Amarta: Kingdom of Shadows
Amarta: Kingdom of Shadows is the prologue to the Amarta IP franchise. Inspired by the Wayang story of Babad Wanamarta, it is a Kingdom-like game where players build a new nation from a forbidden forest.
This project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia through the Dana Indonesiana Endowment Fund for Culture
The Tale of
Babad
Wanamarta
Babad Wanamarta is a story from the Javanese Wayang Kulit culture that tells about the founding of the Pandawa kingdom in a wild and dangerous forest called Wanamarta. In the story, the Pandawa are forced to receive a cursed forest by the Kurawa as a political maneuver to remove them from power. Instead of accepting defeat, the Pandawa decide to transform the forest into a prosperous kingdom. With determination, wisdom, and cooperation, they begin clearing the forest, building settlements, and defending their land from various threats such as demons and mystical creatures that inhabit the wilderness.
Play as Bima
A warrior of the five Pandawa brothers. Bima and his brothers were stripped of their rightful claim to the throne of Astinapura, and so they built a new kingdom, Amarta. But the path was never easy, for they raised their kingdom upon a cursed forest, sovereign land of the Jin.
