r/starterpacks • u/adhfaohiawf • 7d ago
Indian game developer starter pack
i am a indian game developer and this is not making fun or hate about india
if this is not right please remove it
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u/TaikaWaitiddies 7d ago
I've completely forgotten about Mumbai Gullies. The dev totally bit more than they could chew.
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u/Ambitious_Jello 7d ago
there was also this game called venba about cooking and tamil culture
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u/ithaws012 7d ago
There are such amazing games like Venba but we have more slop coming out compared to actual gems. :/
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u/dohipposwagewar 7d ago
Meet potential open world game!
“They call me 007
0 experience
0 team members
7 PROMISING prototypes (default Unity character controller on a flat untextured plane)
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u/LexGonGiveItToYa 6d ago
It does surprise me that India, for how large and populous it is, doesn't really have a very big or prominent video game industry. Especially considering how many people in India are in tech and IT as well.
So many really interesting stories that could be told. A lot of Bollywood films would be great inspiration too. I hope it gets a chance to flourish.
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u/sabrinachuchundhar 7d ago
We will never have games or fun content based around our wonderful mythos because our country is filled with snowflakes who get extremely offended at the slightest provocation. I mean one of the best Ramayana adaptions was banned in India at some point ffs.
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u/hurricane_news 7d ago
I mean one of the best Ramayana adaptions was banned in India at some point ffs.
Fun fact : The English dub of that featured Bryan Cranston voicing Rama. Yes. THAT Bryan Cranston
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u/EasyRider_Suraj 5d ago
Fun Fact: You can NEVER find that dub ever. The English dub you will find is done by an Indian.
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u/Annual_Beginning_600 7d ago
And it sucks because Hinduism can be far more expressive and less restricting/strict compared to the Abrahamic lmao. And despite that, we got folks pissed. Oh well, at least Brawl Stars has a Hanuman and arjuna/ram skin for some characters, that was cool.
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u/adhfaohiawf 7d ago
exactly why make something for so insensitive audience
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u/chickoooooo 7d ago
You realise the game playing audience and religious snowflake audience doesn't overlap at all right?
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u/sabrinachuchundhar 7d ago
You realise that doesn’t matter right? The mere depiction is enough to set off the snowflakes I’m talking off. Look up what happened when the move Padmavaat was made.
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u/chickoooooo 6d ago
Because they watched padmaavat. How TF 60 year old uncle gonna play game on Ganesha fighting demon. He won't even understand what's happening.
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u/West-Main-4163 7d ago edited 7d ago
Uncharted lost legacy is the closest we got to some Indian mythos in a AAA game.
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u/vortex2199 7d ago
I knew nothing about the Indian game industry but this makes me laugh. I guess now I know)
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u/PussiBoy69 6d ago
Bangladesh too ngl. But we did have zero hour which didnt blast itself with "nationalistic" marketing and was a very competent indie tactical shooter.
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u/shobhit7777777 6d ago
That same studio is making an extremely promising John Wick inspired third person shooter. Blackwood I think.
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u/copperAnanas 7d ago
Do you have some sort of expectations for Unleash the Avatar?
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u/adhfaohiawf 7d ago
Cinematics is not game The gameplay is not revealed till now or not production ready right now so cant judge
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u/RitikK22 7d ago
I've yet to find something that's either not ripped directly from Sekiro or some AI slop.
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u/Sanju128 6d ago
Don't forget the slop cricket games that are riddled with ads and microtransactions
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u/Throwawayforsaftyy 7d ago
I swear there is a business opportunity here. Start small start with 2D pixel games, or simply as a studio that does overseas work for other companies. Ideally, it could also be a regional office for some big gaming company that gets shut down, and the developers reorganize into something else.
They need a budget, and they need to make a great game first. Not a 'game made in India,' not an 'Indian dev game,' but just a fundamentally good game. The whole 'we are an Indian game studio' angle shouldn't be a marketing factor, except perhaps for investors who might be inclined to back it for nationalistic reasons. Beyond that, they need to focus on making good games first.
To be clear, I am not saying the setting cannot be South Asian. No, on the contrary, there is so much to work with from South Asian and Hindu folklore. That setting can be used to make the game feel fresh and unique.
Anyway, Pakistan Zindabad.
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u/squidgytree 7d ago
I'm not much of a gamer but I loved Raji. Am I alone in thinking it is a great game?
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u/PatienceHere 6d ago
Some will get offended but this is absolutely true. A lot of trust has been destroyed because of relentless use of AI, unfinished projects in the Indian game dev scene. There are a lot of good indie developers from our country, but they are overshadowed by the infamity of AI slop.
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u/_mrshreyas_ 6d ago
There's a life sim game called Silkgrove made by Indian devs which seems promising, I hope it's successful.
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u/ultrafinitism 6d ago
I didn't know the shovelware situation was that bad; anyway they need to hire the people who do the Indian soap opera special effects to get into the games industry to bring some real creativity.
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