It is a fact that the games produced and released by Vietnam are in the top of the international market today, mainly Casual and Hyper Casual games, these are games with simple design, easy to play and often short content. which are mainly games in the form of shooting planes, goalkeepers, puzzles, killing Zombies…
According to Mr. Thai Thanh Liem, Founder and CEO of Topebox, the reason why Vietnam can only make games is simply due to a lack of capital and human resources, especially human resources to design games.
“Vietnamese people are very creative, so simple games are produced and released with content that attracts a lot of players in the international market. However, to make high-quality games (mid-core and hard-core) is very difficult, because of the lack of capital for long-term investment, besides human resources for in-game graphic design and interior design. Game content is also seriously lacking because there are no specialized training places in this field, “said Mr. Liem.
Sharing the same opinion, Mr. Dao Quang Tuan – Business Director of Funtap’s game block said, it is very difficult to find human resources to design games in Vietnam at present. Besides, to develop high-quality games also requires a lot of money to invest, many studios also try to produce games of this type, but there are many unfinished games that have run out of money.
Mr. Nguyen Tuan Huy – Director of Hiker Games also said that it is very difficult to make high-quality games in Vietnam, besides lack of capital and human resources, there is also a lack of topics to make game content.
“Vietnam does not support games, so it leads to a lack of human resources to invest in production, besides lack of money, so many studios that produce 1 or 2 quality games are closed. Besides, the topic of the game also depends on many surrounding areas such as cinema, comics, literature… but it is also lacking in the country. In addition, domestic game topics are also very ‘sensitive’, especially because of the history that makes studios not sure which ones to include, which ones should not be included…”, Mr. Huy said.
It is worth noting that out of more than 60 Vietnamese game studios that are producing and publishing games globally today, only a few studios are located in Vietnam, typically Topebox and Hiker Games, the rest are mostly booked. companies abroad and most are in Singapore.
By: Le My – ITC News