Play Store terminated my account so I'm putting it for free for everyone (Website link included)
A year ago, I found out about Visual Novels and RenPy. Always had a passion for stories and games. So, created a short political narrative-drama set in neo Mughal-Ottoman era. Sultan: Save Your Empire! Didn't know programming. So, just took help from a friend who was kind enough to do it. Wrote the script. First, in Urdu, since I wanted to target the subcontinent audience. (Indians, Pakistanis, Bengalis etc. everyone understands it.) However, a change of plan happened midway and I decided to shift to English. Translated the whole script. Used A.I for image generation. After a few weeks and some tweaks, the game was ready for launch. Went on google play, made a merchant account, and completed all the requirements (fee, close testing etc). When everything was done, google just decided to terminate my account. All the hard work wasted! The fee gone! My programmer friend was again kind enough to console me. I tried emailing Google alot. But nothing worked. I, afterwards, even took the matter to LinkedIn and wrote a long semi formal critique-filled rant but it fell on dead ears. Saw a few reddit posts and turns out many indie Devs faced similar treatment from Google. Read a post there that in 2023 alone, around 43% of indie Devs had to face termination. Now, a year has passed since then and I have decided to put it for free for everyone.
You can visit my website and play Sultan: Save Your Empire online for free. In future I might add some more titles.
P.s: The Lost Cipher isn't playable because it was a project I made for a client a month ago.
Play and Peace!