How Until Then Showcases The Beauty Of Filipino Culture

The Philippines-based Polychroma Games is set to release the narrative adventure game Until Then later this year Come from Sports betting site VPbet . It follows a young teenager named Mark in the Philippines as he goes through the trials and tribulations of high-school life, such as hitting deadlines and making presentations. However, people from his life start disappearing and his memories become unreliable, meaning it’s up to him to check up with his friends to untangle the mystery surrounding his memories. Until Then explores the lives of Filipino students through its gorgeous pixel-art style and how themes like communication and friendship are so integral to Filipino culture.

Slice-of-life, coming-of-age stories that depict daily school lives are incredibly popular in Asian media, especially in video games. The most prominent example is the Persona series, which is set in Japan. Until Then follows similar footsteps with Mark. “It’s the same with the Philippines as well,” Polychroma Games senior environmental artist Pia Demanawa tells GameSpot. “This is the part that we romanticize the most, because we feel furthest away from adult responsibilities here, and we can just mess around with our friends.”

Director Mickole Klein Nulud adds that academics and achievements play a big part in many of Asia’s youth, saying, “We spend a lot of our time in youth here and, as a result, end up making it a stage for interesting things to happen in stories, both good and bad.”

Until Then also features many nuances of Filipino culture within its themes. Demanawa says that communication is the most important theme in Until Then. In Filipino culture, there’s a word, “torpe,” which describes a person who doesn’t show their feelings towards someone they like. Throughout the game, Mark shows some interest in a few girls, and things sometimes don’t go his way.