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Bari Silvestre: from Philippine factory worker to world-famous indie developer

Bari Silvestre: from Philippine factory worker to world-famous indie developer

Few developers have had as much success in Asia’s games industry as Bari Silvestre, but how did one Filipino factory worker achieve worldwide indie fame?
Iain Garner · · 5 min read
Filipino developer Silvestre opens fantasy-focused studio: Ferryman

Filipino developer Silvestre opens fantasy-focused studio: Ferryman

Filipino indie developer Bari Silvestre, the man behind Keybol Games and the critically lauded Pretentious Game has informed Games in Asia that he intends to launch a new studio later this
Iain Garner · · 2 min read
The Filipino Game is a game about crab mentality

The Filipino Game is a game about crab mentality

Oh, yes, you read that right. There’s a game called The Filipino Game and it’s all about pulling down crabs that are climbing up the screen.
Xairylle · · 2 min read
The best of Asian mobile gaming: May 23 to 30, 2014

The best of Asian mobile gaming: May 23 to 30, 2014

Want to know what mobile games you should be playing? The Games in Asia team weighs in for the week of May 23 to 30, 2014.
Mary-Anne Lee · · 6 min read

ISO Stick Sniper review: when technical drawing meets sniping

If you’ve taken up drafting classes and know anything about isometric and orthographic drawing then you have what it takes to be a sniper, according to this game!
Xairylle · · 3 min read

You Can't Beat This Game review: a single painstaking level of getting from point A to point B

If Ballsy Bird and Pretentious Game had a kid, it would be this—You Can’t Beat This Game. I’ve decided to call it ‘Pretentious Rage’, but I guess I should be
Xairylle · · 3 min read

Ballsy Bird review: just what we needed, more birds

Seriously can someone explain to me the obsession with birds? I just don’t get it. Sure they’re fun, but seriously how many 2D bird based games can anyone ever need?
Iain Garner · · 3 min read

The Philippines’ award-winning Pretentious Game coming on December 5

Pretentious Game, the imaginative award-winning game from Keybol Games is coming to the App Store and Google Play on December 5. Pretentious Game was been developed by Philippine game studio
Xairylle · · 1 min read

How the Pretentious Game trilogy taps on gamers’ imagination

How do you know if a game is good? Is it because of the graphics, or because of the game play? Or is it because of the story? After playing
Xairylle · · 4 min read

Keybol Games uses hop and bop game to help Typhoon Haiyan victims

In light of Typhoon Haiyan, the disaster that struck the Visayas region of the Philippines, people are doing their best to contribute in any way they can. Game developer Bari
Xairylle · · 1 min read