Thursday, January 11, 2007

ThaiMovie : Tom Yum Goong Videogame To Be Released


ThaiMovie : Tom Yum Goong Videogame To Be Released

Those who wish they could perform high-flying stunts like the hero in the 2003 Thai action flick, Ong-Bak, will have a chance in the upcoming videogame Tony Jaa Tom Yum Goong: The Game , to be released in August this year to coincide with the film.
Based on the plot of the action film Tom Yum Goong, this 3-dimensional videogame will allow players to assume the protagonist role and use Muay Thai skills to defeat members of an international mafia gang and rescue the prized elephant.
The game was modeled after the film's main star, Panom Yeerum (known internationally as Tony Jaa). Programmers captured Jaa's movements by recording his real actions in video format before meticulously created realistic 3-dimensional animations for the game's characters. While this process took longer without a “motion capture” equipment used in animated films such as The Polar Express, it cost much less. The videogame will allow players to execute 30 different Muay Thai movements.
The game originated with computer programmer Pongsuk Hirunyapuek in 2003 when he approached Somsak Tejaratanaprasert, owner of Sahamongkol Film, the studio behind Ong-Bak 's success, about creating a videogame based on the popular film. Mr Somsak advised him not to develop a game based on Ong-Bak because the movie would be a distant memory by the time the game was fully developed but instead to base on the upcoming film Tom Yum Goong , which reunited director Prachya Pinkaew and Mr Jaa.
With 10 million baht of investment, Mr Pongsuk established GameNoLimit production company with 15 programmers to develop the game. A demo version of Tom Yum Goong: The Game debuted in the Thailand Animation and Multimedia 2005 Convention in January. The full version will be available in August this year to coincide with the theatrical release of the film in Thailand and abroad.
Story and pictures are courtesy from the website http://www.pantip.com/tech/games/tyg
Tony Jaa Tom-yum-Goong: The Game Scoop
http://www.pantip.com/tech/games/tyg_scoop_56k.wmv
http://www.pantip.com/tech/games/tyg_scoop_56k.wmv
Tony Jaa Tom-yum-Goong: The Game Trailer
http://www.pantip.com/tech/games/tyg_scoop_56k.wmv
http://www.pantip.com/tech/games/tyg_trailer_hispeed.wmv
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