#Indian Games

[deramin2]

Playing Raji: An Ancient Epic again and I'm so blown away at how it blends ancient storytelling mediums with modern videogames to tell a Hindi epic fantasy story.

It's a Indian game about a brother (Golu) and sister (Raji) who are orphaned and perform as acrobats with in a carnival. When Golu and other children are kidnapped by demons, Raji chases after to rescue him. Sure it's helped by the deities Goddess Durga and Lord Vishnu who also serve as narrators.

The cut scenes are all done in the style of traditional Indian shadow puppetry with Durga and Vishnu telling the story. The game design is based on pahari paintings with architecture designs inspired by medieval Rajasthan.

Along the way are status and reliefs of mythological figures that you can look closer at and hear/read who they are and briefly what they are known for.

There are also mural series with symbolic depictions of story elements. You can examine them and as Vishnu tells story, the figures are highlighted to show who or what each is in the same way a teacher would point to them. It's a super cool way to be introduced to the mythology.

Because she's an acrobat, Raji's fight style revolves around tumbling to avoid damage between attacks. Combat is mostly about figuring out the gimmick of the enemy to dodge them and effectively damage them. The main challenge is getting your hands to do it. You get up to 4 different weapons through the game that favor different fighting styles and you can quickly switch weapons to vary within a fight.

The puzzles aren't very challenging (most are clearly not intended to be), but they do serve to tell the story and highlight specific elements. The disk puzzles reveal Raji's past memories. There cursed tree rotating puzzles symbolize dispelling the evil. They're another way of using traditional art styles to bring the tale to life.

There are also platform challenges where you put your acrobatics (and maneuvering abilities) to the test. Again these aren't particularly hard if you're competent but I personally fail and die frequently doing them and it's just one click below being frustrating for me. I know I CAN do them, I just have to not get turned around.

They're are easy, normal, and hard game settings on Switch, plus story mode (no combat) and one hit kill modes on different platforms so you can really set your experience. It's about 10-12 hours of game play, so long enough to really get into it, but short enough that it won't consume your life. There really isn't any filler. It's a mostly railroaded story with locked perspective telling a specific series of events. It's meant to feel like you're at the feet of a master storyteller telling a well known epic. But that's brought alive with the technology of videogames in a wonderful way.

Do note that you NEED a controller to play this game. The mouse and keyboard controls are much harder and clearly secondary. The controller has aim assist and the mouse and keyboard don't (but it's almost harder to aim manually on the mouse and keyboard). The attacks don't have a good hand feel on mouse and keyboard but a great feel on the controller. I actually bought a controller for my desktop to play it. I'm playing it again on the Switch now and it feels better. Playing it on a TV also really helps you feel the sheer scale of the architecture.

The soundtrack is really cool and never gets old. It really captures the meditative feeling of exploration or the intensity of battle using traditional Indian styles and instruments.

It's currently 66% off on Steam until August 10 for $8.49. Normally $24.99 on all platforms. There's also a demo that lets you play the first level. WELL worth the money.

This is a wonderful indie game with a lot of heart and it's incredibly refreshing to see fantasy that isn't European at all. It's very firmly an Indian story about Indian mythology told using Indian story telling arts reimagined for a more interactive medium. Still hoping one day we get a sequel the door was left open for.

[planet-dark]

Indie Game Venba: A Celebration of Tamil Culture

Hey, checkout my new blog post about an Indie game being developed by indie studio Visai Games based in Toronto, Canada. Venba is a narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian immigrant mom, who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s.

Indie game Venba, developed by the Indian studio Visai Games, is a unique and heartwarming experience that celebrates Tamil culture through a beautifully crafted narrative-driven adventure. The game tells the story of Jhananam, a young girl who dreams of becoming a chef and follows in the footsteps of her mother, who was also a great cook. Jhananam’s journey takes her through the bustling…

[makeupreviewandbeautyblog]

Top 10 Apps for Indian kids During Summer Vacation!

Yo, Lil Champs! Summer’s here and school’s out, while the sun will blazing like a tandoori chicken! Fear not lil buddies as we have a great mobile app for kids for your snoozefest vacation. We have a list of epic adventures, creativity, and some brain-boosting challenges, all those powered by the magic of apps! It’s time to grab your phones (of course with parental permission). Let’s dive into…

[red-moon-at-night]

After doing some research on the types of pets people had in ancient Greece, I'd like to imagine that Helen is the sort of person who has a whole menagerie of birds — and she loves each and every one of them very, very much.

It fits well with her being good at mimicry, you know. Talking and imitating and singing with her beloved birds 💜

Close up under the read more:

I had to include that one necklace from the minoan 'saffron goddess' fresco because it's my favourite thing Ever

[serenado-exe]

So anyway -

The point is that Pizza Tower still has a racist, outdated stereotype of Indigenous people in the Oregano Desert level.

It even has a achievement for rain dancing around a totem pole (totem poles are a Pacific Northwest thing, not a Plains Tribe thing). They war cry at you and they throw tomahawks (because it's always tomahawks or spears).

Bellyache about the screencaps being 5 years old if you want, but the stereotype made it into the game, so he hasn't changed that much. He didn't change enough to have a shred of awareness about using a racist stereotype. And before anyone tries: that trope isn't a hallmark of Wario games or 90s animation, it's a hallmark of racism.

Even if he "doesn't" make bigoted jokes anymore (though I would consider the Tribe Cheese one such joke), he made an entire level based around that trope.

And like every other time there's an anti-Indigenous caricature in videogames or popular media, it doesn't get mentioned, or it gets glossed over because the creator went "Oopsie! That was cringe."

The exclusion of the Tribe Cheese from that salvo of screenshots undermines the entirety of it, because it's a solid example of him not having changed enough to be conscious beyond "that was unfunny," and everyone just focuses on what he said and when - without the connection to how that mindset still lingers in the final product of the game.

[e-vay]

I MADE A HALLOWEEN GAME!

It's Halloween night and E-vay the Fennec Fox has asked you to help her whip up a last-minute Halloween surprise. But what exactly does that wily fox have up her sleeve? The fate of the evening all depends on you! Featuring E-vay's cast of characters as well as some canon characters.

Play the game here!

I’m sorry it took so long but I really wanted to make an extra special Halloween surprise for you all! I ran into a million technical issues but Ryan ended up saving the day and together we made it happen!

This game is best played on a computer, but you CAN play it on mobile. On mobile, the loading screen shows up as WHITE without any graphics. I promise, it is loading! Just be patient and the game will eventually start.

I really hope you enjoy it 🥰🎃🖤🧡 Ryan and I poured our souls into this!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

[kemetic-dreams]

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was born on July 7, 1906, in Mobile, Alabama. Though many speculate it may have been more like 1903.

According to Paige, his mother sent him to earn money carrying luggage for businessmen at the train station, but he was frustrated with the little money it paid. So he rigged a pole to carry several bags at once to make the job pay better, and his co-workers purportedly told him, "You look like a walking satchel tree." And his nickname stuck.

At the age of 42 in 1948, Paige was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians. He played with the St. Louis Browns until age 47, and represented them in the All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953. He was the first player who had played in the Negro Leagues to pitch in the World Series, in 1948, and was the first electee of the Negro League Committee to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.

[sandkessho]

Brahma an Indian god of creation in a style of Hades! Made for my thesis project

[starlightshadowsworld]

There's a cosy game being made called Venba about a south Indian couple moving to Canada.

And a way Venba cope with the new environment and missing home is cooking south Indian dishes.

Dishes she finds in her mother's cookbook, and just 🥺it sounds so wholesome and sweet.

The fact these recipes are real too like sweet.

[maibearcore]

Me and my non-canon & angsty ships against the world ˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗

They started dating ok?!

They are together and happy idgaf about canon.‧₊˚ ☁️⋅♡🪐༘⋆

࣪ ִֶָ☾. They deserve better and they also deserve therapy. 🧸ྀི

Weak Hero Class 1 (2022), Squid Game (2020), Ballerina (2023), Beyond Evil (2021), Tomorrow (2022), 25-21 (2021), Raazi (2018), Sita Ramam (2022), Sanam Teri Kasam (2016), Laila Majnu (2018), Kill (2023).

[m00nb04rd5]

Young Kulfi (Cookie Run)

[angrybathbomb]

Kuras× gn! Reader

Aankhein teri, kitni haseen

(Your eyes, how beautiful they are)

Ke inkaa aashiq, mein ban gayaa hoon

(That their lover, I have become)

Mujhko basaa le, inme tu

(Make me reside in them)

Ishq hai…

(It's love)

maula mere, maula mere, maula mere, maula mere

(O' My Lord, O' My Lord, O' My Lord, O' My Lord, O' My Lord)

Meraa dil yahi bolaa, meraa dil yahi bolaa,

(My heart has spoken, my heart has spoken)

Yaara, raaz yeh usne hai mujh par kholaa

(O’ friend, this secret (by the Almighty) has been revealed to me)

Ki hai ishq mohabbat, jiske dil mein

(Whoever has undying passion and love in their hearts)

Usko pasand karta hai Maulaa mere

(They are the most beloved ones of my Lord)

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The river flows gently, its journey beginning in distant, snow-veiled mountains, its waters cradled by soft beds of lush grass and a canopy of trees that offer a cool shade.

The air carries the fragrance of night jasmine mingled with the rich scent of rain soaked earth.

A rare serenity settles over you as you gaze up at the full moon in the beautiful night sky — something your past self could have never fathomed in the wildest of dreams to happen after the chaos you had to battle through when you set out for Eridia, the city that held all the answers, in hopes of refuge, salvation and a new beginning.

Years have passed since you came to terms with your curse, summoning the courage and the will to live alongside it.

It was far from easy, burdened as you were by the desperation and stubborn resolve to find a cure. Yet somehow, someone made it feel as natural and effortless as drawing breath.

As if on cue, the sound of footsteps reached you before the familiar warmth of his voice.

“Beautiful, isn’t it?” Kuras murmured, his gaze lifted to the moon, a soft smile gracing his face.

You turned your eyes to him, the tall, radiant figure beside you. A smile of pure adoration spread across your lips. “Yes, very beautiful,” you replied, eyes fixated on him as if lost in a trance.

Time had etched wrinkles upon your face and painted your hair white, but for an Angel, time was insignificant. He looked exactly as he had on the day you first arrived in Eridia—a timeless vision of grace and divinity.

Even after seventy years of your shared existence, the sight of him still left your heart racing and your breath catching, his beauty and light could rival the Sun itself.

Sensing your gaze, he turned to you, his smile curling into something playful.

Caught off guard, you felt your cheeks flush as you quickly averted your eyes, unable to meet his mischievous stare.

“Don’t look away from me, beautiful,” he whispered, his voice soft and teasing as he leaned down to meet your gaze.

“Please, I’m almost 70,” you retorted, feigning nonchalance. But the nickname, so effortlessly spoken, sent your heart racing—a sound so loud in the stillness of the night, you wondered if he could hear it too.

Warm palms gently cradled your face, as though you were divine incarnate yourself, sent to grace his eternal existence. With the softest touch, he guided your eyes back to his.

“And I am as old as time,” he murmured, his gaze filled with love so profound it left you breathless, words dissolving on your tongue.

Was this the unconditional love they sang of in the verses dedicated to the Lord? You wondered, awestruck.

Your eyes fluttered shut as his lips met yours, a kiss so tender and eternal it spoke of a love that death itself would fail to diminish, then what was time?

Time was insignificant to your Angel.

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A/N note: whenever I listen to that song I think of Kuras, it's a very beautiful song that merges the divine and love, I feel mystical listening to it I sound so sappy lol.. english cannot express the gravity of the words said in the song but still I hope you all enjoyed reading it ...

Also the movie, The Nightmare of the Wolf inspired me to write this, especially the scene where Vesemir kissed his childhood beloved, Illyana, under the moonlight.

I am a hopeless romantic

[neembu]

@suniah help sunaira yours is too cute! ily thank you for the tag <3

tag game for my pookies; look up “flowers”, “plushie”, “aesthetic outfit” & “your own name” and pick the first one that comes up to get your vibe 🩷🎀

npt- @adrakwaalichai @wizardcherryblossom @sailing-forth @kamariya @milkteawithrusk

@artcinemas @mazhai @antiquititties @alliyambal @spiceandtealeaves

@bypatia and anyone else!

[neoruby-loves-ut-aus]

Since there's a trend of Miku dressed in everyone's country traditional style, I made her in Indian Bengali traditional style since I'm from India's state of West Bengal.

It's not exact but I tried using Gacha Nebula

নমস্কার সবাই। আমার নাম হাটশুনে মিকু। আমি প্রথমবার বাংলায় কথা বলছি তাই কিছু মনে করবে না।

Pronunciation:

Nomoshkar shobai। Amar naam Hatsune Miku। Ami prothombar Banglay kotha bolchi tai kichu mone korbe naa।

Translation:

Hello everyone. My name is Hatsune Miku. I am speaking Bengali for the first time so please don't mind.