Indie game dev

Supriya was in daze. She didn't know why her cousin and flown to Kathmandu and now he was saying he wanted to move.

" Didi, I made some money. You remember that I wanted to be a game designer, right ? I told you. "

" Yes, I know. Don't tell me those games you were making actually sold? "

" Well I sold a game idea to a company in Europe. They wired me 2.5 million. I told mom and dad that I made 2.5 million but I sold the game for 5 million not 2.5. They will be sending me the rest of the money in half a month or so. "

"...", Supriya was speechless. She wanted to cry. She had done bachelor's in engineering and she was currently earning NRs 20,000. But this stupid ass cousin of her's made 5 million by selling an idea. She was happy for him but she was disappointed at herself.

" You stupid kid. You dare earn that much when your sister I am earning only few thousands a month.",she said to Shuvam with a ' angry ' tone.

Shuvam knew that his cousin was being sarcastic right now and was really happy for him. He put his luggage down. He helped Supriya pack her bags. He left the apartment with Supriya. They went out to have lunch. They reached a nearby cafe and ordered two burgers.

After ordering the food, Shuvam started to browse the internet and look for an 3BHK flat near which was near both his school and his sister's firm. There were a few apartments he liked. He started making calls to the three apartment owners that fit his category. He told them that he would be coming to look at the apartment in a while.

Both of them ate their burger. Shuvam didn't have any cash at hand so Supriya paid for the food and they went to see the apartments.

The first one was the farthest from both his college and his cousin's firm but the place was nice. It was far but was only about 10 minute ride in the bus to reach the firm and 15 minute ride for his college.

The place was in Kumari club, Balkhu. It was a two storeyed building. The owner of the place lived in the 1st floor and he was renting out the ground floor. Shuvam and Supriya visited the place. It was nice place, there was a garden, the water was available 24/7. There were 3 bed rooms, a kitchen, a dining hall, a bathroom and a small sized room with lots of cabinets to store food ration. ( Kathmandu city has water shortage so in most places there is water available for like 2-3 days a week and people use big water jars to store water for daily use.)

Both of them liked the apartment. Supriya was wondered why he picked a apartment with 3 bedrooms but she choose to believe in what he was doing. Shuvam had actually been planning to use that one extra bedroom into his computer room. He would be setting up gaming consoles, PCs , etc in that room.

Since he had liked this apartment, he quickly discussed price with the owner. They settled at 18,000 a month under the pretext that they pay the rent of the first six months upfront. Shuvam agreed happily. He immediately asked the owner for his bank account and transferred NRs 108,000 to the owner. He told the owner that he will be coming in the evening. He took the keys and left with his cousin.

The owner was quite surprised when he saw the two brother-sister pair paying the rent of over NRs 100,000 without batting an eyelid.

It was just 3:00 PM so he decided to shop a bit. He had only brought a few sets of clothes. He told his cousin about his plans and she agreed.

They were in the bus. Shuvam got a call from an unknown number. He picked up the phone. It was a guy. He said, " Aye you Binit ? "

" Yes. Who are you ? "

" You don't need to know me. Just know this. Sat away from Pallavi. I have been pursuing her since grade 10. You bastard can't just barge in and take her away. "

" Who are you ? ", Shuvam said with a solemn expression.

" My name is Aaditya. From now on, stay the hell out of her life. "

" Sorry to disappoint you buddy but that can't happen. She is in my life and I am in hers. "

" Just you wait. Good thing you went to Kathmandu or else you wouldn't be able to even speak. You will come home during Dashain, then I will help you realize what mistake you did by messing with me. "

The call disconnected. He was worried. He didn't know many boys of his age so he was worried that if a dozen of that aaditya guy and his friends came, he would get thrashed no matter what. He inwardly decided to go to a dojo and also the gym.

They reached KTM mall. He didn't have any cash on hand so his cousin paid the fare. They went inside the mall when Shuvam realized something. He ran back and got into the ATM to withdraw some cash. He withdrew 20,000 NRs. He put 10,000 into his pocket and the another 10,000 into the backpack. ( He had always been carrying the backpack. ) He also put his card into the bag and proceeded to the mall.

His cousin was waiting for him. They went ahead and bought various sets of clothes. Shuvam bought 5 sets of clothes whereas under Shuvam's continuous pestering, Supriya also bought two sets of clothes. She didn't want to spend her cousin's money but Shuvam would not listen to her and bought two sets of clothes for her.

All of these cost NRs 17500. He was happy to have bought these few sets of clothes. At least he would be able to dress nicely now.

They went to the old apartment. The rent for the next month had also been paid but they still moved out. They called for a taxi and went to the new flat they had just rented. There were a total of 7 bags. Three were Shuvam's and four were Supriya's.

They put their bags in the bedrooms, they had selected earlier. The two bedrooms they had chosen had a bed each and a small table with lamp on top of it. The bed in the room he had chosen as his computer room had already been moved by the owner. The mattresses were not given. Shuvam knew this but had told Supriya to leave the old mattress at the old apartment.

It was 5:05 right now. They went to a nearby shopping mall that sold mattresses and ordered two. The mattresses were good quality ones. It cost 4,000 each. He didn't have enough cash at the moment.

" Can I pay using card ? "

" Yes, sir. We actually encourage the use of cards. Credit or debit ? "

" Debit. "

He swiped his card and paid 8,000 for the mattresses. He also bought two pillows at 500 each, four bed sheets and a few cushions for 2000.

" Is delivery available ? I would like to get them delivered right now. "

" Sir it will take a while to get the truck ready. Please wait for a bit while the order gets loaded."

After 15 minutes, the receptionist came again and told them that their order was loaded on to the truck and the truck was waiting at the road. The delivery charges were NRs 2000. He swiped his card again and paid it. Supriya and Shuvam sat in a taxi and signalled the truck driver to follow. They reached their apartment. Supriya and Shuvam took the pillows ,cushions and bedsheets inside while the truck driver and his helper took the mattresses inside. The mattresses were placed in each bed. The driver and his helper were leaving when Shuvam stopped them and gave them a 500 rupee note and thanked them for their ' hard work '.

The driver and his helper were happy with this rich ' boss ' who just casually gave them so much money. After all, they would need to work for about a day or two in order to earn that much.

After settling all the cushions, pillows and the bedsheets, Supriya went out to buy some dishes and supplies.

His school was going to start in two months or so. So he decided to use this time to make his first game. After all, since all matters were settled. He would start making his first game.

He went into the computer room and switched the light on. The room was empty. There was a desk and a chair in the room. He had this placed here in exchange for the bed. He placed his laptop in the desk and placed the charger on the side.

He opened his laptop. When the laptop opened, he casually called out, " Andy. "

The robot-ish friend of his popped up in the background and said, " Finally here huh. "

" What are the specs you need for the PC to make games using game dev system? "

" Minimum 16 GB ram, 4 GHz CPU, 1400 MHz GPU and about 20 terabytes of free space to store the games and the bots. As you can see each bot takes up the space of 100 GBs. "

" Is 20 TB even possible ? ", Shuvam frowned while asking. He found it hard to believe that 20 TB in a single computer was possible. He thought that maybe 2-3 TB would be possible but not 20TB.

" Cloud storage will do too. ", Andy replied.

" OK I will order the components and build the PC . wait for a few more days. ", he said and shut down his computer.

He took out his phone from his pocket and decided to place the order for all the stuff he needed to buy...…