Tropical Night was originally written by Yuan Xu, adapted and re-written by Noemi Korn. The script originally delves into theme of coming of age and awareness of sexuality and gender dynamics for young people in comtemporary China.

After adaptation, it was based in an non-specified fictional Asia context, employing elements from Hong Kong, Chengdu, Thailand, where Jo encounters an sex worker online thus awakens her queerness as well as unpacking problematic family dynamic and gendered issues between her and her parents.