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Created in 4 months as my final honours project at Wits Digital Arts, Aadi’s Odyssey is a game that is about looking at South Africa Indian representation through a historical and interactive lens. 

 

"Aadi’s Odyssey is a South African Indian-focused interactive narrative that tells the story of a man named Aadi, his wife Gita and his daughter Aahana.

Set in the 1800’s, the game is a fictionalized tale about how some of the first Indian indentured sugarcane labourers came to South Africa, on the ship the Belvedere, which arrived at the British colony of Natal on the 26th of November 1860. While his family is asleep on the ship, Aadi finds himself reflecting on important memories from his life, which pushed him towards his journey to Natal."

 

Presented as a 2D interactive narrative, the game is developed in Unity and is designed as a 20 min expereince. Production art and documentation along for the game is available below. The game is also avaialble to download on itch.io HERE. The Github repostory of the project can be viewed HERE.