You win this round.And the best part in all of this: SIM was developed right here on Malaysian soil by.Between, and now Monsoon Lab, this is a good year for Malaysia in game development.With the overwhelming trend towards the ‘Based on a true story’ gimmick lately, Monsoon Lab did not take a bite of that low hanging fruit, and instead tried for a story that was truly their own – of course not without help.“This game’s story is totally fictional.Īs for some elements in the game, the creative team did plenty of research based on real and fictional stories.The Red Room curse was based on a Japanese urban legend, IRIS AI was inspired by HAL 9000 from Space Odyssey, the found footage style videos is from Blair Witch Project, and the witchcraft elements as well.” said Monsoon Lab. Footage of the gameplay (Image credit from Steam) Footage of Gameplay (Image from )It is a true shame that the game is not available on iOS yet, because the game really finds its home on a mobile device.

It boasts a realistic iPhone-like interface where you are able to interact with the game just like you would a real phone.You can do everything from reply to Sara’s messages, comment on Sara’s poetry in the notes (probably entries from lead writer Buddy Anwardi), and even listen to her music as you scour through her messages, emails and pictures to Sherlock Holmes your way into finding her.Your only guide through this spooky adventure is a sentient AI in Sara’s phone named IRIS (Read: Siri backwards) that seems to know more than it lets on.

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