How the Indian Air Force got its game

Guardians of the Skies, the official game of the Indian Air Force was launched about two years ago, and has gone on to be downloaded more than 3 million times, and won a couple of awards. Here is looking back at its story, which not only captures how it came into being and what went behind the scenes, but also a brief 'coming-of-age' of the small team which made it. 

You can get the game for Android, iOS and Windows. 

Why do we make games ?

​Games are supposed to be an escape from the reality, in a world of dreams. Where we can be what we wanted to be before we got caught up in the daily grind. 

When we started to make games, we had to ask ourselves - what do we make games about ?

If our players were to escape and role-play as some ideal character.. who could those be ? 

• Who are our role models ?
• Who safeguards our existense from external threats ? That our institutions are preserved and fundamental rights not under danger. 
• Who are our Heroes ?

The answer was simple - the soldiers. And so we decided to make games on Indian military history. 

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