Smilegate Hope Studio (CEO Hyuk-bin Kwon, hereinafter ‘Hope Studio’) is an indie game platform ‘Stove Indie’ operated by Smilegate Stove (CEO Han Young-woon, hereinafter ‘Stove’), together with the indie game developer Thebrix (CEO Hye-rin Lee). It was announced on the 19th (Monday) that the campaign to respect life had been successfully completed.
Hope Studio held a donation delivery ceremony at the Korea Suicide Prevention Association on the 16th (Fri). The donation delivery ceremony was attended by Jin Park, secretary general of the Korea Suicide Prevention Association, Lee Hye-rin, CEO of the ’30 Day Another’ developer, Lee Hye-rin, and Stove Indy team leader Jeong Yu-jin.
All donations raised through the campaign will be used to provide psychological testing and medical care to 15 children and adolescents at high risk of suicide. The donations for this campaign were created in a way that, in addition to the voluntary donations of game users, the stove and the developer donated a certain amount for each game sales.
Stove cooperated in various ways, such as website promotion support and donor game discount coupons, so that the campaign could spread and attract more users. Users who participated in the donation expressed various voices of support, such as ‘I hope that children will have more fun moments’ and ‘I hope their lives will be changed in a small way’.
On the other hand, the indie game ’30 Days Another’ is a multi-ending story adventure impact game about the preciousness of life. A user who receives a death certificate of a character in the game finds relevant clues during the 30 days prior to the character’s death and progresses through the story. It has a narrative that can change the world into life.
Game developer Thebrix has participated in Smilegate Membership (hereinafter referred to as SGM). SGM is a creative support program of Smilegate Group, which celebrated its 14th anniversary this year.
Ki Seon-wan, president of the Korea Suicide Prevention Association, said, “I would like to thank the users, game developers, and stoves who have been with us in this campaign. As it is a donation filled with the sincerity of many people, we will do our best to use it for something that can help children and young people for a beautiful future.”
Hope Studio Director Kwon Yeon-ju said, “It is significant that the game developer who participated in SGM participated in the donation campaign. Hope Studio will continue to faithfully fulfill its role as a virtuous cycle donation platform that enables various companies to meaningfully return the love they received from users and society back to society as well as in-game donations and volunteer activities.”
