AHHH! Venba is a finalist for the Apple App Store Awards! 🙌🙌 We're so honored to be part of this selection! 🙏 It's been more than 2 years since Venba came out so it's really nice to see it receive so much love when new audiences discover it! 🤗🤗 #AppStoreAwards

Thoroughly enjoyed my 1st #MIGS! Been burnt out so it was truly inspiring to see the passion of so many new & familiar devs firsthand. (Special shoutout to Toronto’s @visaigames.bsky.social for their insightful talk about 2nd game challenges after the incredible Venba.) Excited to return in 2026!

Still can't show much from Game 2, but wanted to at least leave you all with one of my favourite NPCs from the game. Valli, the honey harvester!

One of the best things about working on this game is all the sneak peeks I get into the phenomenal art work. Every scene is so detailed and awe inspiring, can't wait for y'all to see it!

Still can't show much from Game 2, but wanted to at least leave you all with one of my favourite NPCs from the game. Valli, the honey harvester!

any time discourse about game writing spins up I only have one thing to say which is Venba has the best writing of any game I’ve played in the last 5 years and everyone should play it

[ #gameyear25 Nr. 9 Venba] Score: 9/10 Venba beautifully tells a story about an Indian family in the USA and how to be torn between the cultural differences. It is told through dishes you cook and what can I say? It had me glued to the screen (and hungry). It is a great hidden small gem!

Venba was really good, btw.

Not me over here almost crying at seeing Venba again. I don't ever expect to see myself in media—marginalized kid with no ego for that—but, it has the self-indulgent warmth of serendipitously meeting a friend when I do; and, this one was such a beautiful ride of familiar emotions. #SupportIndieDevs

Few folks have reached out to us asking if we worked on this Google Doodle about Idlis! So the thing is...we have not.

Hmmm I think Kojima san is making a Venba like

VENBA! 🪷 #art #digitalart #digitalartist #artist #sketch #drawing #illustration #artistsonbsky #artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #artsky #Venba #India #Tamil

I played this game today on switch 2 (it's on sale!!!) and it made me cry, 10/10

Venba is a great game with a powerful perspective on immigration. Listen to our episode discussing some of the finer points www.omnigamers.club/2023/08/venb...

taking a break from making GAME 2 to let you know that venba is 60% off. for a mere $5*, you can: 🥘 cook yummy south indian food 🎶 jam out to tamil music 💔 be emotionally destroyed *therapy not included store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/...

@agotoronto.bsky.social and Game Arts International Network hosted Video Game Arts Appreciation Night, led by @jimmunroe.net! The event showcased Canadian interactive talent. Special shoutout to Ontarian participants @visaigames.bsky.social Venba and @omarieclaire.bsky.social Loser Lane!

An attempt at Last Of Us on the Yaazh 🦚🎶

Such a great game. I can’t stress how good it is. Was delighted finding some recipes I had actually made before. An immigrant story told with food.

This game is great. Highly recommended.

this game is So Good please go play it. absolutely beautiful art in all senses, storytelling and emotion, and just a joy to play. i may or may not have cried a lot playing it. also relatable diaspora life stuff which hit especially hard. so good.

I think of Venba every day since I first played it last year because it's that good.

venba was a good game and i enjoyed it a lot it hurt my feelings immensely and im getting them again now thinking about it. you should buy this

Cannot recommend this beautiful game enough.

Venba, a narrative cooking game about love, loss and more. On sale now with a 60% discount on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/...

✨Stoked to announce that I am writing the music and sound effects for Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists✨ Grateful to continue working with @radiofreelunch.bsky.social and can't wait to share the music, there's already so many tracks hehe

Venba, a narrative cooking game about love, loss and more. On sale now with a 60% discount on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/...

OMG CBC covered Venba and it's mobile ripoff clone story They actually got a comment from the Sofra people who of course denied it as theft. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What makes a story stick? Remy (@sunsetvisitor.studio) & Abhi (@visaigames.bsky.social) go deep on narrative game design. 🗓️ July 29 @ 12pm ET 🔗 on.unity.com/3J23lh3 #LiveWithUnity #IndieDev #1000XRESIST

Just finished playing Venba, a very charming game, and I managed to cook one recipe perfectly at the end store.steampowered.com/app/1491670/...

(2/2) Also an ENORMOUS thank you to whoever put in all the effort to assemble that in-game cookbook 🙏 I've been on a bit of a cooking odyssey this year (starting from absolute zero and aiming for glory), so I plan to peruse it like a FIEND. Might stream my first attempt at layered biryani!

(1/2) Just finished Venba by @visaigames.bsky.social! Great little package, very poignant and grounded story, strongly echoes sentiments I heard from various friends all through adolescence. Beautiful depictions of food and a bopping soundtrack. ~90 minutes, EASY recommend, hats off to the dev team

radiolaurier.com/podcast/inde... My interview with Independent Incidentals on Wilfrid Laurier campus radio last month

Game 2 screenshot Is this an npc? Main character?? Who's to say???

AHHH! Thank you Aftermath and @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social for writing about this and us! Seeing all of you show your love for Venba again is very very heartwarming. Thank you all so much!

This game sure looks a lot like Venba aftermath.site/this-game-sure...

a mobile rip-off that completely sanitizes the original game of its context (re:cuisine, culture, diaspora life) and replaces it all with white bread sandwiches is a *fascinatingly* apt, albeit unintentional, metaphor.

Someone just proved how boring and shallow they are by changing the og concept to this generic whatever, and didn’t even have the skills or passion to make their own assets. Kinda symbolic.

Venba is amazing. Play it on something and make sure you don't miss it. Here's my old review photo from 2023:

Venba is a massive inspiration and one of the best games of the few last years. If you missed it this is a perfect chance to get to it!

Venba is coming to Mac on July 28th!! Preorders are up now if you want to grab an early copy: apps.apple.com/us/app/venba...

I love how for some reason you need the (clearly stolen) cook book to make the most simplest sandwich

i wish this was satire lmao

learned a lot about a new cuisine today guys 🥰🥰 gonna try to recreate a baloney sandwich at home!!

PLUS, no annoying radio tunes to distract you from that sweet PBJ 🥪

Lo que podéis hacer es pillaros el Venba, que es un juego precioso, y además de cocinar mejores recetas que un sandwich de mierda también aprendéis un poco sobre inmigración, racismo o pertenencia 👌🏻

If you ever wanted a version of Venba where you get to make sandwhiches instead of Tamil food and don't have to contend with themes of like dealing with racism, then I have good news for you! This mobile game rip-off with stolen assets is for you!!

If you ever wanted a version of Venba where you get to make sandwhiches instead of Tamil food and don't have to contend with themes of like dealing with racism, then I have good news for you! This mobile game rip-off with stolen assets is for you!!

AHHH! As part of Toronto games week, a live demo of Venba was projected for the whole city to see!! This is our times square moment 😭😭😭

Huge congrats to our pals at @outerloopgames.bsky.social on the big reveal of Dosa Divas at SGF!

Finally played and completed Venba. It was really good and gosh I swore I could taste the food through the screen, the sounds and visual effect of the popping mustard seeds frying in oil and the steam was so vivid. It was like I was in the kitchen with my mom