The Recreation Developer Affiliation of India (GDAI) has introduced the primary cohort of its Supernova incubation program, deciding on 15 studios from greater than 260 candidates.
Launched in July 2026, the Supernova program grants chosen studios mentorship, trade credit, and introductions to traders and publishers for 3 months, earlier than giving the cohort the chance to current at a Demo Day throughout this yr’s India Recreation Builders Convention (IGDC).
This system runs in partnership with Tencent, IVIPRO, SpielFabrique, Indus Appstore, Mintegral, and Lakshya Digital. Indus Appstore will give collaborating studios “precedence onboarding and advert credit to kick-start consumer acquisition.”
“The collection of this inaugural cohort marks the start of a targeted journey for these 15 studios,” stated Rajan Navani, board member and chairperson of GDAI’s Incubation Subcommittee. “Over the following three months, Supernova will convey collectively mentors, expertise companions, publishers and traders to assist every studio deal with its particular improvement and enterprise priorities.”
The chosen studios are Absurd Video games, Crew Quasar, AbhiTech Video games, Konkan Coast Studios, Dunali Video games, Chitrakala Interactive, Ashdev Studios, Compiling Shaders, Brahman Studios, Yaari Video games, Funwave Studio, Arcadon Video games, Shivaansh Artvision, AnonVision Artistic Labs, and Parkince.
GDAI represents greater than 200 member studios and positions Supernova alongside its wider work on expertise improvement, world outreach, and coverage advocacy. It hopes to succeed in greater than 25,000 college students nationwide.