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Studio Oleomingus

Studio Oleomingus is a two-person video game development studio based in Chala, Gujarat, India. It was founded in 2014 and is composed of Dhruv Jani, an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, and Sushant Chakraborty. Its work is primarily in the genre of postcolonial interactive fiction and explored through the medium of a first-person walking simulator. It has also hosted interactive art exhibitions in this medium at the Jawahar Kala Kendra and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Much of Oleomingus's output is part of a larger narrative called Somewhere about the search for a mythical city called Kayamgadh, and each individual work can be experienced as a short story in this narrative.

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Studio Oleomingus
IndustryVideo games
Founded2014 (2014)1
Headquarters
Chala, Gujarat, India2
Key people
Dhruv Jani1 and Sushant Chakraborty1
ProductsSomewhere
Websiteoleomingus.com

Studio Oleomingus is a two-person video game development studio based in Chala, Gujarat, India.2 It was founded in 2014 and is composed of Dhruv Jani, an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, and Sushant Chakraborty.1 Its work is primarily in the genre of postcolonial interactive fiction and explored through the medium of a first-person walking simulator. It has also hosted interactive art exhibitions in this medium at the Jawahar Kala Kendra3 and the Victoria and Albert Museum.4 Much of Oleomingus's output is part of a larger narrative called Somewhere about the search for a mythical city called Kayamgadh, and each individual work can be experienced as a short story in this narrative.

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  1. Bhuyan, Avantika (2019-04-12). "Interactive fiction: Play a story". Livemint. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  2. "Indian game developers are killing the game". GQ India. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  3. "Works & Walkthrough". When is Space?. Jawahar Kala Kendra. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  4. "V&A · PLAY: new videogame commissions". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2019-07-03.