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Unconventional Tomak Creator Interviewed

Posted by simoniker on from the boxing-bill-and-ben dept.

Thanks to InsertCredit.com for posting a translated interview with Seed9 president Gun Kim about his Korean company's success in Japan with their extremely bizarre dating sim, Tomak: Save The Earth. The Playstation 2 version of this PC game, which was instructively previewed by The GIA back in 2001, "..is a combination life/love simulation starring a girl's head in a flowerpot." The object of your affection can appear contented, glum, or even ecstatic, and The GIA also ran an earlier interview with Gun Kim, in which he explains possible inspiration: "..maybe I was looking at the plant pot and our graphic designer in the office when I got the idea." Seed9 are also responsible for the retro and fun Tomak 2D shmup for the Korean GP32 handheld.

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  1. Inspiration by Glytch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somehow, I think more than one kind of pot was involved in the making of this game.

  2. The best bit by Przepla · · Score: 4, Funny

    By giving Evian six distinct moods, each with its own unique (and frequently contradictory) likes and dislikes, developer Seed 9 has become the first game designer to accurately capture the tone of interactions with a normal human female.

    Indeed.

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  3. Demo version by tigersha · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google turned up a demo version. After struggling with the download it turns out to be in... Japanese!

    Anyone knows if there is an English/German/Dutch version somewhere??!!

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