/a-space
Back to the topic. As for the overall experience, initially, I just want to tell a story about a girl who has a deep secret while she is seemingly living her happy daily life. The inspiration comes from a lot of movies, manga, and anime. Some of them are based on a slice of life genre and thereās also magical realism genre, too. I was inspired by a lot of movies such as Inception (Christopher Nolan) and The Truman Show (Peter Weir), and then manga by Oshimi Shuuzo-sensei also a novel The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami-sensei. And I want to combine all those inspirations with Indonesian culture and setting.
90s Indonesia
Why 90s Indonesia rural setting? Actually, the 90s wasnāt really the initial plan. As someone who grew up watching anime and born in the 90s, I just really want to preserve all the good times I had back in the day.
When I was in high school, I was blown away by Makoto Shinkai-senseiās work and I discovered that he uses a lot of real-life locations, and at that time I realized that a lot of anime also does that too. Back in the day I also discovered an activity named anime pilgrimage. A group of people doing a tour to real-life locations and compare the location with the animation scenes counterpart, and it inspires me a lot. I mean, if we can visualize and transform our environment, our hometown in a new, different way, in this case, pixel art, maybe we can appreciate the place we live in more, and we can add some new value to it.
Itās a really fun process! After narrowing down all the ideas, we came up with the keyword ā90sā because as I mentioned before, we want to give a tribute to the time when we grew up.
I think thatās all for now! I will come back again with more stories on A Space for the Unbound next time! Thank you to everyone who has played the prologue and wishlist the game! We will do our best to work on the game and enjoy the process.
We are very excited to announce that we will be participating in #WholesomeDirect 2020 LIVE on Youtube with 50+ other wholesome game titles! Including another title also from Mojiken Studio; When the Past was Around.
We'll be showing exclusive footage š¬ that you've never seen anywhere else! For the first time ever we'll be giving a sneak peek from not the prologue, but the full game of A Space for the Unbound!
Wholesome Direct will be live TONIGHT! May 26 at 1PM ET. Be sure to set a reminder and watch it here: https://youtu.be/AwCNzOPR8Ck
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A Space for the Unbound - FREE Prologue Chapter is Now Available!
It's finally here!
If you follow us on Twitter, maybe you've seen the screenshot and GIF we shared before. We are very excited to finally release the prologue of A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio and Toge Productions!
Prologue chapter is now available and you can play it for free!
Set in a small town inspired by 90s era rural Indonesia, A Space for The Unbound presents an endearing story-driven experience with a vibrant environment waiting to be explored.
