Kapih is a story of an unsung hero!
Stories are always told from the point of view of the heroes and the leaders. However the stories of the followers are always forgotten and remain untold.
Kapih, is a story of a monkey, who is just a commoner from the ancient times of legends of Ramayana. Kapih touches on the idea of a commoner’s existence during the times of one of the greatest events of ancient Indian epic, the Ramayana.
The hero of our game Kapih, the Sanskrit name for the monkey, is a kid. Kapih is recognizable, relatable, humorous and rooted. He is just another kid, living in a small village, somewhere in the deccan part of ancient India.
In our story, Kapih’s village and forest are being attacked, getting burnt and destroyed by some unknown enemy soldiers. In the midst of this, his beloved anklet goes missing. All he wants now is simply to find his missing anklet. On this quest, he goes out on an adventure to find it and feed his curiosity about who is behind all this.
He soon finds out about a good king, Raam, who comes from a distant land searching for his wife kidnapped by a bad guy, Raavan, who happens to be the source of Vaanar’s problems as well. Its this Raavan’s army that is destroying his village and forest. Finding a common ground, he decides to follow Hanuman’s lead, who is heading the army, vaanar-sena, to help Raam’s cause.
Wehave all grown up with retro video games and among them one such genre, that is side scrolling 2D-Platformers, are rightfully considered timeless classics.
In a completely different realm, we have also grown up celebrating two very important colorful festivals Dussehra and Diwali in India. We imagined, what if these two nostalgic worlds collide?
With Kapih, we pay homage to our beloved retro classics, retain the original but add modern design elements, with certain cultural connect.