Sat 8 Feb 2025. I participated in the Sarong Music Run event as an exhibitor. Several Malaysian game designers were invited by Locco to take part. This was a fun run event, and it was held right at the foot of the iconic Petronas Twin Towers. Don't be misled by the photo above. Only that building on the right is one of the twin towers. The other is hidden from view. They are identical twins. The building in the centre is the Maxis Tower and not the other twin.
The route is not very long and it's just around the twin towers area. What's special about this fun run is you are indeed supposed to be wearing a sarong when you run. It's more a festival thing than a serious marathon type event. There is a festival throughout the day, and the actual run is in the late afternoon. That stretch of Jalan Ampang in front of the twin towers were sealed off Friday night, and tents were set up along the road. There were all sorts of hawkers, and we Malaysian game designers took up one of the tents.
Jalan Ampang was closed from Friday night, and tents were already set up before Saturday morning. I arrived 9am Saturday, and I was the first to reach the Malaysian game designers tent. Most other stalls were already fully set up by then. They probably moved their stuff in on Friday night.
We had some logistics issues. We were short of four tables. The chairs were later delivered and we had enough, but we never managed to locate the missing four tables. We switched to using mats and playing on the ground. That's reverting to local tradition. It certainly adds to the atmosphere. Thankfully we didn't get sore backs.
That's my wife's suitcase and not mine. She loaned it to me for the day. That's why it's pink.
Chee Kong (designer of Zodiac Go) and Choon Ean (publisher of Petal Plotters and Trishaw Frenzy) didn't participate in this event, so I brought their games along to place at my booth.
There wasn't much crowd in the morning and around noon. So we game designers / publishers / industry people sat down to play. The crowd grew around 4pm. The peak was around 7pm, which was after the run. After running, and then some food and drinks, people had time to browse the stalls.
Traditional floor mats
Haireey of Meja Belakang (in yellow) converted his suitcase to a low table, covering it with a sarong. He designs and publishes local themed games, so this is fitting.
It was a hot and sunny day. Thankfully we were surrounded by tall buildings and much of the time we were in their shadow.
Jon taught father and son to play Furmation of Rome. I think they are tourists from India.
Ketupat Rendang is the latest release from Malaysian publisher Meja Belakang. Rasis is the designer, and this is the first time Meja Belakang publishes a game not by Haireey.
Nick's Knights & Rebels is a 2-player game.
I taught Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and they had some aha moments.
Jon's game under development - Dive for Gold
Artsy shot from where our tent was.
We left around 8.30pm.
The last four Malaysian game designers to leave, still smiling after a long day.
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