HUA CHAI

DIMSUM DODGEBALL

An animated screen capture of the game level which takes place at the dining table. An elf-sized dude stands on an empty plate with "Dimsum Dodgeball" printed on it. The little dude is minding its own business, but is frozen in nervousness, intimidated by a constant stream of speech bubbles containing question-marks being shot out of the mouths of other people gathered at the table. Speech bubbles are bouncing across the table. There is a Lazy Susan at the centre of the table, occasionally spinning. Served atop of the Lazy Susan are generous stacks of dimsum baskets containing bao buns. A speech bubble bumps into the tiny dude, causing them to fall. A caption overlays the image: "music notation social anxiety intensifies."

A downloadable game for Windows and macOS.

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Dodge invasive questions from others, and satiate your hunger with yummy baos!

Dimsum Dodgeball is a single-player dodgeball game adaptation that takes place at the dining table.

This game was initially designed to be played on an arcade machine.
A build for desktop soon followed.

Exhibited in UCLA GAME LAB: Interplay Extravaganza (2021).

In-game screenshots of *Dimsum Dodgeball*.

INSTRUCTIONS
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Move: Arrows / WASD
Jump: Z
Chopstick Whack: X

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Special Thanks to Nick Crockett and Class of DESMA 160: Game Development, Fall 2021.

Music sample:
2018【怒涛】二十四节令鼓队 by 新山宽柔中学电脑协会 .

Hua Chai

Hua (they/he) is a gender-glitched entity who is said to be “too powerful, too uninterpretable.” They enjoy exploring the nuanced fluidity of identity and transcending imaginary boundaries of gender, nationality and language. Their independent animations and video games have been showcased at Singapore, Australia and USA.