Harappa is a city-building game set in the ancient Indus civilization, developed by Guild Games. Its Steam store page opened on October 26, and the developer says it is looking into Japanese translation costs after the title drew attention from Japanese users.
Guild Games opened the Steam store page for Harappa on October 26. The game is a city-builder set in the ancient Indus civilization, named after the Harappa ruins in Pakistan.
Japanese users found the store page and mistook the title for the Japanese word for vacant lot. A post by Indie Freaks' Tenukibozu on X drove the attention. The developer says it is looking into Japanese translation costs on the strength of that accident.
By early November, Harappa appeared in Automaton's weekly roundup alongside six other games, including The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel and the Sengoku castle town game Jyoka -Castle Town-, due November 16. The roundup listed Harappa without additional release or platform details.
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The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel was officially announced, with a Hammerfell setting, as Bethesda Game Studios marked its 40th anniversary. The weekly AUTOMATON roundup also lists Tales Weaver Mobile, now in planning for a December focus group test in Korea; the Indus city builder Harappa; the Sengoku castle town game Jyoka -Castle Town-, due November 16; the Winnie-the-Pooh psycho-horror romance game; the sky island MMO Loftia; and the language-deciphering puzzle Message From Aliens.
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Guild Games opened the Steam store page for Harappa on October 26, a city-building game set in the ancient Indus civilization. Japanese users found the title, which is named after the Harappa ruins in Pakistan, and mistook it for the Japanese word for vacant lot. A post by Indie Freaks' Tenukibozu on X drove the attention, and the developer says it is looking into Japanese translation costs.