Sherman3D explained

Sherman3D
Type:Privately held company
Foundation:2003
Location:Malaysia
Industry:Video games
Products:Alpha Kimori (PC)
Homepage:www.Sherman3D.com

Sherman3D is an independently owned video game developer team founded by Sherman Chin in April 2003, which develops bright and colorful anime inspired video games.[1]

Sherman Chin

Sherman Chin is the founder, game producer and Chief Information Officer of Sherman3D. Sherman graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Computing from the University of Portsmouth, UK, and was the recipient of the 2002 International Game Developers Association scholarship.[2] After graduating, Sherman won in Venture 2002,Malaysia's first nationwide business plan competition organized by McKinsey & Company.[3] The award was presented to Sherman by then Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.[4]

While in college, Sherman was a partner of the founder of 5th Cell, Joseph Tringali, at Epix Interactive Studios before being a founding a shareholder of 5th Cell.[5]

Aside from being the founder of Sherman3D, Sherman worked as a game producer in Japan, as a project manager in Canada, as a COO in Malaysia and a game industry consultant for the Gerson Lehrman Group providing advisory services for international investors.[6]

Sherman is appointed by Limkokwing University of Creative Technology as its external examiner for its games design course [7]

Sherman was featured on the cover and center spread of the New Straits Times[8] newspapers' Tech pullout. The article was awarded best feature and best cover.

Sherman is interviewed as an authority in video game development by RPGamer,[9] GameRamble,[10] and the Astro Awani satellite TV news channel.[11]

Sherman was invited to speak on the philosophy of Great Doubt at Casual Connect Asia in Singapore and was featured by the official Casual Connect GameSauce website.[12]

Sherman was selected by the Tokyo Game Show management committee to represent Malaysia at the indie game area of Tokyo Game Show on the 17, 18, 19 and 20 September 2015, sponsored by Sony PlayStation.[13]

Sherman was one of the main speakers at the Cloud South East Asia conference on 7 October 2015 covering PC Game and Cloud Computing organized by Informa PLC, London[14] and was interviewed by Business Cloud News.[15]

Sherman was one of the featured speakers at the Mobile Developer Day 2015 Conference on 22 October 2015 covering the 1337 Game Accelerator in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.[16]

Sherman spoke about the 1337 Ventures game pre-accelerator at the closed door CIO Asia Summit organized by GDS International attended by 30 international CIOs from 27 until 29 October 2015 at the Le Meridien Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.[17]

In late 2016, Sherman was credited to be Malaysia's most experienced video game developer.[18]

Overview

Sherman3D started as an independent game development community but was incorporated in April 2003 in Malaysia. Sherman3D's has online developers from across the globe from countries such as Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States. Sherman3D specializes in pixel art outsourcing and has worked on over 20 internationally recognized games including Drawn To Life published by THQ in 2007, Scribblenauts published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2009, Nickelodeon Diego's Build & Rescue published by 2K Play in 2010.[19]

In 2011, Sherman3D created its own story and trademarked intellectual property in the form of a sci-fi fantasy PC Role Playing Game entitled Alpha Kimori Great Doubt Episode One, which was distributed by Big Fish Games,[20] IGN Entertainment[21] and GameHouse[22] in the US, IGN[23] in the UK, GamersGate[24] in Sweden, and DLsite in Japan.[25]

Sherman3D is an authorized Nintendo DS developer and provides pixel art partner studio outsourcing services to other game development companies such as 5th Cell.[26] Sherman3D and its services is also listed in the Game Developer's Market Guide book[27]

History

Sherman3D worked on a MMORPG prototype entitled Vibeforce on IBM's Butterfly Supercomputing Grid[28] for Sony's PlayStation 2,[29] which was showcased at E3 2003.[30] Sherman3D was mentioned in The New York Times,[31] The Wall Street Journal[32] and USA Today.[33]

The Sherman3D 3D BSP [34] Game Engine and documentation has been used as university research paper reference.[35]

Sherman3D was invited to speak on the philosophy of Great Doubt in Alpha Kimori[36] at the Defense, Science & Research Conference 2011 organized by the National University of Singapore in Singapore in August 2011.[37]

Sherman3D also worked on all the in-game pixel art graphics of Scribblenauts,[38] Lock's Quest[39] and Drawn To Life,[40] which were rated at 8.5,[41] 8.5[42] and 8.0 out of 10[43] respectively by IGN Entertainment.

Sherman3Ds Alpha Kimori game was selected as the first and only commercial flagship RPG Maker game sold by Degica Co., Ltd., Japan, the official sole distributor of the RPG Maker game engine internationally on 5 August 2012.[44]

Sherman3D showcased Alpha Kimori at the Tokyo Game Show in Japan on 20 and 21 September 2012[45] [46] and was highlighted by the Japanese media as a tribute to classic Japanese role-playing games.[47]

Sherman3Ds Alpha Kimori was put up on Valve's Steam Greenlight[48] and was featured on Tech In Asia[49] and Gamezebo.[50]

The following is a chronology of Alpha Kimori event on Valve's Steam platform:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sherman3D Official Website. Sherman3D. 2003-05-01. 2011-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110911000326/http://sherman3d.com/page.php?1. 11 September 2011. dead.
  2. Web site: IGDA Former Scholars . IGDA . 2002-05-16 . 2015-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150908131011/http://scholars.igda.org/former-scholars/ . 8 September 2015 . dead .
  3. News: Net Value: Winning ideas . 2003-01-20 . The Edge . Malaysia . 25 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006221113/http://www.maestrosolutions.com/www/news3a.htm . 6 October 2011 . dead .
  4. Web site: Sherman3D Official Website. Sherman3D. 2003-05-01. 2015-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110911000326/http://sherman3d.com/page.php?1. 11 September 2011. dead.
  5. Web site: 5th Cell describes their art-creating processes for DS . Go Nintendo . 2011-05-01 . 2015-10-07.
  6. Web site: Sherman Chin LinkedIn Profile. LinkedIn . 2012-05-01 . 2015-09-21.
  7. Web site: Games students receive feedback from industry experts in Games Industry Review . LimKokWing University . 2014-12-29 . 2015-10-06.
  8. News: Tech: In love and at war . 2011-10-31 . . Malaysia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111127075233/http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/tech/tech-in-love-and-at-war-1.589 . 2011-11-27 .
  9. Web site: RPGamer Feature Alpha Kimori Episode One: Great Doubt Interview . RPGamer . 2011-04-07 . 2015-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110530152223/http://www.rpgamer.com/games/alphakim/alphakimep1/alphakimep1int.html . 30 May 2011 . dead .
  10. Web site: Ten Questions With Sherman Chin . GameRamble . 2014-09-20 . 2015-10-06.
  11. Web site: Gadget Nation: The Developments of Local Games . . 2013-08-27 . 2015-10-06.
  12. Web site: Sherman Chin: Focus on Content, Not Technology. Casual Connect Video . . 21 May 2013 . 2015-10-06 .
  13. Web site: Tokyo Game Show 2015 . 4Gamer.net . 2015-09-07 . 2015-10-05 .
  14. Web site: Game development and the cloud . Informa . 2015-09-22 . 2015-10-06.
  15. Web site: Game development and the cloud . BusinessCloudNews . 2015-09-22 . 2015-10-06.
  16. Web site: Mobile Developer Day 2015 . iTrain Asia . 2015-10-22 . 2015-10-06.
  17. Web site: CIO Summit presentation on Game Industry Pre-Accelerator Program by Sherman Chin . YouTube . 2015-10-27 . 2015-11-13.
  18. Web site: Malaysia's Most Experienced Game Developer Interview . HardwareZone . 2016-10-29 . 2016-10-29.
  19. Web site: Sherman3D Publisher Info . GamersGate . 2011-05-01. 2011-06-06.
  20. Web site: Big Fish Games . Big Fish Games . 2011-03-24. 2011-06-06.
  21. Web site: IGN Entertainment . IGN Entertainment . 2011-05-01 . 2011-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004530/http://pcstore.ign.com/594/10859/product/Buy-Alpha-Kimori:-Episode-One-Download . 13 July 2011 . dead .
  22. Web site: GameHouse RealArcade . RealNetworks, Inc. . 2011-06-24 . 2011-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111213063207/http://www.gamehouse.com/download-games/alpha-kimori-episode-one . 13 December 2011 . dmy-all .
  23. Web site: IGN UK . IGN Entertainment . 2011-05-01 . 2011-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721071956/http://www.direct2drive.co.uk/1/10859/product/Buy-Alpha-Kimori:-Episode-One-Download . 21 July 2011 . dead .
  24. Web site: GamersGate . GamersGate . 2011-05-01. 2011-06-06.
  25. Web site: DLsite Japan . DLsite . 2011-06-01 . 2011-06-25 .
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  27. Book: Bates, Bob . 2003 . Game Developer's Market Guide . Premier Press . 434, 560, 511 . 1-59200-104-1 . .
  28. Web site: IBM and Butterfly to Run PlayStation-R-2 Games on Global Grid . IBM . 2003-02-27 . 2011-05-31 .
  29. Web site: VibeForce & Butterfly.net . Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. . 2003-02-27 . 2011-06-06 .
  30. Web site: E3 2003: Butterfly.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20030604162514/http://pc.ign.com/articles/403/403518p1.html . dead . 4 June 2003 . IGN Entertainment . 2003-05-16 . 2011-06-06 .
  31. News: Sony Is Venturing Into Online Games for Multitudes . 2003-02-27 . The New York Times . Lohr, Steve .
  32. News: Sony Plans Videogame Grid, Signs Deal With Developer . 2003-02-27 . The Wall Street Journal . Bulkeley, William .
  33. News: Game on(line) for Microsoft, Sony . 2003-04-15 . USA Today . Acohido, Byrone .
  34. Web site: Binary Space Partitioning . Smith College . 2009-03-23 . 2011-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713085952/http://maven.smith.edu/~mcharley/bsp/createbsptree.html . 13 July 2011 . dead .
  35. Web site: Introduction to Visualization using Game Engines . Al-Najdawi, Nijad Dr. . Loughborough University . 2008-01-01 . 2017-08-23 .
  36. Web site: The Philosophy of Great Doubt in a Game . DSR 2011 . 2011-05-01 . 2011-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326025547/http://www.dsr2011.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=163:sherman-chin&catid=55&Itemid=271 . 26 March 2012 . dead .
  37. Web site: Sponsors for Simulations & Serious Games . DSR 2011 . 2011-05-01 . 2011-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326025551/http://www.dsr2011.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189&Itemid=282 . 26 March 2012 . dead .
  38. Web site: Scribblenauts Credits . Moby Games . 2009-09-15 . 2011-05-31 .
  39. Web site: Interview with Brett Caird, developer on Lock's Quest . Vuckovic, Daniel . Vooks . 2008-09-30 . 2011-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929194330/http://www.vooks.net/story-13367-Interview-with-Brett-Caird-developer-on-Locks-Quest.html . 29 September 2011 . dead .
  40. Web site: Drawn To Life Credits . Moby Games . 2007-09-10 . 2011-05-31 .
  41. Web site: Scribblenauts Review . Harris, Craig . IGN Entertainment . 2009-09-15 . 2011-05-31 .
  42. Web site: Lock's Quest Review . Bozon, Mark . IGN Entertainment . 2008-09-08 . 2011-05-31 .
  43. Web site: Drawn To Life Review . Bozon, Mark . IGN Entertainment . 2007-09-10 . 2011-05-31 .
  44. Web site: Degica RPG Maker Web Store . Degica . Degica, Co., Ltd. . 2012-08-05 . 2012-08-21 .
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  48. Web site: Steam Greenlight . Valve . Valve Corporation . . 2012-08-31 . 2012-10-16 .
  49. Web site: Malaysian-Built Japanese Game Up For Voting at Steam Greenlight . Enricko Lukman . Tech In Asia . 2012-10-01 . 2012-10-16 .
  50. Web site: Greenlight Spotlight: Alpha Kimori Episode One . Rambo, Dant . . 2012-10-05 . 2012-10-16 .
  51. Web site: Alpha Kimori JRPG and Philosophy . . 21 May 2013 . 2014-03-28 .
  52. Web site: Made-in-Malaysia JRPG Alpha Kimori Greenlit on Steam . . 9 December 2013 . 2014-05-19 .
  53. Web site: Alpha Kimori™ 1 Now Available To Over 75 Million Users. . Crystal Baltimore . . 17 March 2014 . 2014-05-19 .
  54. Web site: アルファ キモリ . Big Fish Games Japan . 1 April 2014 . 2014-05-19 .
  55. Web site: Groupees Bundle Be Mine 13 Includes Alpha Kimori Great Doubt . . 12 June 2014 . 2014-06-20 .
  56. Web site: Groupees Be Mine 13 Bundle . . 17 June 2014 . 2014-06-20 .
  57. Web site: Humble Bundle Includes Alpha Kimori Episode One . . 25 December 2014 . 2015-06-04 .
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  82. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Royal Tiles Resource Pack . . 2014-05-29 . 2020-08-07 .
  83. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Dungeons and Volcanoes Tile Pack . . 2014-09-17 . 2020-08-07 .
  84. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Wild West Tiles Pack . . 2014-09-17 . 2020-08-07 .
  85. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Evil Castle Tiles Pack . . 2014-10-04 . 2020-08-07 .
  86. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Halloween Tiles Resource Pack . . 2014-10-31 . 2020-08-07 .
  87. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Sci-Fi Tiles . . 2015-01-10 . 2020-08-07 .
  88. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Winter Wonderland Tiles . . 2015-02-07 . 2020-08-07 .
  89. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Valentine's Tile Pack . . 2015-05-02 . 2020-08-07 .
  90. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Casino Tile Pack . . 2016-01-29 . 2020-08-07 .
  91. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Classic School Tiles . . 2016-01-29 . 2020-08-07 .
  92. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Town of Seasons . . 2016-10-21 . 2020-08-07 .
  93. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Modern Urban Tileset . . 2017-06-21 . 2020-08-07 .
  94. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Steampunk Tiles MV . . 2017-06-21 . 2020-08-07 .
  95. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Pirate Ship Tiles . . 2017-09-28 . 2020-08-07 .
  96. Web site: RPG Maker VX Ace - Futuristic School Tiles . . 2017-10-13 . 2020-08-07 .
  97. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Wonderland Forest Tileset . . 2018-01-10 . 2020-08-07 .
  98. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Haunted School Tiles . . 2018-02-16 . 2020-08-07 .
  99. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Wizard Castle Inner Tiles . . 2018-04-20 . 2020-08-07 .
  100. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Steampunk Town Tiles . . 2018-06-15 . 2020-08-07 .
  101. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Town of Seasons - Interiors . . 2018-09-28 . 2020-08-07 .
  102. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Valentine Tile Pack for MV . . 2018-11-09 . 2020-08-07 .
  103. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Winter Tiles . . 2019-02-08 . 2020-08-07 .
  104. Web site: RPG Maker MV - Crime City Tiles . . 2020-03-30 . 2020-08-07 .
  105. Web site: Sherman3D: Crime City Tiles for RPG Maker MV . . 2020-07-03 . 2020-08-07 .
  106. Web site: Sherman3D: Steampunk Arena Tiles . . 2020-10-11 . 2020-11-20 .
  107. Web site: Sherman3D: Modern Urban Tiles . . 2020-11-07 . 2020-11-20 .
  108. Web site: Lepricon NFT Collection . . 2021-03-26 . 2020-09-01 .

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