Harbour View Gardens: Is This The New Gaming Hub?

by | Feb 20, 2018 | Announcement, Hub Location

Harbour View Gardens is a 99 years condo situated along Pasir Panjang Road. It will have direct connectivity to West Coast Highway and within walking distance to Haw Par Villa. Previously, it has gone through a series of tender before being successfully tendered by Roxy-Pacific at a bid of S$33.25m.

The site is within URA’s Queenstown Planning area. Comparative developments in the area includes The Orient, The Verandah Residences, One Residences. Nearby developments includes Icon@Pasir Panjang, Viva Vista, and Parc Imperial.

[See more Harbour View Gardens Project Details]

The 6 reasons here could be why Harbour View Gardens is an Ideal Gaming Hub Location.

Reasons why Harbour View Gardens is ideal for a Gaming Hub

1. Excellent Connectivity via West Coast Highway and AYE

Having a strong transport connectivity in terms of public road networks and MRT stations distance, residents living in Harbour View Gardens will enjoy seamless connectivity to the city and business nodes.

This means it offers the convenience in a congested city like Singapore, and going to work will be a breeze.

2. Walk to Haw Par Villa MRT Station

The close proximity to Haw Par Villa (and even Pasir Panjang MRT Station) means you can easily walk and get access to public transport.

From Haw Par Villa MRT, you are:

  • 4 Stops to Harbour Front MRT
  • 6 Stops to Jurong Lake District
  • 5 Stops away to Sentosa Island
  • 2 Stops Away to MapleTree Business City
  • 10 Stops to Orchard
  • 6 Stops to CDB/Marina

Forget driving when you are so close to the main attractions and CBD of Singapore.

Harbour View Gardens Location Map

3. Near Prestigious Schools and Education Hub such as NUS/NUH

If you are looking to get an ideal location for your children, Harbour View Gardens Singapore could be perfect for you.

NUHS as an Academic Health System will improve the health of our community through better and more cost-effective care, nurturing the next generation of healthcare professionals, world class research and empowering people to take ownership of their health.

The prestigious schools nearby provides a merit education journey for your children, so you don’t have to go far or worry about long distance commuting to schools.

4. Centralized Location and Minutes to Orchard Road, Vivocity, CBD and Marina Bay.

If you are one for shopping and visiting Singapore scenic attractions, you are in for a treat.

Harbour View Gardens is situated along Pasir Panjang Road and is one of the centralized location within Singapore. With such an location, you can travel to metro shopping areas with ease.

VivoCity

5. Strong Tenant Base from Surrounding Business Parks

Harbour View Gardens is near important hubs that is part of Singapore’s URA Masterplan for business sectors. They include One-North, HarbourFront Precinct, Alexandra Precinct, Fusionopolis, and Holland Village.

One of the noteworthy hubs, the Mapletree Business City, is a Grade-A integrated business Hub, modernised and revitalised the precinct. The total GFA Gross Floor Area is almost two million sqft.

  • MBC will have the ARC aka Alexandra Retail Centre, it is a 3-storey shopping and convenience mall that will add 89,000sqft of retail space and 75 retail shops made up of a mix of restaurants, café, supermarket and banking facilities.
  • The next and final stage of rejuvenation will see Mapletree transform The Comtech into the second phase of MBC, MBC II. MBC II will complement the existing state-of-the-art business facilities at MBC with new elements such as a sunk-in amphitheatre that rest in the middle of a lush green landscape, blending harmoniously with the nature parks located in the area. It will also feature innovative and adaptive space solutions, which will be supported by retail and F&B options. MBC II will also be home to Singapore’s tallest business park at 30 storeys. The completion of MBC II (expected in 2016) will reinforce MBC as a first-rate business park concept, further underpinning the development’s place as the centrepiece of Alexandra Precinct.

6. Freehold land in land-sparse Singapore

With Singapore getting more cramped and land-sparse, it is rare to find freehold units. Most offer 30 years now which is not ideal for both investing and living.

Harbour View Gardens will be a rare find amidst our real estate landscape, and be sure to keep track of this development to find out how it progresses.

Register your interest: https://harbourviewgardens.com.sg/contact-us

Harold Ramis : GHOSTBUSTERS

by | Jan 5, 2018 | Announcement, Games

Today’s post is about Harold Ramis (AKA Egon Spengler), who passed away earlier this week. Like every other 80s kids, Ghostbusters were one of the icons that defined our childhood, so I took some time off work to make a little mock up as a tribute, both to Harold Ramis and my childhood.

 Ghostbusters

The only Ghostbuster game I played as a kid was the one on Sega Genesis, which according to the Nerd, turns out to be the better one. So that being the case, I tried designing it based on the idea of making it a 2D shooting platformer. I wanted a little twist and turn for the game, so I added a few elements of other games…

Anyway, a little explaination of how I envision the game to be.

  • Play as Ghostbuster, going around and exploring a randomly generated haunted mansion.
  • As you go around, avoid traps and ghost, while collecting treasures and artifacts.
  • Survivors location will start to show up with a count down timer.
  • Rush over to them to rescue them, which they’ll drop you something helpful (metal slug style).
  • If the time runs out, the survivor die and turn into a powerful ghost.
  • Once you rescued enough survivors, you’re free to clear the level.
  • Choose a perk before procceed to the next level.

That’s the basic gameplay loop of the game… Pretty much a Ghostbuster, Dead Rising and Risk of Rain mega smash up. But then again, what good is a Ghostbuster game without a little Proton action? So here’s a little break down of what I imagine combat to be like.

  • Ghost behavior
    • Ghost are invisible, but causes controller vibrations when they’re near.
    • Ghost turn visible when they tries to attack you by charging in, giving you a chance to dodge.
    • Ghost are vulnerable even when invisible, though your proton pack can run out of battery if you go trigger happy.
    • All these are pretty much take straight from Nintendo Land’s Ghost Mansion.
  • Capturing Ghost
    • The Proton pack fires in 8 directions.
    • Hold the fire button to fire the proton pack. Player can walk around during this, but it’ll drain up your energy.
    • The ghost is “grabbed” if it comes in contact with the beam.
    • Once grabbed, the monster is “attached” to the player’s beam. If player walks around, the ghost will move according to the player.
    • Stronger monster can also struggle, pulling the player instead.
    • During grab mode, 2 types of icons can be seen. A skull, and a blue circle.
    • Player need to press “X” when the two icons intersect, to destroy the skull.
    • When all skulls are captured, the ghost will be captured.
    • In this case, the skulls are the ghost’s HP.
    • While player plays the minigame, he’ll also need to watch out for other ghost attacks.

The idea of the Proton Pack combat is inspired by 2 games, Alan Wake and Drill Dozer. Both game features this mechanics that sort of binds you to one enemy at a time, while keeping en eye out for incoming attacks. On top of that, there’s also the satisfaction when you finally break the cast/shield, which is to be applied to the sensation of destroying the skull, and finally capturing the ghost.

That’s about all for the core mechanics so far. Of course, there’s lots of things to be done, like how we can set up different puzzle that makes use of the proton pack to solve. How can player use slimier as a pet. The different gadget from the show, and so much more.

The Ghostbuster universe is filled with so much good stuff, there’s just so much possibility to a game like this. Maybe if enough people like the idea, I can perhaps make a little prototype and try to pitch it to whoever owns the IP.

Game Review: DEVIL’S DARE : BEAT’EM UP X PERMADEATH

by | Jan 5, 2018 | Announcement, Games

One of the latest indie game released in Singapore is currently available.

Introducing DEVIL’S DARE : BEAT’EM UP X PERMADEATH, this game is released by Secretbase Pte Ltd – a spiritual successor to their previous games Bitejacker. (Also titled Devil’s Dare)

While it continues the theme of Games vs Horror Movies, with an even crazier amount of spoofs and references, the new Devil’s Dare is actually a multiplayer beat’em up for Steam (PC, Mac, Linux).

Of course, it comes with it’s own unique features, so if you guys are interested, head over to the website to check it out!

See their video trailer:

Devil’s Dare Official Website : http://www.devilsdare.com/