r/GameDevelopersOfIndia

Hey everyone,

I’m a full-time indie game developer, and I’ve run into a surprisingly annoying problem 😅

Whenever relatives or family friends ask me “What are you doing these days?”, I say “I’m an indie game developer.”

And almost immediately they respond with:

👉 “Oh nice, which company?”

And that’s where things get awkward…

Trying to explain that I don’t work for a company, I make my own games, sometimes earn from them, sometimes not, etc. just seems to confuse them even more. Most of them don’t really understand the idea of being “independent” in this field.

So I’m curious:

How do you explain this in a simple way that non-tech people actually understand?

Do you just say something else like “I make games” or “I work in software”?

Any funny or relatable experiences with this? 😄

Would love to hear how you all handle this situation!

Hey devs

I’ve been experimenting with texture atlases in my Unity project and started thinking deeper about how big games actually manage memory.

I’m using multiple atlases (some up to 8K), grouped by categories like wood, metal, street props, posters, etc. All assets share UVs mapped to these atlases — which is great for batching and reducing draw calls.

But here’s something interesting:

Even if only ONE small object (like a traffic sign) is visible, the entire atlas still gets loaded into memory, right?

So with many large atlases, wouldn’t that:

• Increase base VRAM usage
• Become risky without proper streaming
• From what I understand so far:
• Atlases = better performance (less draw calls)
• But require careful balance (size, compression, streaming)

Currently using:

• BC7 (PC) / ASTC (Android)
• Planning to use mipmap streaming

Curious to learn from others:

How do AAA games balance:

• Atlas size vs number of atlases
• Memory vs performance
• When to split vs combine textures

Would love to hear real-world workflows 🙌

I am not a game developer myself. I recently played Clair Obscur Expedition 33 and it blew me away. The story, the plot, the music, the art, the characters, the graphics everything. And i thought if only our country had something like this. But then i realised there is no lack of talent or source material. I am from bengal and we have a beautiful collection of fairytales and folklore that is inherently indian. It is called "Thakumar jhuli" [Grandmother's Bag (of tales)] written by Shri Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder. If such a game were made, with as much love as Sandfall Interactive have put in their game in terms of music, graphics, art and voice acting, it could give our country an immense boost in terms of soft power, perhaps to the levels of what Black Myth Wukong did for Chinese folklore. It would expose the world to the beautiful fairytales that our country has to offer. The stories have the potential to be made into a Soulslike RPG at par with Elden Ring. We have the talent, we have coders and game developers working in several big shot AAA companies like Rockstar, we have artists who are well acquainted with our culture and heritage, we have musicians who are talented as well. I genuinely hope that some day something like this is made that represents all the stories our country has to offer to the world and would like the world to experience our beautiful and vibrant culture.

Hey guys, im looking to make an atmospheric narrative driven fps with some boomer shooter mechanics (so many buzzwords but yes that)

for the longest time i have had this high fiction story in my mind but ive never had a platform to execute it. But recently i played an indie game called "Metal Garden". and it got me thinking. i could make a game exactly like this. a short fps campain with amazing atmosphere. i wanna make it. but i need help

i am mainly an artist but i have worked on godot, but my main preference is to make the art and the 3d models , do worldbuilding, and convert the story i am making into a short video game/ the could be anywhere from 3hrs - 10hrs in lenght if we expand, i dont have a bugdet, i wanna do this cause i am passionate about the medium and my story,

So my point is, im looking for a friend who is a good developer /coder . if anyone with good enough gdscript /coding knowlegde can work with me in godot ofcourse, please contact me. I want someone who is as passionate as me who can develop this gae with me. please dm me if so