PLAY IS THE POINT
Mechanics should give people interesting things to understand, master and remember.
WHO WE ARE / WHAT WE BELIEVE
A SMALL STUDIO.
BIG WORLDS.
Independent by nature. Curious by default. XStudios is a creative home for game development, design experiments and playable ideas.
CREATIVE DIRECTION / INDIATHE STARTING POINT
BUILDING GAMES THAT FEEL PERSONAL.
XStudios is an emerging independent game-development initiative led by Aniket Chakraborty. The work spans game worlds, Unreal Engine environments, level design, gameplay systems and experiments in interactive AI.
The studio is developing Project SAMVIT while prototyping extraction-game ideas through EXFIL PROTOCOL. Both are works in progress. The ambition is to grow a body of distinctive work through learning, iteration and collaboration.
We do not present a larger team, released games, or client roster where those do not yet exist. The work itself is the story.
THREE CREATIVE PRINCIPLES
PLACE HAS A VOICE
Worlds should communicate through composition, movement, texture and detail — not exposition alone.
MAKE, TEST, REFINE
Small experiments expose real design questions. Iteration turns promising ideas into coherent experiences.
FOUNDER / DEVELOPMENT
ANIKET CHAKRABORTY
Game development · Level design · C++ & prototyping · AI/ML exploration