The IndieBeat: How Nyamakop’s founders survived making their first game

In their last year at Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand‘s game design program, Cukia “Sugar” Kimani and Ben Myres began working on their thesis project. Kimani had created a rough prototype in which the character could change its shape as well as its Rothko-esque environment, and Myres joined as a level designer. It was supposed to just be something for their portfolio — but then they met former Naughty Dog lead character technical director Judd Simantov. He told them they should turn it into a commercial game.

So they did.