Update: An earlier version of the article erroneously mentioned Requital Gates of Blood as Requiem Gates of Blood. This has now been fixed.
Back in May 2023, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced that its India Hero Project (IHP) will incubate games from upcoming developers in the country. The first cohort to receive support from the India Hero Project has reportedly just been revealed.
Games analyst Rishi Alwani has reported that the first five games to receive funding and support from Sony under the India Hero Project (IHP) are Requital Gates of Blood, SURI: The Seventh Note, Meteora, Fishbowl, and Mukti. Let’s check all the details around these games here.
Finally. With no typos and proper attribution.1st batch of PlayStation India Hero Project games:Suri the Seventh Note @SURITheGameMeteora @BigBootGamesFishbowl @imissmy_friendsMukti @underdogsindiaRequital Gates of Blood @HolyCowGames #ps5 #india #indiaheroproject
— 0xSkeptic | Cringe Connoisseur (@RishiAlwani) February 28, 2024
India Hero Project: First wave of selected titles
SURI: The Seventh Note is a 2D Metroidvania game from Tathvamasi Studios, a studio based in Bangalore. As for Fishbowl, imissmyfriends.studio is developing the title and describes it as offering “a slice-of-life coming-of-age story.”
Mukti, made by underDOGS studio from Mumbai, “is a first-person exploration game set in an Indian museum, addressing the pressing issue of human trafficking.” Holy Cow Productions is working on ‘Requital Gates of Blood’, and no information is out regarding the title at the moment. It is likely that the game is currently in its early stages of development.
Mukti, a first person story exploration game based in a ravishing Indian museum talks about India’s one of the brutal social issue, Human Trafficking!Steam Store: https://t.co/NMYlwXMsVq#gamedev #indiegame #madewithunity #game #unity3d #unity #games #gaming #gamedevelopment pic.twitter.com/xmX2ePgLfC
— Mukti (@muktithegame) January 30, 2019
Fishbowl teaser is here!✨ Spend a month at home as Alo💬 stay in touch with loved ones📦 rediscover childhood memories💻 work from home as a video editor💜 know yourself better one day at a time🥰 wishlist & retweet to support ushttps://t.co/C92i4pmmPF pic.twitter.com/YNm0AyusF4
— fishbowl by imissmyfriends.studio (@imissmy_friends) May 16, 2023
How Sony India Hero Project funding works
As per the official FAQ page of IHP, these developers are eligible to receive funding of at least $100,000 (roughly INR 83 lakhs) to develop and expand their upcoming titles. The funding will be provided after hitting a milestone and a due review process. Apart from the funding, the IHP will also offer mentorship from PlayStation network for developers of these titles, along with access to SIE’s internal resources.
These games are just the first phase of titles to receive support from IHP, and more games are expected to receive incubation support from Sony.
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Hello #IndieGameDev ! For this #ShowcaseThursday we want to show you the one of the early levels in our 2D Metroidvania game 🪈 ☸️See if you can spot how the music works in this game and let us know in the replies 🔎🕵️ pic.twitter.com/5uXEscnjFv
— SURI: The Seventh Note (@SURITheGame) February 22, 2024
Sony received an overwhelming response for IHP
Sony revealed at IGDC 2023 that they received an “overwhelming response from cities across India” within 72 hours of IHP’s announcement. The company received 70% of its applications from Tier-1 cities, 26% from Tier-2 cities, and Tier-3 cities contributed to 4% of total applications. Sony also said that the total number of applications exceeded their expectations by 20%.
You are a meteor fighting for survival in a violently changing world.Let’s show your game clips/trailers for #TrailerTuesday!Wishlist METEORA on Steam: https://t.co/zaILi6YwDK#indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #meteor #survival #arcade #racing #space pic.twitter.com/bCcwbhiIRv
— Big Boot Games (@BigBootGames) August 9, 2022
It is important to note that there is no official announcement from Sony about the first cohort yet. Sony is hosting its first-ever PlayStation Developer event in India on February 28-29, 2024.
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