GameHub 2025 is jointly organized by the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information, Vietnam Game Development Association, VnExpress Newspaper and FPT Online Services Joint Stock Company (FPT Online).
"Hoi An Kien Su" designed by CLICK Studio of Duy Tan University
The Expert Council, consisting of leaders from reputable game publishers, selected 16 projects from nearly 60 initial registered projects to participate in the Evaluation Round. In this round, the units presented a summary of their game projects, gameplay, competitive advantages, development roadmap, etc. and received a lot of advice from the Expert Council on appropriate approaches for the next stages.
The Vietnam GameVerse 2025 event officially took place on May 26, 2025, providing an opportunity for units with excellent game projects to continue to present more specifically about the product, convince the professional council, investors to accompany and invest.
Some 3D scenes in "Hoi An Kien Su"
In the end, the Top 5 best projects were named:
- Hoi An Events ( Hoi An VR ),
- Agents of Doom,
- Just a Shadow Game,
- Back to Childhood, and
- Ursid.
Among them, "Hoi An Kien Su" by Duy Tan University has made a strong impression on the Council of Experts and the gaming community at GameHub 2025. This is a technology product that brings a virtual reality experience on Oculus Quest glasses, recreating the ancient town of Hoi An with events, lifestyles, activities and cultural depth of more than 400 years ago, especially including the wedding of Princess Ngoc Hoa and Japanese merchant Araki Sotaro. "Hoi An Kien Su" is not only an entertainment game but also aneducational - cultural product, aiming to introduce a world heritage of Vietnam in the most vivid, modern and accessible way.
Direct experience on phone
"Hoi An Kien Su" connects players with history through a light role-playing format to explore a "port town", suitable for many groups of people from tourists, students to museums and schools through the Virtual Reality (VR) environment. With a playing time ranging from 20-30 minutes, players will transform into the main character, participating in a series of missions associated with the context of Hoi An more than 400 years ago. The plot in the game is cleverly integrated to help players both entertain and approach historical knowledge in the most natural way.
Mr. Truong Son - Producer of CLICK Studio, Duy Tan University introduces the game at Vietnam GameVerse 2025
During the production process, many standard technologies of the global video game industry were applied by the CLICK Studio team:
- Unreal Engine 5 was chosen by the CLICK Studio team as the main platform, with typical technologies such as Nanite , Lumen and Blueprint . This is Epic Games' modern game making tool, featuring the ability to create high-quality images, realistic lighting and smooth gameplay.
- Optical motion capture ( optical MOCAP ) technology is also used to help recreate characters vividly and naturally, saving time for the animation stage.
Character movement animation using optical MOCAP in "Hoi An Kien Su"
The "Hoi An Kien Su" project has the participation of 20 staff, including 2D, 3D artists, environment artists, effects artists and programmers at Duy Tan University. The creative team implementing the game project has more than 10 years of experience in graphic and visual effects production. With a deep professional background, the team has focused on quality from the beginning, meticulous in every stage of production.
Mr. Truong Son - Producer of CLICK Studio shared : " We are deeply aware of the increasingly important cultural, traditional and historical values in the era of global integration and development. The project 'Hoi An Kien Su' was born with the goal of preserving and promoting traditional Vietnamese culture, while conveying the image of Hoi An ancient town in the most authentic and vivid way. We wish to retell the story of this famous place from a new perspective, optimizing interaction with the audience and stimulating the interest of young people in learning about culture and history.
CLICK Studio team researched and designed "Hoi An Kien Su" at DTU
Therefore, to get the most authentic feeling for 'Hoi An Kien Su', we have researched many fields, starting from the history of Hoi An more than 400 years ago, which was the golden age of trade in Southeast Asia. The CLICK Studio team has made efforts to recreate ancient Hoi An creatively from the scenery, architecture to the indigenous people and animals in that historical period. The team also focused on creating the most vivid 3D model for the old town. The team of artists and graphic designers of CLICK Studio directly surveyed Hoi An ancient town, collected data in many different formats to bring rich perspectives throughout the creative process, with the determination to bring the most impressive 'Hoi An Kien Su'.
The project "Hoi An Kien Su" by Duy Tan University does not aim to retain players for a long time like many commercial games, but focuses on quality, short but impressive experiences, suitable for tourism, exhibition and education environments. This is a "one-touch" game model with many emotions, where players only need to experience it once to remember an ancient, vibrant and profound Hoi An.
This project simulating the experience in ancient Hoi An was carried out by the CLICK Studio team at Silver Swallow Studio (SSS) and in the system of modern Image Technology and Media labs of Duy Tan University. Silver Swallow Studio (SSS) was once quite famous for the documentary project "Vietnam Air War" in 2019, telling about the first battle of the Vietnam Air Force with the US Air Force and Navy Air Force in the sky of Ham Rong on April 4, 1965.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hoi-an-kien-su-cua-dh-duy-tan-top-5-gamehub-2025-lich-su-qua-goc-nhin-moi-185250630173125981.htm
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