Krafton's Overdare conducts alpha test in SE Asia

South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will conduct an overseas alpha test for Overdare, a mobile user-generated content platform developed by metaverse studio Overdare Inc.

The test will be available on Android mobile devices in five countries: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Indonesia until June 19.

During this test, users can experience Overdare's various platform features and content.

Users can engage with five types of original content: a tutorial space Origin Island, where they can raise their pet and learn about the game world; a role-playing survival game Magic Mafia; a space Cat Café, where they can freely communicate with other users and interact with an AI cat manager; a collaborative hide-and-seek game Nightmare; and a 3:3 futsal game Rushball.

Users can create content within the Overdare platform using the creation tool Overdare Studio. This allows them to design custom avatar clothing items or record their movements on video to be implemented as avatar actions.

Overdare is aiming for a full global market release in the second half of this year.

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