{"id":12327,"date":"2022-05-07T11:40:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T02:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12327"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:11:13","slug":"20220507-12327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220507-12327\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a free game about saving macho men stuck in the ceiling of a school gym"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220506-201561\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-06 19:27<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese solo game developer Tadasumen has released a PC game called <em>Taiikukan no Tenjyou ni hasamatta macho o tasukeru game<\/em> (<em>\u4f53\u80b2\u9928\u306e\u5929\u4e95\u306b\u631f\u307e\u3063\u305f\u30de\u30c3\u30c1\u30e7\u3092\u52a9\u3051\u308b\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0<\/em>), which can be translated to something like \u201ca game about saving macho men stuck in the ceiling of a school gym.\u201d You can download the game for free from the Japanese marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/kusoi.booth.pm\/items\/3844861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BOOTH<\/a> (a pixiv account is required), with an option to pay 300 yen (around $2.30) as a tip to support the developer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u65b0\u4f5c\u30d0\u30ab\u30b2\u30fc\u3011\u4f53\u80b2\u9928\u306e\u5929\u4e95\u306b\u30de\u30c3\u30c1\u30e7\u304c\u631f\u307e\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u4ef6\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u2026\u2026\u3010\u304f\u305d\u30b2\u30fcDirect\uff1aVol.04\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xz9x_BK5ZH0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The game takes place in a Japanese school gym with half-naked macho men stuck in the ceiling for reasons unknown. Your goal is to save them by throwing volleyball-shaped macho rescue balls at them so that they would drop from the ceiling. You might have experienced a situation in your school days where a ball would get stuck in the ceiling of a gym. Think of this game as an extreme version of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can freely walk around the gym in first-person perspective and throw balls from any position. Normal rescue balls can be replenished from a basket in the center of the gym, and special explosive balls can be obtained by making them drop from the ceiling. There are different variations of machos; for example, saving a gaming macho will change the background music and the color of the rescue balls, adding an extra flair to the experience.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-003-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The game includes two game modes: Rescue and Challenge. The Rescue mode allows you to save the macho men at your own pace, while the Challenge mode tasks you to save 10 of them as fast as you can. You can reach the ending by meeting certain conditions, such as saving a rare color variant of machos.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220506-201561-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The developer Tadasumen is known in Japan for titles such as <em>PIEN<\/em>, <em>PAON \u2013 BEYOND THE PIEN<\/em>, <em>Nagashi Macho Men, <\/em>and <em>Sorosoro sushi o tabenaito shinuze!<\/em> which is a 3D action game about a man who has to eat sushi in order to stay alive (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220114-8524\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>). They are currently making a comedic first-person horror game about exorcising demons by swinging glow sticks in sync with the music (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220127-9016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Taiikukan no Tenjyou ni hasamatta macho o tasukeru game<\/em> can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/kusoi.booth.pm\/items\/3844861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> on BOOTH. The game only supports Japanese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese solo game developer Tadasumen has released a PC game called Taiikukan no Tenjyou ni hasamatta macho o tasukeru game (\u4f53\u80b2\u9928\u306e\u5929\u4e95\u306b\u631f\u307e\u3063\u305f\u30de\u30c3\u30c1\u30e7\u3092\u52a9\u3051\u308b\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0), which can be translated to something like \u201ca game about saving macho men stuck in the ceiling of a school gym.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-12327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>There\u2019s a free game about saving macho men stuck in the ceiling of a school gym - 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