Cinema 14: Thrilling Mystery

**Cinema 14: Thrilling Mystery** is a Puzzle-adventure game developed by SoyaDaizu, a game developer from Johor, Malaysia. The game tells a story of a young girl wake up in abandoned cinema hall and must lift the curse before the demise. Cinema 14 released on 10th August 2018 and featured in VirtualSEA and IGN SEA. The game consists of 15 chapters that can be played with different endings to their own.

## Story

Awoke in the abandoned cinema hall, she found herself trapped with only vague memories before the movie started. She recalls the rumor that one must finish the movie for the curse to be lifted.

Her options were scarce and the only path she could find led her to a strange room. Beds? Cabinets and wood flooring. It almost seemed to be a normal bedroom until she caught the eerie sight of what was looking at her from afar. Shivers ran through her spine from just a glance.. It... it was a doll... standing right in front of an old wooden door. It was wearing a faded Japanese kimono and had a face expressionless like a corpse, no eyeballs, just blank eye sockets, like Kayako from the movie. There's no other way around it. That's the only door that could possibly be the exit, she thought. She made slow fragile steps while her eyes pinned to the doll and suddenly she stopped.

## Gameplay

The gameplay of Cinema 14: Thrilling Mystery is a puzzle-adventure game mixed with visual novel elements. The game heavily focus on story telling and puzzle based on Quick Time Events. Each story divided into 14 chapters and players must solve the mystery to escape the cinema before the looming threat of the mysterious doll jump scares players .

## Characters

The characters in Cinema 14: Thrilling Mystery primarily focused on the main protagonist and the main antagonist stalking and chasing the main protagonist throughout the journey. There are supporting characters that can be found through the main protagonist journey on finding a way to lift the curse.

## Development

The earliest known record for Cinema 14 game development starts from 24th July 2018 where the team posted promotional art for Cinema 14: Thrilling Mystery. Based on the creator nationality, many of the theme is based on Malaysia . On August 10th 2018 the game released on Play Store. The game consisting of three chapters with multiple endings that players can obtained. On 6th October 2018, SoyaDaizu released Facebook post for a teaser to fourth and fifth chapters to Cinema 14. According to SoyaDaizu, the new chapters will also includes new features such as checkpoint saves, quality of life improvement, and new quest . Cinema 14: Thrilling Mystery chapter 4 and 5 released on 9th October 2018 and receiving positive reactions from the audiences.

SoyaDaizu plan to release the game on fourteenth chapters, however according to post from Facebook there has been obstacle throughout the journey making the team taking the development more slower approach . The team managed to release multiple chapters on 2020 such Chapter 10th and 11th released on 29th December 2020 during COVID-19 Outbreak on Malaysia . On 7th June 2022, the team released its final chapters of Cinema 14 (chapter 14) to public.

## Trivia

* Many of Cinema 14: Thrilling Mystery visual and theme is based on Malaysia culture.

## Official Links

* Cinema 14: Thrilling Mystery Play Store
* Cinema14 Facebook Page
* SoyaDaizu Twitter

## References

1. ↑ [1] VirtualSEA.com article "Cinema 14 – Will you escape the cursed movie?" written by Andreas Betsche
2. ↑ [2] SEA.IGN.com article "Made with Unity Spotlight: Finish the Movie and Escape Cinema 14" written by Nabeel Shariff Nawazdeen
3. ↑ [3] "2 Days left! The new update includes new feature..." via Cinema14 - 影院14 on Facebook.com
4. ↑ [4] "Whether you are already following the page or you only just found Cinema 14, I would like to thank all of you for your continuous support..." via Cinema14 - 影院14 on Facebook.com
5. ↑ [5] "Chapter 10 and 11, now available in the latest 2.8B update..." via Cinema14 - 影院14 on Facebook.com