“The experience of Korea’s fierce independence movement packed into a game” CFK brings MazM: Pechka to the Nintendo Switch ™

Release set for Thursday, February 8th, 2024!

January 26, 2024

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[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]

CFK :

- CFK set to bring historical storytelling game MazM: Pechka to the globe on Nintendo Switch™ on February 8th (Thurs.)!

- Experience the game that captures the real-life independence movement that took place in Primorsky Krai of the Russian Far East in the tumultuous early 20th century

- Get it at a 10% discount from the release date until March 6th (Thurs.)!

Global game publisher CFK (headed by Chang-sig Koo) is proud to announce today (1/26) its decision to bring the historical storytelling game MazM: Pechka to the globe on the Nintendo Switch™ on February 8th (Thursday).

MazM: Pechka is a historical storytelling game developed by Korean game company Growing Seeds, telling the story of the diaspora of immigrants settling in the Russian Far East during the early 20th century through the lens of protagonists Pyotr and Asya. The story is based around the events surrounding Jae-hyung Choi, a social worker and independence activist in Russia’s Primorsky Krai area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (Enlightenment era to early Japanese colonial era).

In fashioning the events into a 2D side-scrolling adventure game, MazM: Pechka transcends a mere documentary about Jae-hyung Cho’s life, becoming instead a dramatic, historical reimagining of the people and the era through the eyes of original characters and the story of what they go through. After being well-received on both mobile and PC (Steam), it was decided to bring this game to the Nintendo Switch™ to expand to new platforms and make the game more accessible to new gamers.

Through the agony and choices of the young Pyotr and Asya, Chosun people forced to live in Russia, the game makes players ask the question: “What would I do if I had lived in such an era?” In doing so, it shows us that the story of the fight against Japanese colonization isn’t just a story of heroes and other key figures of the time, but also a story with a message for our current time of rapid, sometimes violent change. In order to keep the events as historically accurate as possible, developers also worked closely with experts in the field.

For its meaning-filled message, MazM: Pechka won the “Good Game Award” at the 2020 Korea Game Awards, the game of the month in the “functionality” category from the Korea Creative Content Agency, an award for “Social Impact” at the 2020 Busan Indie Connect Festival (BIC), and “Best Narrative” award at the IGDGF 2023 (Independent Game Developers Guild Festival).

To celebrate the global launch of MazM: Pechka to Nintendo Switch™, CFK will be offering a 10% discount from the game’s scheduled launch on February 8th until March 6th to give more players a chance to experience MazM: Pechka for themselves.

More specifics about this game will be released at a later date. MazM: Pechka, a historical storytelling game, is launching to the globe on Nintendo Switch™ February 8th.

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