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Press release:
Goa, India – March 5th, 2024 .
Two-person indie outfit imissmyfriends.studio are proud to reveal that their upcoming coming-of-age slice of life game “Fishbowl” will be coming to PC and PlayStation 5 as part of PlayStation’s new India Hero Project, a new incubator program focused on identifying and supporting emerging talent from the region.

“Fishbowl” is a heartfelt, slice of life, coming of age story told over a month. 21-year-old Alo gets her first job in a new city and is living by herself while grieving her grandma’s death. The choices she makes each day in figuring out life will lead to a unique journey of self discovery with branching paths and multiple endings.

Decide how you want to spend each day. Video call loved ones, work as a video editor by playing an arcade matching game, sort through your late grandmother’s belongings in unpacking puzzles to rediscover childhood memories, and don’t forget to practice self-care tasks and get to know yourself better, one day at a time.

“Fishbowl” is a warm and cozy story about living in isolation, nurturing friendships and understanding grief. In “Fishbowl”, feel all feelings as there are no right endings.

“At imissmyfriends.studio we hope to tell stories that resonate with players and stay in their hearts as something special for a long time after having played our game,” said Rhea Gupte, Co-Founder and Creative Director of imissmyfriends.studio.

“Being from India, we want to highlight experiences and narratives from here with a strong social and emotional impact. We hope to contribute to this ongoing movement of how underrepresented stories are important, as they are crucial to building empathy and highlighting perspectives from different communities.”

Features:
Video call a diverse cast of characters with branching conversations
Work from home with a fun matching video editing game
Rediscover memories by solving unpacking puzzles
Do your best with home & self care or do as much as you like
Experience beautiful, hand-drawn pixel art and our cozy lofi soundtracks
Make decisions, uncover the past, and figure out life one day at a time

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1638070/Fishbowl/
Fishbowl official site: https://imissmyfriends.studio/fishbowl/
imissmyfriends.studio official site: https://imissmyfriends.studio/
Follow imissmyfriends.studio on Twitter: https://twitter.com/imissmy_friends
Follow imissmyfriends.studio on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imissmyfriends.studio
Join the Fishbowl Discord server: https://discord.gg/n5gaXVgDbU

About imissmyfriends.studio
imissmyfriends.studio is a two-person team of Rhea Gupte and Prateek Saxena. Based in Goa, India, Prateek previously worked as a UX designer at a non-profit and Rhea was a multidisciplinary artist and writer. They both dreamed of making games and storytelling since they were little. In the middle of the pandemic, they decided to finally embark on this journey and are creating their debut title, the coming-of-age game Fishbowl.

About India Hero Project
India Hero Project (IHP) is a new incubator program launched by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) for Indian game developers, focused on identifying and supporting emerging talent from the region. Benefits of India Hero Project include mentorship from SIE, access to SIE’s internal resources, recoupable development funding from SIE, opportunity for your title and company to be featured globally as part of the India Hero Project, and the possibility for your game to be published by SIE.