Join Singer Studios director and executive producer Eloise Singer and voice artist and executive producer Lucy Liu for a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming VR adventure game The Pirate Queen: A Forgotten Legend. Watch as Singer and Liu dive into the true story of the eponymous pirate queen, Cheng Shih.
The Pirate Queen tells the story of Cheng Shih, the widow of Cheng Yat, leader of the Red Flag pirate fleet who dominated the South China Sea in the 1800s. When Cheng Yat dies, the Red Flag Fleet is plunged into turmoil as Kwok Po Dai, leader of rival Black Flag pirate fleet, threatens to take over as successor.
Players take on the identity of Cheng Shih to navigate the treacherous waters and cabins of a moonlit pirate ship, break out of locked rooms, crack complex codes, creep through winding passages, and exercise their wit to seize control of the fleet--all to become one of the most revered and feared Pirates in history: The Pirate Queen. Cheng Shih is helped along the way with clues from her second in command, Cheung Po Tsai, to outsmart enemies and ultimately be crowned the Pirate Queen.
The Pirate Queen will be available on Quest 2 and Steam in early 2024.
The Pirate Queen tells the story of Cheng Shih, the widow of Cheng Yat, leader of the Red Flag pirate fleet who dominated the South China Sea in the 1800s. When Cheng Yat dies, the Red Flag Fleet is plunged into turmoil as Kwok Po Dai, leader of rival Black Flag pirate fleet, threatens to take over as successor.
Players take on the identity of Cheng Shih to navigate the treacherous waters and cabins of a moonlit pirate ship, break out of locked rooms, crack complex codes, creep through winding passages, and exercise their wit to seize control of the fleet--all to become one of the most revered and feared Pirates in history: The Pirate Queen. Cheng Shih is helped along the way with clues from her second in command, Cheung Po Tsai, to outsmart enemies and ultimately be crowned the Pirate Queen.
The Pirate Queen will be available on Quest 2 and Steam in early 2024.
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00:00 Tell me when you're ready.
00:02 We're ready.
00:04 The Pirate Queen is a true story based on a woman who started as a courtesan in the
00:13 mid-Qing dynasty, so it's the 1800s, the early 1800s, 1807, right, about that time,
00:19 who married a pirate and then after his unfortunate demise, she took over and became the leader
00:29 of this pirate fleet and was the brains behind standing up for women's rights.
00:34 She went on to command a fleet of about 70,000 people during the lead up to the Opium Wars
00:41 and became the most powerful pirate of all time.
00:43 There's this misconception that everyone thinks that Blackbeard was the most powerful pirate,
00:48 but it's not.
00:50 And it's a woman.
00:51 And it's a woman.
00:52 Surprise.
00:53 Yeah.
00:54 At that time, it was very common for women in China to have their feet bound and it was
01:00 thought of something as that was beautiful and cultured.
01:03 So, here's this woman who doesn't have her feet bound and she rises to this leadership.
01:08 And it's the most extraordinary story of an underdog, if you think about it, because she
01:12 literally came from poverty, from a life of working as a flower boat girl, to becoming
01:18 the most powerful pirate of all time.
01:20 The fact that it's a true story and it's been created in this virtual world of technology
01:27 is quite significant.
01:28 It's bringing the old and the new together and also presenting something that's not just
01:32 a game, but something that's real and exciting and historic.
01:36 That was beautiful.
01:39 Let's see how well you fare as the Pirate Queen.
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