Nahar
Studios
Internationally-Based Indie Game Studio
ABOUT
WHO WE ARE
What is Nahar?
Nahar Studios is an internationally-based game
development studio comprised of young individuals with a
passion for video games and our respective crafts. We have
published 6 game jam games and 1 commercial project with the
aims of a second, larger one to be published in the near
future.
Fun Fact: Nahar actually means Dawn in Arabic.
MILESTONES
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Top 8%
GMTK 2020 Jam
Rebind, a platformer where pressing a button causes you to lose it, was in the top 8% of contestants. The jam had over 5000 Entries.
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7
Published Projects
Our studio has published 6 Jam Projects and 1 Commercial project (Kalindis)
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4.9
Stars on Kalindis
Our commercially released flaghship game, Kalindis has 4.9 stars on the Google Play store with over 50 downloads
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2
Published Soundtracks
Kalindis and Novel Alchemy (A Jam Project) OSTs published on all major streaming platforms.
TEAM
Co-Founder | Lead Developer | Project Manager
Asaad Al-Barwani
A Founding Member of the team, Asaad oversees the team as a Project Manager and works as the main developer for all of Nahar's games.
Co-Founder | Head of Marketing | Lead Game Designer
Samy Zian
A Founding Member of the team, Samy designs Nahar's
gameplay experiences and leads the Marketing Team.
He's also an avid streamer!
Co-Founder | Sound Engineer
Dale Paterson
A Founding Member of the team, Dale works on anything and
everything sound related, including SFX and Music.
His solo project, Dalliard, is definitely worth looking
into!
Co-Founder | Concept & Promotional Artist
CQNPVR (CQ)
A Founding Member of the team, CQ works mainly on creating
new character concepts, but also supports in the creation
of promotional art and, on occasion, animation.
She also manages our Community Discord!
Head of Art | References & Cutscenes
Helios
Helios leads the art team. She works on animation references, character finalisation, and cutscene art.
Story Lead | Marketing
Dawn
Dawn crafts Nahar's Narrative Experiences, and also
supports the marketing team.
Look forward to the next Nahar project, where you'll see
their first full length game story!
2D/3D Designer | Environment
GedudoInk
GedudoInk has done everything from the backgrounds &
environments, 3D models and animation, and even 2D
animation.
The true visual mastermind behind Kalindis!
Head of Graphic Design | Junior Developer
Hashemi
Hashemi is the main graphic designer on our team, having
made everything from the logos, menus, and marketing
graphics. He also supports Asaad as a Junior Dev.
Certified Namer! Hashemi has named many of our projects
including Kalindis.
Full Stack Web Developer | Webmaster
Elias Benbourenane
Elias works on everything web related, backend and frontend. He built the leaderboard system for Kalindis and this very website. He is currently working on a similar leaderboard system for an upcoming game.
Sound Engineer
megalo
megalo works alongside Dale to craft audio experiences for
our games, mainly focusing on music.
Look out for his bonus tracks and remixes!
Animation, Environment & Promotional Art
Maryam
Maryam works on the art team as an animator and general
artist, working with sprites and environment mainly.
She produced almost all of the art for our jam game
CaterPanic!
Chief of Finance | Junior Developer | Marketing
Samy Bouarroudj
Samy works as a junior developer supporting Asaad, handles the financing and budgets and supports the marketing team.