The indie game platform ‘Stove Indie’, operated by Smilegate Stove (CEO Han Young-woon), is a one-man survival horror genre ‘RPG Maker’ game ‘Yaja (night self-study,夜間自律school習) was released exclusively on the 23rd (Tuesday).
‘Yaja’ is a 2D horror adventure game made with the RPG Maker tool. The protagonist wakes up after falling asleep during night self-study (Yamja). He realizes that no one is at school and that the surroundings are stained with blood. Now, in order to find out what happened, you must escape the school by avoiding the chase of monsters you meet while solving various puzzles to get clues. In ‘Palm’, the overall dark background enhances the horror atmosphere, and the mystery of the chase with bizarre monsters and difficult clues enhances the immersion of the game.
‘Yaja’ is the first work developed through the ‘Creative Challenger’s League’, a creative/creative program for Smilegate employees, and released through Stove Indy. The ‘Creative Challengers League’, which started in 2019 and progressed until the 3rd period, provides a place and development cost to employees with a passion for creativity/creation to develop a prototype, and the developer will We are supporting it until the release. The visual novel mobile indie game ‘Let’s Meet Our Ancestors’, which received favorable reviews for its solid storyline and elegant art, was also created through the ‘Creative Challengers League’.
Jung Hyun-joo, deputy director of Smilegate, who founded Crazy Granny, said, “‘Yaja’ is a game I’ve been thinking about since I was in middle and high school, and I’m very proud to be able to officially launch it through a good program called ‘Creative Challengers League’ in-house.” He said, “It is a game where you can enjoy the bizarreness and thrill in the familiar environment of Yazawa School, so I hope that many people will enjoy it.”
Smilegate Stove Director Yeo Seung-hwan said, “‘Yaja’ is more meaningful because it was developed through the ‘Creative Challengers League’ and presented directly on ‘Stove Indie’. Smilegate does not spare any support so that employees’ ideas can be put into practice and implemented to build creative experiences and knowledge. We will do our best to show more titles such as ‘Yaja’, which contains the passion of our executives and employees.”
‘Stove Indy’ is running a special promotion of 4 games that can only be found on ‘Stove Indy’, including ‘Yaja’ through the “STOVE ONLY” promotion to coincide with the release of ‘Yaja’. You can get a 30% discount coupon through the game taste test, and additional rewards are provided to buyers of the best-selling games.
More information on ‘Palm’ can be found on the Stove Indie page ( https://indie.onstove.com/en/games/1067 ).
