According to its game designer and programmer, Khail Santia, ' Pandesal Boy is a product of our insistence to continue creating joy in a world permeated by tragedy.' The game linked thousands of players to donation drives responding to the humanitarian crisis. Pandesal Boy by Khail Santia and Josel Nicolas/Studio Apocalypse Chefs (2014) Pandesal Boy.Ī puzzle platformer about peddling bread in a world in chaos, Pandesal Boy was conceived and developed in the period encompassing the Bohol earthquake and Super Typhoon Yolanda and thus shaped in part by the profound disruption of human life in the aftermath of these calamities. It spawned four sequels and successfully transitioned to mobile and PC. Pretentious Game won a Director's Choice award at Indie Prize San Francisco.

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