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Development began about half a year ago with 40 to 50 people involved, and the studio is looking for a publisher.","whyItMatters":"An animation studio with in-house Unreal Engine staff is building its own IP as a game at an early stage and openly seeking a publisher, which puts the project's survival in a partner's hands rather than its own.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bangkok setting is drawn from real locations, and the screen carries money for the loan shark alongside stamina and sanity gauges, which Sakulvoratham described as elements added for an RPG feel. Passenger pickups are marked with yellow icons, and each drop-off pays a fare. The horror comes during the drive: ghost-like figures appear, and the rearview mirror can show a pale person who looks long dead.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiFF Studio works on animation for films and series. Development began roughly half a year ago including design and model creation, and a model team plus art and animation staff are on it. An animated teaser posted to YouTube in September 2025, funded by Thailand\u0026#39;s Ministry of Culture and THACCA, shares the taxi-driver premise but is not game footage.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"RiFF Studio built Dark Dimension with 40 to 50 people in about half a year and still has no publisher. The Bangalore demo at gamescom asia is the pitch itself.","twitterPost":"RiFF Studio has no publisher for Dark Dimension yet, so the gamescom asia demo is the pitch, not a reveal.","threadsPost":"RiFF Studio started Dark Dimension about half a year ago with 40 to 50 people and is still shopping for a publisher. That makes the gamescom asia demo a sales tool first: Bangkok as the setting is the part a publisher can sell.","newsletterBlurb":"RiFF Studio, a Thai animation studio, is developing Dark Dimension, a horror game where a debt-ridden taxi driver ferries night passengers around Bangkok as ghosts appear. A demo was shown at gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show 2026. 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