AVGC
On Feb 1st, 2026. The Indian Cabinet announced its support to 'Orange Economy' by encouraging AVGC content creation (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics) and building formalised labs. This is of course is enormously encouraging to a Game Developer like me.
... the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that the government will support the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies, Mumbai to set up content creator labs across 15,000 secondary schools and 500 colleges. ...
Support like this from the government, especially in this industry, came as a suprise to me. I feel that I should answer this call by helping in any way I can. I plan to be involved with some schools in Gurgaon and, hopefully, with my alma matter, The Doon School. I am interested in education, and already have a few ideas that I would like to bounce around.
I hope this will give me the opportunity to experiment with Pico-8, a virtual emulator with its own game engine. The game engine includes all the raw tools a game developer needs, art, sound, and code. While the engine has a limit on code, the number of sprites, and sound tracks, I feel this helps narrow the scope for the developer and create something worth experiencing in a short time. The limitations also make it perfect for education as learners will not be overwhelmed by the array of options and settings at their disposable, as was the case when I first opened Unity.
I already have a meeting lined up with a potential school and am working on a short spiel I can give them. Wish me best of luck!
~sailboat642