Press kit
A narrative-driven life simulator about becoming a successful stand-up comedian.
Short boilerplate
Stand Up is a narrative life sim about an up-and-coming stand-up comedian, the rooms they play, and everything outside the spotlight. Developed by MVGIE Studios, the game is currently in development for PC (initially).
Where most comedy stories focus on the five minutes on stage, Stand Up is about the rest of the week: writing material, working a day job, holding a flatshare together, and the long bus ride back at 1am. A small loop, lived through a season.
The performance is five minutes. The week before it is the rest of the game.
About the studio
MVGIE Studios (pronounced moo-ghee) is an indie game development studio making story-driven games and sharing what they learn along the way. Independent and self-published.
Description
Stand Up is an immersive life simulator about chasing laughter at any cost. Guide an aspiring comedian from open-mic hopeful to household name. Write jokes, build your sets, develop your voice, cultivate venue relationships, and perform for increasingly demanding audiences. But success on stage doesn't make life any easier off it. Every opportunity competes with something else: your health, your relationships, your time, your sense of self. The choices that advance your career may leave other parts of your life neglected. Does ambition come at the expense of authenticity? Through fully diegetic interactions and deliberately pressure-inducing systems, Stand Up explores the tension between the person the audience sees and the person behind the microphone. After all, making people laugh is one thing, making yourself happy is another.
Features
Turn ideas into polished jokes and organize your sets. Your delivery style defines your comedy persona, which you need to practice to master, but make sure it aligns with the topics you discuss in your jokes. You can leave some room for improvisation during the performance, but the more prepared you are, the better your chances of delivering a killer set.
Find venues who’ll let you book gigs and curate your relationships with the owners and the regulars. Understand what each audience prefers, and make sure to bring your best material for the <b>right crowd</b>. Having a solid fanbase might help, as long as they don’t turn on you.
A day job, distractions, demanding relationships. Writer’s block is real. Sleep matters. The set will not write itself while you are <b>exhausted and uninspired.</b>
No matter how prepared you are, when it’s time for the show, you must perform. Deliver your set efficiently, stay on your toes to adapt to picky audiences, and manage random interruptions as best you can. Whether in a dingy bar or a stadium, you just gotta <b>make ’em laugh.</b>
Screenshots
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Production screenshots are not yet available for distribution. We'll publish them here as the game gets closer to a vertical slice — or you can request preview captures by emailing info@mvgie.com .
Brand assets
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Contact
The fastest way to reach us about Stand Up is the press inbox.
For interview requests, review code, asset requests, fact-checks, or anything else editorial. We try to respond within a couple of days.
