MDEC Presents Uncharted: The Lost Legacy; How Malaysians Played a Role in Development

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy came out not too long ago but did you know that there are Malaysians who played a role in the creation of the game? Check it out.

MDEC Presents Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy came out not too long ago, and we actually reviewed the game too. Some people really enjoyed the game while others, not so much. It’s fine, every gamer has their own preference after all. Did you know that there were Malaysians that played a role in the development of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy?

At an event in the Komune co-working space at Bangsar South, the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) shared Malaysia’s contribution to the game. The folks over at Naughty Dog partnered up with local games development studios Lemon Sky and Passion Republic.

Kevin Lai, Project Manager, Lemon Sky Animation; and Paul Wang, Senior Lead Artist, Lemon Sky Animation.

It’s not the first time Lemon Sky worked on a major game development project as they’ve previous worked on games such as Gears of War, Tales of Zestiria, and the rage-inducing Bloodborne. Kevin Lai, Product Manager at Lemon Sky, mentioned that in previous projects, they had several days to work on textures but with Naughty Dog, they only had 1 day.

As insane as it sounds, it was possible thanks to some techniques shared by Naughty Dog, along with advances in technology compared to when they were doing previous projects.

For Passion Republic, they were more familiar with the subject matter since they had work done for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. Ng Aik Sern, President of Passion Republic, mentioned that they’ve been working closely with Naughty Dog for the project and it would seem more akin as working within the same company rather than being treated as just a company that work is being outsourced to.

Ng Aik Sern, President of Passion Republic

They usually don’t take more than a day to share feedback so you really feel like you’re working beside them. It was a great feeling for us. Because we didn’t feel like an outsourcing company, but very integrated partners.

(From left) Mel Law Sheng Li, Production Lead, Passion Republic; Ng Aik Sern, President, Passion Republic; Ian Purnomo, Assistant Manager (Public Relations, Marketing Department) for Sony Interactive Entertainment Singapore; Hasnul Hadi Samsudin, Vice President of Creative Content and Technologies, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC); Kevin Lai, Project Manager, Lemon Sky Animation; and Paul Wang, Senior Lead Artist, Lemon Sky Animation.

MDEC has been doing their best to ensure that Malaysia becomes the preferred regional hub for games development, which is line with MDEC’s #MYGAMEON initiative. They’ve done well in reaching out to developers and studios to promote the work done by Malaysians, clearly showing that our country has the talents necessary to be competitive in the global scale. Good job MDEC, especially MDEC’s Director of the Creative Content & Technologies, Hasnul Hadi Samsudin.

Pokdepinion: It still surprises me to this day that Malaysia has played a part in the creation of AAA games. I hope the local games industry continue to grow, and I hope I can stay long enough to see it reach its full potential. Now to weed out some of the cancers around~