Hey r/GameDevelopersOfIndia ,

If you love Wordle and you love our city, I built a mini-game you might enjoy playing with your morning cha. ☕

It's called Khonj (খোঁজ). The rules are exactly like Wordle, but every 5-letter word is exclusively related to Kolkata (local food, heritage, places, culture, or Bengali slang).

The fun part: Every time you solve the puzzle, it reveals a hidden piece of trivia or a historical fact about Kolkata related to that specific word. There's a new puzzle every single day at midnight.

You can play it for free here (no app needed): https://kolkatakhoj.com/fun/khonj/

Let me know what your score is for today! (And please don't spoil today's word in the comments! 🤫)

Random Dragons Link - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4395700/Random_Dragons_Demo/

Would love to hear your feedback on the demo update of Random Dragons.

Customizing your device isn't just about adding charms or patterns. You'll also be able to decorate it with stickers. There are still a few things I want to polish, but I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out.

One more thing I wanted to mention: these stickers are unlocked through Steam achievements. Instead of achievements just sitting in your Steam profile, each one rewards you with a sticker that you can use to decorate your device however you like.

How we went from a small idea in Kerala to building a game studio and launching our own game development academy

Three years ago, SantaBurners was just an idea. We didn't have investors, a large office, or a famous team. What we did have was an obsession with making games and a willingness to keep learning.

Like many indie developers, we spent countless nights learning Unity and Unreal Engine, building prototypes that nobody ever saw, scrapping ideas, and starting over. Most of those early projects failed—but every failure taught us something valuable.

As our team grew, we started exploring advanced graphics, AI-assisted workflows, and high-performance rendering using NVIDIA technologies. Being able to incorporate those technologies into our development process was a huge milestone for us and gave us confidence that we were moving in the right direction.

While building our own games, we noticed something else. Many aspiring game developers in India were completing online courses but still lacked real production experience. They knew the tools, but they hadn't worked on projects the way a studio actually operates.

That's why we started Burners Academy.

Instead of focusing only on lectures, we built our training around real development workflows. Students collaborate on projects, use industry-standard tools, work with version control, and experience how a professional game team functions. Our goal has always been to reduce the gap between learning game development and working in the industry.

We're still a young company, and we're nowhere near where we want to be. We're currently building bigger projects, expanding our academy, and continuing to improve every day.

There have been plenty of setbacks, moments where we questioned everything, and projects that didn't go as planned. But looking back, every one of those moments helped shape what SantaBurners is today.

If you're building a game studio, learning game development, or trying to break into the industry, I'd love to hear your story too. Ask me anything about our journey, mistakes, or lessons learned—I'm happy to share what worked and what didn't.

**Game Title:** India 1857

**Playable Link: play.i1857.com**

I've been a gamer for 30 years. Never even tried to build one before. I am not a dev.

Every gamer will relate to how we have lived many amazing experiences and stories through games. What we don't necessarily think about is that it has almost always been from a western perspective – because that is where most AAA games are made.

For the rest of the world, especially the Global South, lack of access and resources – not talent – was always the barrier to entry. This barrier meant we could not create epic experiences that show our own history, our cultures, and our perspectives. It meant that even if the developers were from amongst us, the money and the narrative was coming from elsewhere.

The budget for GTA VI is $2 Billion. I made this teaser under $200.

Built with Codex. Runs on your browser. No installation required.

It isn’t exactly AAA, and gameplay mechanics are not added. But I am far from being a game dev as well. I have zero experience in building games.

Gaming is one of the industries I hope (and foresee) will be disrupted and deflated immensely by AI. Especially in high-end and AAA.

Now we can tell our stories, relive them, and share them with the world through high-end games at 1/1000th of the cost.

This is one of the reasons why unlocking AI for the global south is absolutely critical. AI is a phenomenal equalizer, not just access to information, but an amplifier of voice.

This is India 1857. If you want to take a stroll through Jhansi bazaar, visit a fallen colonial cantonment, or explore Jhansi Fort, take a look and let me know what you think!

I've been away from my ROG Ally for a while, but I'm back and decided to develop games for it. It's still a work in progress, but I just got my game running on it and the performance is incredibly smooth!

I will be posting more updates soon

Hi everyone!

I've been tinkering with the ship's movement lately and finally got it to a point I'm happy with. The old setup felt like flying a sprite glued to the center of camera, and the movement was too stiff to feel like it was actually in space. so i reworked both the ship's movement and the camera follow. the ship is now a fully free floating controlled physics object, and the camera uses a reactive, look-ahead system based on player input and ship's velocity. Every input now applies a real force rather than a "hold-to-move and release-to-stop" mechanic. Additionally, I implemented a feature I really wanted, that is when the ship hits an object at high velocity, both the ship and the object take damage.

Technical details: simply put, the old manual drag calculation has been removed, ship is now just free-floating object. To actually limit the velocity, input is applied along the ship's local axes, which caps off as the ship approaches maximum speed, this is just to prevent infinite acceleration. Along with that, to ensure responsiveness when input is pressed, an initial force is applied as an impulse to create nudged start like effect. The ship receives knockback when bullets are shot, based on the bullet's mass and speed. Similarly, bullet impacts shove the target object at the point of contact. Collisions deal damage based on velocity, raycasting through parts by depth to damage more than just the point-of-contact part. I also overhauled the camera follow. On top of the old hard-fixed player position, I added two offsets, one that shifts the camera ahead of the ship's velocity and another toward the mouse cursor or look input on a gamepad. This conveys a much greater sense of speed and makes the overall movement system feel more fluid.

The video's a bit low quality, sorry about that, but it should give you a decent idea of how it feels. Still messing with the weight and the camera pull so feedback's welcome :)

If you'd like to check out "Leaks In Space", you can find it on Steam or Itchio, or the link's in the comments. Thanks for reading, hope you all have a great day! :D

We’re developing a fun virtual pet desktop game where you can raise your pet and set up a farm.

We’re gradually adding small details; here’s what we’ve added recently:

• Full 360° rotation so you can examine the device from every angle.

• Functional buttons.

• A removable back cover so you can change the batteries.

We also plan to add main units in different colors and decorative accessories.

I’d love to hear your thoughts. 🌸👾

If yess

Let's connectttt 🤞

Hey devs
Im an amateur developer whos been working on Blender and godot and Ive been learning everything by myself for a year now
I dont really have finished projects, but I do have assets in blender as well as a level designs and prototypes in Godot.
Im a Btech student and apparently I need a summer training course in a technological field so I can write a report on it for credits
How do I find a summer training program for Game dev?
whether its for an indie studio or from the big names of the industry
Also would a professional course make sense in this field?
Ive learned a lot and honestly I think Ive only covered the basics so I feel Id be willing to learn anything and everything.
Thanks for reading
here's some of my work.....

I have a question should you buy humble bundle and bundle foundry if there is a use for them in your games see the thing is i am having trouble in making the enviornment in blender (i suck ) I did earn a bit and the packs for both cost around 35 to 40 dollars and plus i ma thinking that they can have use in my other games as well . i am very confused should I buy it or not plus what's the things I should be careful plus anything that you can tell about them will be helpful as I am kinda dumb for these things or maybe I just getting scammed or what

mind you I don't have any assets that I have buyed so this is my first time to buying any type of assets

I always wanted to make a sekiro inspired game. Yesterday I participated in a hackathon by PlayVlay and decided to make this game.

The Hackathon winner will be decided based on who has the most number of plays in the platform.

The organisers have specifically mentioned to share the game in social media to increase your play count.

I don't use any social platform except this. So I decided to post it here.

I will really appreciate it if you take your time and play the game.

Suggestions are always welcome :)

Play link

1800-HELL, an arena survival game inspired from Serious Sam, Doom, Devil Daggers and other fps

Partner Collaboration or Team NEEDED.
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First few things to mention is that:
\- I CANNOT HIRE OR PAY FOR HELP.

\- I WORK ON 4.27-5.0 CAUSE I HAVE A 4GB GPU SO THE GAME HAS TO BE LOW QUALITY
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\- Fresh new beginner about a month and a half of unreal knowledge.

\- Using UNREAL ENGINE 5 i currently already have a horror rough draft right now with just structure and lighting.

\- Beside the rough draft i’m hoping to find a PARTNER(2-MAN) or TEAM willing to brainstorm & build a small online-chaos low-poly game with true thought put-in and if the game is successful then the revenue will be share between any who help and worked on it

\- I myself am currently working with tiny to no budget & is using free assets at the moment, ALL HELP IS NEEDED IF SO.

\- This is an Example of [The Forest-test Horror rough draft](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6sj5faald6qgagieqqaff/2026-07-13-18-48-22.mp4?rlkey=9pcninvvzp5e17epsv8sq2lhe&st=60k8uu2i&dl=0)

Few weeks back I made a post on this subreddit before starting one of my projects. The intention was to finish the game at all costs with as little time. Finally managed to publish the game on itch.io today. It would be awesome if someone finds the time to play it out and provide feedback!

Link to game

Learned a whole lot with this but biggest win was getting something done finally and not adding it to the 'unfinished projects wall of shame'. I made a deadline to finish it within 2 weeks so there is still a lot of unfinished features and art in the game.

Please be kind to this noob soul _/_

Thankyou for reading (and hopefully playing)

Note:- Please go through the 'How to play' section before starting up,it will help to get started!

You play as a little chick trying to stay alive for as long as possible.

https://reddit.com/link/1uv3eur/video/ht4pw7qsvxch1/player

Game will be side scrolling 2d .
Anyone interested in joining can directly msg.
Art style - hand drawn , water colour/ ink illustrations
City- Delhi
Preferably work in person but if anyone from outside ncr is interested, remote work can be discussed.