The IndieBeat: How Studio Oleomingus is crafting its Indian post-modern fairy tale

For the last three years, Indian indie studio Studio Oleomingus has been crafting its first game, a post-modern fairy tale called Somewhere. It’s gifted the internet with occasional peeks into its magic realist world of stories within stories, notably with the interactive parable Timruk and the delightfully weird conversation-generator Menagerie. This weekend, it plans on releasing a new short PC demo called A Museum of Dubious Splendors, which will be available on its Itch.io page. Next year, it’s also releasing a two-hour game called Under a Porcelain Sun.

The game exists in a realm of luxurious patterns and striking colors. It juxtaposes odd everyday objects such as enormous tubes of toothpaste against lush trees with bizarre silhouettes. It’s a surreal adventure through a fictional world built around a fictional playwright’s writings, which seem to somehow intersect with modern reality. It’s a game about stories in their various forms.