Metaforgames

Indie studio · Sanur, Bali

Gamifying Activism.

Metaforgames answers our real challenges, by questioning how we play. Bringing local relevance to global games and sharing ways to collaborate and be active in your community.

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Our games are built on folklore, our tools on daily craft, and our partnerships on trust and good assets.

For studios

Partner with us as your team or your asset curator.

We bring production capacity, curated assets, and Unity expertise to projects that need them.

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For players

Explore our games, from minigames to our SEA RPG.

Stories rooted in Southeast Asian folklore, built with care and cultural respect.

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Our products

Flagship · RPG

Timun Mas

An action RPG from Indonesian folklore. Grow from a child into an activist, settle conflicts with your fists, and solve the town's mysteries through dialogue.

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Our pioneer

Project Spirits

Our earliest concept. Six elemental classes, collectible skills and equipment, and crafting, all built on simple primitive shapes.

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Minigames

Minigames

Small, sharp experiments that test ideas, mechanics, and the studio's craft.

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Timun Mas logo

Now in development · Demo available

Timun Mas

A Javanese folklore ARPG set in a magitek and biotech Bali. Real-time combat, 2.5D pixel art, and detective-style quests that teach cultural, social and environmental themes.

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Partner studio

We help other studios ship faster, with the assets and tools they need.

  • Art & assets2D and 3D asset making, technical art
  • WritingLore and narrative copywriting
  • EngineeringFull stack, backend and network development
  • MarketingDigital media branding and consultancy

Development tools

Workflows that connect Unity with the tools artists and developers already use.

Pipeline

Blender & Aseprite

Bridges that move art into Unity cleanly.

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Narrative

Ink

Dialogue and quest tooling built on Ink.

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Unity plugins

uMmo · Dialogue Machine · Topdown Engine

The plugins we use and build with, in one place.

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Our pride

ACS Engine

The RPG systems we believe every serious RPG needs, packaged as one engine.

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Devlogs & videos

Our Balinese Interpretation

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The team

Bito

Bito

Founder · Lead Developer and Game Designer

Bartolomeus

Bartolomeus

Co-founder · Project Manager and Marketing

Dustin

Dustin

3D Artist