Slice-of-life RPG · In development

Dakiya

डाकिया

Chandanpur ki chitthiyaan

1994. You inherit your Nana's letter bag in a small river town. Names, no addresses. Walk, ask around, listen.

Early demo — asks for a login. Keyboard game: best on a laptop (WASD / arrow keys).

Chandanpur has a bazaar, a temple square, a lower lane, the ghats, and Kallu's dhaba, where the chai is always on.

Every morning the Daak Ghar hands you letters. You find the people, hear what's inside, and get home before midnight.

In a locked trunk at home, one letter has been waiting thirty years to be delivered.

A whole town on a schedule.People keep their hours, the temple bell rings at six, fireflies come out at night.

Every letter is someone's story.And downriver, a Dead Letter Office full of mail that never arrived.

Two towns.Chandanpur, then Kashinagar, where the post office is about to be shut down.

Aur unka ek waada: har chitthi pahunchegi.Day 1 in Chandanpur. The ghat at 8:50 raat.

The people you'll meet

Postmaster, red Daak Ghar. Daak at nine, and it doesn't wait.

“Arre, Dubey ji ke pote! Aao aao. Tumhare Nana ne chalees saal yeh jhola uthaya... ab tumhari baari.”

Runs the general store. Wants her mail kept away from Babuji.

“Dekho. Agar mere naam ki koi bhaari chitthi aaye, seedha mujhe dena. Babuji ko nahi. Please.”

Dhaba owner, lower lane. Feeds you first, talks money later.

“Tu ab ghar ka aadmi hai. Bill ki baat karega toh chappal padegi.”

Sits on the ghat steps every morning. Watches the Ganga, says little.

“Aaj koi chitthi meri? Nahi? Koi baat nahi, beta. Tees saal se nahi aayi, aaj kya aayegi.”

Kashinagar's postmaster. Twenty years in, fifteen days to save it.

“Dubey. Chandanpur se. Haan, file aayi thi. Tiwari ne likha hai tum theek ho. Dekhenge.”

Retired carpenter. Lives in the last hut at the ghat's west end.

“Gopal Mistry. Badhai ka kaam tha. Ab haath kaampte hain. Ganga ji ko dekhta hoon.”

coming soon

from a work-in-progress build

Early demo

The demo sits behind a login while it's still rough. Ask and you'll get one.

Or get one email when the finished game is out:

Slice-of-life RPGGenreGreen Parrot StudioStudio

DakiyaEarly demo · login on request