Curious about Galà?

In CONQuest 2023, I got to show off Galà in the 1st ever ✨INDIE ZONE✨ – a booth section dedicated to Filipino indie games! I met a lot of people, and got TONS of great feedback. I also got a lot of questions about Galà so for anyone who’s curious, here were some of the most common questions!

What is Galà’s overall goal as a project?

As a grant project by the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Galà aims to promote Pinoy culture by featuring iconic landmarks and cultural treasures! Specifically, Galà is designed for students, to introduce different aspects of Pinoy culture.

Galà is also inspired by my vacations as a kid. In my game, I want to replicate that feeling of “awe” and “wonder” that I felt seeing beautiful Filipino landmarks.

Who developed Galà?

Mainly kendikorp aka kendi (me). I’m really just one solo game developer doing my best. kendi is more of an alias than a team or company. However for Galà, I collaborated with people for art, music, marketing, publishing, etc. The collabs won’t end with Galà ‘cuz I love doing collabs!

Who made Galà’s art?

The 20 Pinoy PAGCollab artists! PAGCollab stands for Pixel Art Galà Collaboration. In November last year, I communicated with Filipino pixel artists online to make Galà’s art. Shoutout to Spyu and Camilla who helped me manage the collab! Here’s more info about the collab plus all the artists’ contacts!

Why did Galà join CONQuest’s Indie Zone?

To make people play my game of course >:] I also wanted to meet other gamedevs and play their games hehe. Aside from that, I was selling merch for funds on future updates like iOS and Filipino Translation. Speaking of…

Is Galà released already?

Yes! Galà is released on Google Play Store for free. You can play it offline too! On the other hand, iOS is still under development. When will iOS be released? Only the App Store can tell :3 but hopefully this year.

Does Galà have multiplayer?

No, and it’s highly unlikely for it to get a multiplayer mode unless people reeallyyy want it. I’ve done some research on multiplayer, but it’s just a whole ‘nother dimension to singleplayer games. Besides, I plan on finishing Galà next year to start on another game.

How do you win in Galà?

Galà is not meant to have a win or lose mechanic. You can discover all the treasures, explore all the landmarks, unlock all the jeepneys, and so on but there’s no end or reward to it. It’s up to the player what you wanna do!

What other updates do I have planned?

Players gave me a lot of feedback during CONQuest, and a LOT of it is definitely going in the game. However, please note that Galà is honestly almost finished, except for some small tweaks and the updates mentioned above.

Where do I report bugs/give feedback? How do I support Galà?

Glad you asked 😀 I made a page in my website about supporting Galà’s development, and also my future games. If you’ve played it, I also have a Gforms if you have anything to report, comment, or suggest. You can also leave a review on Galà’s Google Play Store page!

How do you spell Galà?

No one actually asked me this but I wanted to mention it anyway \(^-^)/ For me, à is Alt+0224 and À is Alt+0192. Make sure NumLock is turned on. Note this shortcut could be different with other devices.

Lastly, I’d like to mention that if you want to contact me for any possible ideas for collaboration, whether that be long-term, short-term, or even game jams, feel free to email or message on any of my socmed! In CONQuest, I met some cool people that I wasn’t able to talk much with and I wasn’t able to get your contacts. Please message me :]