Casual Connect is produced by the Casual Games Association and is the premiere event for the casual games industry with over 5,500 professionals attending Casual Connect each year. Casual Connect brings together the most talented and knowledgeable experts in the casual gaming field to further the casual games industry with the best of networking and learning.
The Asian edition of Casual Connect was held in Singapore from 20 – 22 May, 2014. Seven Summits Studio – a game development start-up from Hyderabad – was selected to showcase its game ‘Petite’ to publishers from around the globe.The Showcase featured games from over eighty developers hailing from across the world. The event was followed by Indie Prize Awards where the best games from the showcase were honoured in respective categories. ‘Petite’ bagged in the ‘Best Game Story’ award during this event.
‘Petite’ is an ambient game that revolves around the life of a woman, while focusing on several key incidents that happen along the way. In every level, she’s in a new situation, having several ‘memory spherules’ revolve her. You let out different emotions and control them to stop the spherules, thereby unlocking a different memory snippet every time.
The development team comprises of Asar Dhandala (Designer / Programmer), Vishesh Chopra (Writer), ShaileshPrabhu (Mentor) and Nawaz Dhandala (Mentor).
‘Petite’ is set to release on Windows 8, Android, Tizen and BlackBerry in late June, 2014.