"Venba: A Viral Indian Cooking Game Celebrating Tamil Cuisine and South Indian Culture"
Venba, a narrative cooking game centered on an Indian family that immigrated to Canada from Tamil Nadu, focuses on the importance of sound in capturing the essence of Tamil cuisine. The game's developers committed to cooking all the recipes themselves multiple times to understand the taste, texture, and sound of southern Indian food. Sound designer Neha Patel recorded the sounds of cooking each step of the way, using foley techniques to ensure authenticity. The game also features an in-game radio with a soundtrack scored to the sounds of Tamil cinema from different eras, paying homage to specific music directors.