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Thank you all for tuning into our podcast. This is our attempt at archiving the history of game development of Indian creators, through their own stories and voice. We hope you find it interesting and engaging. If you have any thoughts and suggestions, please come by our discord and have a chat!
In this episode Yadu and Arjun talk to Shailesh Prabhu, founder of Yellow Monkey Studio, about his roots in the Indian games industry, the early days of the indie scene in India and much more.
People in the podcast
Shailesh Prabhu - https://twitter.com/shaileshprabhu
Arjun Nair - https://twitter.com/NairArjun
Yadu Rajiv - https://twitter.com/yadurajiv
Notes from the podcast
Yellow Monkey Studios - http://www.yellowmonkeystudios.com/
Ragnarok online - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok_Online
Dhruva interactive - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhruva_Interactive
Nazara Technologies - https://corp.nazara.com/
Avin Sharma - https://www.linkedin.com/in/avinsharma
Day of the Tentacle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Tentacle
Mortley - A Stitch in Time - Video
Finger Footie - http://www.yellowmonkeystudios.com/games/finger-footie/
It's Just a Thought - http://www.yellowmonkeystudios.com/games/its-just-a-thought/
Huebrix - http://www.yellowmonkeystudios.com/games/huebrix/
Krishna Israney - https://people.gamedev.in/krishnaisraney
Huebrix on Kongregate - https://www.kongregate.com/games/ymstudios/huebrix
Shareware - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware
ID Software - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software
Does Not Commute - https://www.mediocre.se/commute/
Socioball - http://www.socioballthegame.com/
Bluk - http://www.yellowmonkeystudios.com/games/bluk/
Apoorva Joshi - https://apoorvaj.io/
Deepak Menon Madathil - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-menon-m
Creative Europe - https://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe
Ramayana - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana
Fallout 3 release cancelled in India – Article
Saint Young Men - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Young_Men
Mahabharata - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata
Shark Mob - https://www.sharkmob.com/
Resident Evil Village - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_Village
WarioWare - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarioWare:_Get_It_Together!
Elden Ring - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elden_Ring
Demon Souls - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon%27s_Souls_(2020_video_game)
Full Transcript
Yadu Rajiv 0:06
Hello, and welcome to the GameDev.in podcast. In this episode Arjun and Yadu catch up with Shailesh Prabhu to talk about his history with the Indian games industry, the early indie scene in India and much more.
Alright, today we have Shailesh Prabhu with us, who is the founder of Yellow Monkey Studios, and maker of many, many awesome games, and also communities as well. And many other things as well, which he will tell us what he has been doing for his entire life now. Over to you, Shailesh.
Shailesh Prabhu 0:45
Hi. I'm Shailesh. I. I've been working in games for I don't know, since 2004, or five, I think. Yeah, for almost nine years, nine months. I was at Yellow Monkey, which I founded and ran for that long. Yeah. I've worked at a bunch of studios in India. And before that, and after Yellow Monkey, I worked at a bunch of studios in Copenhagen, and then distributed work studio. And then now in Malmo, in Sweden. Yeah, I've worked on different scale of games from casual to hyper casual to AAA too. And we had a small community, which we're we're also running back back when I was in India, which, which Yadu was also I think, part of local indie game devs long ago. And I've helped, like, with some other community initiatives that were active in India when I was there. So yeah, that's, I guess me.
Yadu Rajiv 2:13
That is the briefest brief intro that we've had, I guess.
Arjun Nair 2:18
A good intro. shailesh. But when you start before