A couple of student gamers just went viral on TikTok for their jeepney simulator game.
If you’re just scrolling through your FYP, chances are you might’ve come across their video. After all, at the time of this article’s writing, it currently boasts 1.3M views on the platform. Meanwhile, a Facebook post from one of the co-developers in the Facebook group called Bachelor of Science In Information Technology Worldwide has reached a modest 2.8K reactions and 975 views.
“We both live in Davao City , and we were classmates at Davao Oriental Regional Science High School in Mati City.”Currently, Bicoy is an out-of-semester computer science student while Arapoc is studying IT. Bicoy’s game-developing experience came from his younger years, inspired by a show, and then delved into coding as he participated in science and technology fairs for his school.
“At the time, I’d been switching between many “cool” names for my “solo game dev studio” such as “Interloper”, and “Lone Wolf”, when I realized that “Spacezero” was perfect! And thus, the Spacezero Interactive name was born.”With their plans for their original games not panning out, Bicoy shared that their eureka moment came when they were both riding a jeepney.
Unfortunately, tragedy struck their beloved game whilst in development. Jeepney Simulator’s first prototype was lost due to a crash in their game development platform. They even shared the news on their Facebook page.