Fairy Tale by Vladimir Propp. According to Lyuba, what struck them most was how this dark world of bones, deaths, and the dead is actually metaphorical and fill with meaning. In Russia, there is a clear ne for self-determination and the formation of a new idea about the country and its people.
Such things always happen in times of great change
Both the people themselves and the artists at such times turn to their cultural roots. This is a logical process an interest in one’s own culture and its origins, a desire to look at it differently, using new mia. Making games bas on native culture an international phenomenon is what we strive for.
Lyuba Baba Yaga Games Lyuba co-founder of Baba
Yaga Games studio Sasha’s new project uses Icelandic folklore alongside Russian: northern hexagons and pale green moss colors coexist with Baba Yaga, the Firebird, and other creatures from Slavic fairy tales. The reason is simple: Russia, in the Ulyanovsk loan database region, where there are many pine trees, forests, and typical Russian landscapes.
“It’s close to me, so why not use it,” explains “Goodwin”
In general, nicheness is growing, and this is good. But if something starts to grow incompetently, then public fatigue will set in, like with Marvel movies even if there is no web resource about superheroes. I would like everything to be solid and high-quality: if a million “Slavic” unfinish projects are creat, then gradually this hype will turn into a “Slavic stigma.”
Alexander Goodwin Khoroshavin indie developer
Selfloss Alexander “Goodwin” Khoroshavin indie developer Level 5 (hard): government support for gamev It is obvious that the trend of returning to the roots is relevant not only among indie projects, but also at the, as they say, highest levels. A living example is the game “Troubles” about historical events in Russia. The Institute for Internet Development tg data support it with 260 million rubles. Sasha says that the industry is currently skeptical about government contracts.