Making something too instructional or aimed directly at locals would completely defeat the purpose for us, which is why the world, story and characters we are creating are entirely fictional. The approach we are taking with Tchia is first and foremost to build something anyone can understand, enjoy, and immerse themselves into. Honoring the culture, and making it accessible.
For example, the name “Awaceb” itself is local slang for “It’s all good”, or “No worries”.īecause of that, it felt just right to draw from that heritage and insufflate those sensibilities in our next game, Tchia. Because we grew up there, the incredibly rich and varied cultures of New Cal are deeply rooted in what we do. "We are delighted Darwin will be the first taste of Australia for many of the passengers and we know they will have a memorable experience here in the Northern Territory," he said.Awaceb is a young studio founded by my partner Thierry and myself, two childhood friends from New Caledonia, a small archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Mr Westra van Holthe said the cruise industry was extremely important to the NT tourism industry, and provided an influx of tourists into the region during the off-peak and shoulder seasons. "The pays are expensive on public holidays, but if we were given notice we would open and if you have a business you should cover the pays because it's your business," Mr Tchia said. "Unfortunately this ship has come on a holiday, but even on a holiday the Government or council should let shops know a cruise ship is coming, so we can open and it doesn't look like a dead city," souvenir shop operator Adolfo Tchia said. "But I do think it's a good idea for shops to open on cruise ship days, because it is good for the Northern Territory economy."Īnother shop owner said shops were not given enough notice of when cruise ships were scheduled to arrive in Darwin. they prefer to close the shop, I think," Kevin Zhang said. "I think because the labour is very expensive.
The owner of one shop located in the city's mall told the ABC that staffing costs can influence the choice of some mall operators to stay shut. I'll remember my time here because I had nothing to do." Staff wages 'too expensive' on public holidays "I came half way around the world to see Darwin and they closed it. "I saved my Aussie dollars, I got the exchange rate sorted out and researched what things were going to cost, but I haven't really been able to spend my money because an awful lot of shops are closed. "I didn't realise it was going to be quite as quiet as this, an awful lot of shops are closed," Heather Bealer, from England, said. Other passengers were disappointed they had nowhere to spend their Australian dollars.
"I think the stores should have been open, we're just going to go back to the ship." "We live in a small town and when cruise ships come in everybody's open, it's a big event because there's so much money to be made," he said. "With a big cruise ship coming in you would think that there would have been a few places open for the economy, there would have been a lot of people going to restaurants and buying clothes and things but nothing's open and it's a letdown."įellow passenger Richard Dorn said that back in his hometown in northern California, a lot more shops would have been open to welcome cruise ship tourists. "There's a lot of people onboard the cruise ship that would spend money but there's not many places open so the money's in the wallet and Darwin's not getting it, which is a pity. I saved my Aussie dollars, I got the exchange rate sorted out and researched what things were going to cost but I haven't really been able to spend my money because an awful lot of shops are closed.
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