The film is Richmanclub Studios' official first film after becoming a fully registered private limited company, and gained a nomination in the prestigious "Chinese Oscars", the Golden Horse Awards, in the International Digital Shorts category.
Director, Rich Ho is the only Asian nominee outside of Taiwan, and first Singaporean to have a short film nominated in the Golden Horse of 2004.
The film was originally a commissioning for Singapore Management University's first Commencement Ceremony. Rich submitted the proposal of an alien battle short film to present the University, instead of their original concept of a corporate video.
Close to 20 re-works in terms of extra footage, effects, re-editing, music were made before the final cut was produced.
The title of the film, "The Alien Invasion", was a tentative working title that became the official title after it became a constant reference to the film.