Pune-based game development firm SuperGaming will be making its forthcoming made-in-India battle royale game Indus playable in Fortnite, the multiplayer title from the gaming giant Epic Games, in an effort to attract a global audience to its ambitious title. As part of this integration, players will be able to experience Indus’ gameplay, map, and modes in Fortnite's creator mode in PC and macOS shortly.
"This will allow us to test Indus’ gameplay with external audiences faster and give more gamers a chance to experience Indo-Futurism through their game of choice — Fortnite", says Christelle D'cruz, co-founder at SuperGaming.
The game is set in ‘Indo-Futurism,’ which the startup describes as a futuristic world that is “unapologetically Indian in its exploration and representation of science fiction”. It is heavily inspired by Indian culture and mythology and features the Indus Valley civilisation as the backdrop of the story.
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SuperGaming said this Indus experience was developed using Epic Games’ Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) by a two-woman team in about 27 days. It was unveiled at the India Game Developer Conference 2023 in Hyderabad last week and the company plans to announce a release date for the experience shortly.
Global play
Along with Indus' environments, its Cosmium-focussed win condition — that allows players to win by capturing this unique resource that manifests on the map — has also been brought to Fortnite, the firm said. In the future, SuperGaming also plans to bring Indus's characters and weapons into Fortnite.
“At SuperGaming we firmly believe that India’s culture and talent demands the biggest possible stage for the world to see and play in,” said SuperGaming co-founder Roby John “With Fortnite having an estimated 220 million monthly players globally, there’s no better way to bring Indus and Indo-Futurism to the world.”
SuperGaming, which counts Pac-Man, Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco, Akatsuki Entertainment Technology Fund, Skycatcher, BAce Capital, and Dream Incubator among its investors, first unveiled Indus in January 2022 and plans to launch the title on mobile platforms, consoles, and PC.
The game has clocked about seven million pre-registrations on Android so far, since it went live on Google Play in January 2023. Pre-registrations on the App Store for iOS and iPadOS are expected to follow soon. In August 2023, SuperGaming said it plans to release the game in closed beta during this year's festive season.
Indus is the most ambitious title for the startup, which has previously developed games such as MaskGun, Silly Royale, Battle Stars, and Tower Conquest. MaskGun, a multiplayer shooter title, claims to have amassed over 80 million players since its inception.
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