HYDERABAD: A little known Indian indie game, “Asura” that is currently making waves in China, Japan and USA has a Hyderabad connection. The game based on Indian mythology released this year has already won several awards and will soon be available on gaming consoles.
“I started building the game in 2014 with my friend,” said Zain Fahadh, co-founder, Oger Head Studio, Hyderabad. Recalling the struggles faced by game developers working out of India, Zain said, “There are not enough sponsors and getting funds to sustain is next to impossible,”
The game comes under the genre rogue-like and its developers have nicknamed it a “Diablo game on hard mode level”. It is eight hours long in gameplay. “Each time you die, you respawn at the beginning with completely new skill sets, this makes the game demanding. A player can build new sets of skills and have complete control over the skill set of the hero. ,” said Zain.
The mechanics of the game is designed around a mythological demon, who is angry at gods and humans for burning the demons human form on a stake.”So the demon will not take damage from the fire but his items are not fireproof,” explains Zain.
Asura that came out in April recovered its making cost within 2 weeks from the day of its release, claimed Zain, priced at `250 the game was first launched on the gaming platform Steam store and later sold on the Humble store and gog.com.
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