About Aturkata
Aturkata is a word puzzle game in Malay (Bahasa Melayu) developed for mobile platforms, Android (7.0 and up) and iOS (coming soon).
The puzzles is not unlike the game 7 Little Words, designed by Christopher York (published by Blue Ox Family Games, Inc.), where in each puzzle, players will be presented with a bunch of word parts which must then assembled to become seven legible words that each correspond to different given hints. Aturkata presents a little twist to it, where, apart from the obvious Malay language, there is only a single hint given. The answers to this hint do not necessarily have the same meaning, but can be expected to be closely related. If players are stuck, there are Token Bantuan (Help Tokens) that they can use to help them make the guesses.
Aturkata is freemium, in that players can opt to purchase in-app items to expand the game. Apart for the free initial 2 puzzle packs of 20 puzzles each and 10 help tokens, additional puzzle packs and tokens are available to be purchased in-game.
I chose Malay Language as the driver for this project due to scarcity of games in Bahasa Melayu. Although the game may not have the eyeballs due to being a niche product (and marketing ineptitude of yours truly, more likely), I hope this game at least broaden the market and spur the interest of others to fulfil the niche. Personally, it is a debut and a stepping stone to a larger games development project later on, as I gather the much-needed experience.
