Neowiz will handle publishing for "WIND UP DEADMAN," a new title from domestic indie developer Sain Nuts Studio.
Neowiz said on the 23rd that it signed a publishing deal for "WIND UP DEADMAN," a narrative computer role-playing game (CRPG) under development by Sain Nuts Studio.
WIND UP DEADMAN is a game set in a "cassette futurism" universe that combines cassette tapes, an analog device of the 1980s, with futuristic imagination. It features text-centered storytelling and depictions of characters' inner psychology.
The game tells the story of survivors who lost their memories after a bio disaster and live in a lone container tower left in the desert, relying on a single cassette tape for their memories. Like "wind up," which means rewinding a cassette tape, the protagonist "Zephyr" entrusts a soul to a robot and tracks down the traces of a lost past.
Sain Nuts Studio, the developer, is a domestic indie studio that delivers the fun of role-playing based on an original universe and deep storytelling. Its previous mobile RPG "Metro Blossom" was recognized for its gameplay by being selected in the "2021 Google Play Indie Game Festival TOP 10." In addition, through the publication of the spinoff novel "Apocalypse Coffee," which tells a story set 13 years later in the same world, the studio also demonstrated the potential to expand its intellectual property (IP) beyond games.
With this deal, Neowiz aims to secure a global IP with long-term growth potential. A Neowiz official said, "Through this partnership, we will bring the deep narrative and role-playing fun that WIND UP DEADMAN offers to gamers around the world," adding, "Neowiz will continue efforts to secure original IP whose value deepens over time."