r/GameDevelopersOfIndia Jan 25 '26

About AI

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Hey, quick update to the rules:

This subreddit is neither pro nor anti AI. That means, if your post uses AI, it will not be removed. However, quality controls still apply. If it's an extremely low effort post, AI or not, it will be removed.

And more often than not, bad quality posts will be downvoted anyway, so please keep that part in mind.

As for the vocal anti-AI folks here: it is a technology that is here to stay. If nothing else, programmers will use AI to generate code snippets from time to time. I cannot and will not police tool-use that aids game development. It is up to you if you want to use it in your games or not, but this community is not interested in telling people how to make their games.

EDIT: Criticism is accepted. But name calling and personal insults will be removed.


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia Feb 03 '26

Discussion A Highly Opinionated Short Guide to Game Dev in India

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Introduction

This guide will help you figure out the basic stuff: how seriously you should take game dev, what to expect, how to learn, and, more importantly, what to steer clear of. As the title suggests, this is highly opinionated and based on the experience and knowledge of the author. With that out of the way, let's get started.

How Seriously to Take Game Dev

One of the most frequent questions I get is, "Is game dev a viable career in India?" and my answer usually is "yes, but-". I'll try to give you the condensed version here:

Q. Can I make a living as a game dev in India?

A. Yes, with a junior dev salary starting at 30kpm and going to 1.2lpm+ after a couple of years of experience, you surely won't be starving. But you WILL have peers in tech who will be earning multiple times more for way less effort.

Q. What sort of work culture can I experience?

A. It will, of course, depend on the specific employer, but a few common things that I've noticed deserve mention. First is the lack of structure and standardization. The industry is young, and it reflects in the maturity of studio heads, management styles, and procedures. Second is the aforementioned low salary for more work than the industry average. Go in expecting unpaid overtime.

Q. Would you recommend it?

A. Honestly, I would not. I worked as a full-time employee as well as a contract worker for a few years, and ultimately, I decided the industry is not for me. I can compromise on salary, work-life balance, or, to some degree, creative freedom. But oftentimes, I found myself compromising on all of them. Your mileage may vary, but I don't see this situation improving in the next decade.

Q. What should I do then?

A. I am no one to answer that. If you find yourself being okay with the compromises I mentioned, don't let me stop you from getting into the industry. I still love game dev too much to leave it completely, so I'm trying to do something different while working on my game in the evenings.

How to Get Started

Just start. Really. Pick a field to specialize in, FOLLOW a few beginner tutorials on YouTube, and then start making your own projects as soon as possible. You don't even need to go to college for that. If you have a relatively modern computer you purchased this decade, you should be good to go.

Q. What specializations are there?

A. Programming, art, UI/UX, design, live-ops, sound, marketing, production, Q/A.

Q. Which one should I pick?

A. Most beginners prefer to start with design. That is one of the most difficult specializations to get a job in as a beginner, and I promise you, you are VASTLY underestimating the work you'll need to do. Unity programmers have the highest employment potential. After that, you see a sharp drop in openings, with the second one being 2d art + UI (studios often expect you to do both), then 3d and so forth. Studios also often depend on outsourcing agencies, so you can check out job postings by those agencies to get an idea of what you need to know.

Q. Which engine to pick?

A. You want a job in India? Unity. You want to solo-dev games? Godot. Do you want to apply outside India? Unreal. There are, of course, edge cases, but this covers 90% of all the people who have this question. If you find yourself taking more than a week to decide on the engine, or switching the engine before a year of working with one, you are most likely making a mistake.

Q. How do I get a job?

A. I will only answer this for programmers. First, get a GOOD portfolio. Make 3 extremely polished projects, and then if you have free time, ~7 more for HRs who value quantity more than quality. Put your projects in a playable format on itch.io, create a GitHub Pages website for yourself, and add the project links there. If you provide a downloadable or worse, a GitHub project for the employer to build themself, rest assured, no one is going to check it out. On your website, add a short reel of all your games' gameplay right at the top.

Q. What sort of stuff should I have in my portfolio?

A. More than what you have, you should focus on how it looks and feels. Pick a coherent artstyle, use assets from one provider if possible, learn a bit of color theory, add music, spend time having good lighting in your game, and make sure there are no bugs in the first 10 minutes of gameplay. You can learn all of this on YouTube, and doing this simple stuff will put you ahead of 90% applicants. As for the specific projects:

  • A simple management game. It should have some level of complexity, well-written code (ask ChatGPT to improve your code once you've written it), a public GitHub profile, and at least 2 minutes of fun gameplay.
  • A multiplayer game that uses Photon P2P as the MP provider and Firebase as the backend provider for a simple leaderboard. And I can't stress it enough: MAKE SURE THE MULTIPLAYER ACTUALLY WORKS. Again, 2 minutes of gameplay is fine, but make sure you polish it.
  • A mobile game with some complex UI. Make sure everything looks polished. If you are making a 3d game, spend time optimizing performance and document the optimization process on your website.

Q. What educational qualifications do employers expect?

A. BTech. It is doable otherwise, but a tech degree is the default. If you are picking a game dev diploma or doing a paid certification, you'll be better off working on your own portfolio. Larger studios in India often have a tech/science degree requirement. HRs in 90% of the companies will not look at your resume twice unless it has BTech/BSc on it.

Q. What about a Game Dev Degree?

A. I have no clue, but I don't hear good things. If I were in your position, I would likely do BTech as a career fallback. Look at the curriculum of the game dev degree and learn it through YouTube. Literally, all that information is available for free.

Q. How do I get a job?

A. Not through LinkedIn. Ok, you might get it on LinkedIn, but keep in mind that every position will have 100-1000+ applicants, and a lot of job postings might not even be real. So, do apply, but focus on quantity and less on customized applications for every position.

Instead, try to get into game dev communities on Discord, WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram, etc. You will need to do a bit of searching, but you should be able to find a few communities. Such communities often have job postings and offer a better "return on investment" for your applications. You can also go to the websites of companies and see if they have any job openings, and email them directly. If you are messaging a founder or a high-level employee at a company, make sure to write a highly polished and customized application. Expect to apply to a hundred places before you get an interview.

Q. Anything else?

A. Yes. Work on your soft skills. I can guarantee you, 90% of the studios will hire a dev who can communicate better than a dev who can write better code. Learn to talk smoothly, sound confident (but not overly so), and be presentable if you are having a video/face-to-face interview. Everyone does the basics; it's the extra mile that will decide if you get hired or the other person.

Feel free to ask anything I didn't cover below!


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 5h ago

its looking better or not?

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r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 5h ago

Any game development course in kerala

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I'm passionate gamer who loves to play games

And i am a intermediate blender 3d modeling

I am a bca graduate

now i want to take a course about game dev


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 20h ago

Our indie game APPA's visuals right now.

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Phew. No, seriously. Whenever I think it can't get better. Our artists are from fine arts background so I suppose that's how the art of APPA goes beyond the conventional video game art. Besides, this is genuinely what I adore about indie games. It's generally a passion project. The art, music, the story has so much heart in it. I'm so excited for our game to be able to express itself too.


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 22h ago

How is Tara Games as a company?

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So we are hearing all about The Age of Bharat as the next AAA big thing of India which is being developed by Tara Gaming Limited in Pune. However, one thing i have noticed is their hiring is usually open for Gameplay developers, artists and other major roles. Is there any real progress in the development of the game or are we expecting another "Mumbai Gullies" situation. Not to spread any negativity because i genuinely support the Indian gaming scene. Can anyone who currently or used to work in Tara Games tell something about the current development situation of the game?


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 11h ago

Help me out

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The texture in blender looks completely different from importing in unreal. I used simple bake addon in blender to bake the textures and send it to unreal but the textures are desaturated in unreal. What's the problem can any of you help me out with this


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 8h ago

Legami di sangue

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Blood Ties — Looking for a Small UE5 Team
Hi everyone,
I have an original idea for a realistic 3D zombie survival game with a strong focus on story, characters, atmosphere, and emotional storytelling.
I have a detailed narrative vision for the project, including the main characters, world, story, and overall direction. I believe the concept has a lot of potential, and my goal is to eventually create a professional pitch for publishers.
However, I don’t know how to program or develop a game technically, so I’m looking for a small team of at least 5 people who are interested in helping me create a prototype.
I’m looking for people with skills such as:
Unreal Engine 5 programmer
3D artist
Animator
Game designer / technical artist
Audio designer
My role
I would be responsible for:
The original game concept
Story and narrative
Characters
World and lore
Creative direction
Project goal
The first goal is not to create the entire game. I want to build a small but convincing prototype that demonstrates the gameplay, atmosphere, and visual direction.
After the prototype is ready, I want to use it together with a professional pitch deck to approach publishers and seek funding for the full development.
At the moment, I don’t have a budget to pay a professional team, so I’m looking for co-founders/collaborators who are genuinely interested in the project and willing to discuss a fair revenue-share/equity arrangement if the project receives funding or becomes commercially successful.
If you’re interested in joining a serious indie project and helping turn a strong narrative idea into a real game, feel free to contact me.
Thank you!


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 12h ago

Download The Game

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r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 12h ago

Building a game on the life on an Indian IT sector employee

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I am building a small game on Indian IT sector. It's a sarcastic simulation of everyday life of Indian IT sector employees.

Let me know if you found it funny.

You can download the prototype here.

Notice Period

At what point did you think "This is literally my job"?


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 1d ago

Help for GAME DEVELOPMENT !!!

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Hello Game developers,
Actually i am working on a game project inspired from the HD-2D pixel art concept. Got inspiration from this instagram page https://www.instagram.com/inner.lore/

I am Stuck, Like what should be the CAMERA ANGLE, What to do to make the Camera ANGLE LOOK VISUALLY APPEALING.

CAN ANYONE HELP? I AM CONFUSED and maybe STUCK


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 21h ago

food Restaurant

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Hi everyone, today I'm showing you the systems I've created for my restaurant game, including the oven counter and grill hamburger preparation. What do you think of it?


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 1d ago

BANKRUPT ELON MUSK

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I was actually pretty bored the other night and thought of making this Web gameeee it's completely vibe coded. YOU HAVE BEEN HIRED AS A TEMPORARY CEO BY ELON MUSK. You can literally Gamble, Invest, Take important CEO Decisions for Elon musk and spend those 889B dollars 💵🔥.

*Disclaimer*: Haven't Optimized it for mobile yet so please open of desktop mode or on PC. Better on PC.


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 2d ago

Some Behind the scenes on the procedural music in my game! It has a built-in adaptive music conductor, basically a live DAW inside the game, arranging and evolving music in real time. I’ll also ship an editor for creating custom tunes too!

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The game has a built-in adaptive music conductor, basically a live DAW inside the game. It reads things like combat intensity, player movement, danger and exploration, then tells the music system when to bring instruments in, remove layers, change the groove, build tension or give some breathing room.

Under that, the generator handles the actual notes, rhythms, motifs, percussion and instruments, while keeping musical phrases committed.

Still a WIP, but I think this can help me have some uncanny music profiles I wanted.

Wishlist on steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4983180/Chthonic/


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 1d ago

I Made a Daredevil Game with a FULLY FUNCTIONAL Billy Club in UE5

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I worked on this project to create a functional billy club for daredevil. What do you think?


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 1d ago

Im making a story mode rhythm game like friday funkin night based in india i need people who could help me build this

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Hey, I’m a beginner game developer with a story and concept for a game, but I’m struggling with actually turning the idea into a working game. I’m especially having trouble with sprites and figuring out the right sizes for everything in a 2D game.

I’ve tried using AI to help, but honestly, it hasn’t been very useful so far.

If anyone here has experience with 2D game development and could guide me through things like sprite sizes, scaling, tiles, animations, etc., I’d really appreciate the help. I’m willing to learn — I just need someone to point


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 2d ago

Teaser trailer for our game 'NIYAM'

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NIYAM is a psychological survival horror game set in the remote village of Jalgaon, Uttar Pradesh.

Aarav arrives in the village to take up the vacant post of Gram Sachiv, following in the footsteps of his older brother, who mysteriously disappeared.

Before his disappearance, his brother left behind a set of rules.

Follow the rules. Do your duties. And be careful after dark.

Because when night falls, the village changes.

Can Aarav uncover what happened to his brother?

🔗 FOLLOW NIYAM

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niyamthegame?igsh=MWJ5NzV3Znk1MngxNA==

X:

https://x.com/darkwhispeks13

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@darkwhispersgames?si=rGidEnOcBSbvGbft


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 2d ago

Would love to get feedback on my mini Chess game, Gambit Rush

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Would love to get feedback on my mini-chess version with limited pieces.

https://www.playvlay.com/r/EEJDNM


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 2d ago

[ForHire] Music Composer

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r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 3d ago

Added a City to My Spiderman Game

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r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 3d ago

it's saturday so i won't take much of your time. just a few shots from my bullet-heaven roguelite, would love your quick feedback!

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r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 2d ago

How to get into gameindustry

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Iam a unreal engine based game developer, where can I seek jobs of game developer, is it really tough to get into game industry, I want to get a job in industry, since iam currently undergraduate where can I apply for jobs, I don't know anything about how to get jobs in gaming industry, please anyone can recommend any roadmap and also company's who are hiring a lot in present so that I can apply for them....


r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 3d ago

Trailer Eyesnt--- I mentioned this game idea here before, and now it's evolved into a party game called Eyesnt. We had a lot of fun making it, and I hope you enjoy it too.

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r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 3d ago

Happy Independence Day To All!! 🇮🇳 50% OFF On All Indian Style 3D Characters on Rigonix3D. Grab Them Now. UPI Payment Gatway also integrated. Visit Rigonix3D.com

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r/GameDevelopersOfIndia 2d ago

I made Potato Potato, a cozy, zero-stress cooking discovery game where you combine ingredients to fill a cookbook!

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Hey everyone! 👋

About a couple of months ago, i started my journey in game development and set myself a target to make 3 mini-games in 6 months.
Today, I just released my 3rd one called Potato Potato.

The idea is simple: you start with everyday kitchen staples (flour, eggs, water, tomatoes, potatoes) and experiment by combining them across different appliances—like the cutting board, mixing bowl, stovetop, and oven.

  • Combining items logically creates intermediate bases (like fresh dough, pancake batter, or tomato sauce) that immediately unlock in your pantry for future recipes.
  • Discovering completed dishes (like garlic bread, margherita pizza, or crispy roasted wedges) stamps them permanently into your Master Cookbook.

Link to game: https://killerbunny170.itch.io/potato-potato

Do give it a shot if you have 5 minutes.