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Press release:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –September 29, 2023.
The Singapore & Malaysia-based indie games publisher SCRY SOFT and Kuala Lumpur-based (Malaysia) indie games developer Nimbus Games, are today very happy and thrilled to announce that their first-person escape room horror game “Chiyo“, is coming to PC (via Steam) and Playstation (the PS5 and PS4) via digital stores in Q4 2023.

“Chiyo” is a single-player horror game set in Japan’s Edo-era. Players assume the role of Idate Chiyo, a recently enlisted paranormal investigator serving in the Tokugawa Shogunate’s Magical Arcane Division.

Her inaugural assignment plunges her into the heart of Gōtsu, a small coastal city in Shimane Prefecture, where she must unravel the enigmatic events surrounding an eerie abandoned mansion.

Within this sinister mansion, Chiyo confronts strange and malevolent forces, cunning puzzles, and a dark family history, that will threaten her survival.

Features:

Escape room puzzle game to challenge your wits and your nerves.

Assume the role of Idate Chiyo with unique supernatural powers allowing players to pierce and dive into the paranormal realm.

Engaging storyline uncovering the mysteries of an abandoned mansion, a powerful family’s dark dealings, and the consequences of love.

Immersive horror backdrop set in, Edo Japan and in the same universe of the original [Malice] game

Social Media:

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About Nimbus Games Studios
Nimbus Games is an indie game studio, conceived on 18 April 2016 by Joseph & Caleb in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The initial idea was to create games for an exponentially growing mobile games market.

They began building a team of game creators in mid-2016 including programmers and artists and drafted the first ideas. The game Heroes Inc. was first decided to be developed with a team of 3 artists, 1 programmer, 1 producer/writer, and sound director.

At its helm was Joseph Teng, previously a designer and owner of real-life escape rooms that saw a rise in popularity in Malaysia in early 2015.

After the launch of Heroes Inc., they developed and launched 3 more games on the mobile market and are currently working on a 5th title – Heroes Inc 2. The titles following Heroes Inc. are Guess My Pixels: Games Edition, Guess My Pixels: Anime Edition, and Deliria.

At this moment, Nimbus has a core team of 3 game designers and 5 programmers supported by part-timers, freelancers, and interns.
Notables

2017 | Nimbus Games was featured in an IGN SEA interview in 2017 for emerging game development companies in South East Asia. Full interview [here].

2021 | Malice’s prototype was nominated top 4 of Level Up KL 2021 for Best Game Design.

2022 | Malice was nominated top 4 in Level Up KL 2022 for Best Game Technology

They started off developing mobile games but have found their passion and stride in PC games. At the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic, they set out to create a “virtual escape room” based on their previous experiences, and thus Malice was conceived. Currently, Malice is available on Steam after one and a half years of development. It is primarily a puzzle game with a horror theme set in ancient Edo, Japan.

They love telling stories, especially when it has good ol’ horror and terror elements. Hopefully, they are able to affect the indie horror landscape with something unique, interesting, and influential.

About SCRY SOFT
SCRY SOFTwasestablished in 2018 and is based in the tropical region of Singapore & Malaysia, it sets out on an adventure to bring games from all over the world to gamers in Asia.

They may be in the first chapter of their journey, but they make it up by having a decade’s worth of experience as a video game distributor in South East Asia.

With a vast market knowledge on hand, SCRYsoft is also the first licensed publisher based in South East Asia to be granted physical production for the PlayStation®4.

At SCRYsoft, they value gamers’ experience more than any other thing else.