SAMUDRA News

Hello everyone!

The project that we've been working on for the past 2 years is finally here :D

The award-winning 2D puzzle adventure SAMUDRA is available on Steam Store today! 🌊

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Featuring haunting locations, menacing creature design, and devious puzzles, SAMUDRA dares players to take on the role of a child who must go on a perilous journey across the ocean floor to #reachthesurface



E X P E R I E N C E - a uniquely designed story without dialogue, Samudra is accessible across lingual and auditory borders.

E X P L O R E - a polluted underwater world filled with surreal discoveries & challenges, all beautifully hand-illustrated.

E N C O U N T E R - Deep Sea dwellers, creatures, characters, and tons, tons, tons of pollution.

E M O T I O N A L - journey that depicts being at rock-bottom, and the long arduous trip back to reach the surface.

E N V I R O N M E N T A L - activism is synonymous with the project. Your purchase contributes towards environmental activism based in Jakarta, Indonesia. For more info please head on over to our Website.

WEBSITE 🌟 https://www.khayalanarts.com/

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Thank you for supporting the cause that this little independent project stands for! We are all folks who desire to see a greener generation and wish to project more values of mindfulness via our collaborations and creative work. We hope that you enjoy our products & experience!

Laters!
- El, Khayalan Arts

S A M U D R A is finally launching on the 29th of September!

Our development team have been working on this debut game with so much passion over the last 2 years, so please show your support if you like what you see and head on over to wishlist it on Steam :)

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E X P E R I E N C E - a uniquely designed story without dialogue, Samudra is accessible across lingual and auditory borders.

E X P L O R E - a polluted underwater world filled with surreal discoveries & challenges, all beautifully hand-illustrated.

E N C O U N T E R - Deep Sea dwellers, creatures, characters, and tons, tons, tons of pollution.

E M O T I O N A L - journey that depicts being at rock-bottom, and the long arduous trip back to reach the surface.

E N V I R O N M E N T A L - activism is synonymous with the project, the profits from this project are channeled towards year-round collaborations with the Indonesian environmental activist circle to minimize plastic usage in Indonesia to 70% by 2025.

Thanks for taking the time to read this announcement :D

Have an awesome weekend ahead!
- El, Khayalan

#PlasticFreeJuly is here!



I'm taking this opportunity to announce our July Splashes and summarized the news that we shared on our social media this week.



July is going to be an exciting month for SAMUDRA! We're picking up the marketing campaigns and efforts to share the project prior to our release date (soon to be announced!). We are also organizing a PUBLIC STEAM PLAYTEST - so stay tuned if you are interested in joining this event :D

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We started this week out with the announcement of our involvement in the Games For Change Festival 2021.



Feel free to check it out here 👉 https://2021gamesforchangevirtualfestiva.sched.com/event/k6db

RSVP for FREE 👉 http://bit.ly/G4C-2021

There will be many other speakers to catch and many amazing social impact games that will be featured on the show - so if you're looking to be involved in a meaningful game event this month, look no further :D

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And finally, during #screenshotsaturday, we shared a new update on a mechanic / or rather - a challenge room feature in SAMUDRA.

You can also check out this post here:

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ2YH6HnUjy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Twitter | https://twitter.com/Khayalan_arts/status/1411165023225860096



Yes. You have the power. You have the capacity to be a good samaritan. To give mercy. To redeem the faults of all human life and save this bloated Mother-Puffer from its endless plastic prison.

Or not.

You can just skip these challenge rooms and go do something else.

Probably many more important things to do than saving this 1 helpless animal that will eventually be caught later and be served as Fugu.

Oh Idk, it probably doesn't affect any outcome anyway right? 😊

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Thank you for taking the time to read this dev diary, we appreciate all the support!

We are a small Indie-company that makes games due to our love and passion for storytelling, art, puzzles, adventure & culture, so if you like what you see, do consider supporting us at:

Web Page

Twitter

Instagram

Youtube

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#BreakUpWithPlastic 💔

- El

Happy World Oceans Day :D

Today, our humble studio turns Two years old!

Here's a highlight of our Year.
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Winning the Unity For Humanity Grant for our game SAMUDRA was a huge highlight - especially during this tough pandemic year! We will be announcing the release date very soon, so stay tuned :) Thank you always for the patience and support!

We also celebrate this special day by doing a beach cleanup on our local beach.
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Let's continue to be more mindful of our surroundings and be more responsible for our waste #oneearth #oneocean

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Thank you for taking the time to read this announcement, we appreciate all the support!

We are a small Indie-company that makes games due to our love and passion for storytelling, art, puzzles, adventure & culture, so if you like what you see, do consider supporting us by Wishlisting SAMUDRA.

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Have a safe & lovely week ahead everyone!

El Lim
KHAYALANARTS.COM

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Khayalan Arts is proud to announce that SAMUDRA is officially one of the five winners of the Unity For Humanity Grant; a program within Unity Social Impact that celebrates and empowers creators who are using real-time 3D to inspire change! Each winning project is awarded funds along with mentorship and technical assistance to advance their Unity experiences. This makes us the first Indonesian Studio to win this award!

SAMUDRA is an environmentally focused, hand-illustrated, 2D puzzle game that follows a child's adventure across a polluted sea. Players encounter underwater creatures to uncover truths about “surface-dweller” actions causing the polluted deep-sea world.

Uniquely designed without dialogue, Samudra is accessible across lingual and auditory borders. We at Khayalan Arts seek to share awareness about pollution to audiences around the globe and inspire one another to take action. The profits from this project are channeled towards year-round collaborations with the Indonesian environmental activist circle to minimize plastic usage in Indonesia to 70% by 2025.

SAMUDRA will be released for PC this June 2021. 
We hope you will consider to Wishlist the game on STEAM, Donate on ITCH.IO, or simply share our story :)

Any support that you can provide will be tremendous for a small independent team like us!

Thank you for reading & have an awesome week ahead :D

El
Founder & Head Dev | Khayalan Arts