After 4 years of growth, we’re ecstatic to disclose that our debut recreation, Suri: The Seventh Note will lastly be out there from October 30, 2026 on PS5.
Each surroundings, character, and animation has been meticulously illustrated to create a particular visible id. The island itself attracts inspiration from the wealthy creative and architectural traditions of India, mixing influences from Rajput forts, Theyyam Tradition, Himalayan monasteries, and various regional cultures right into a vibrant fantasy world that feels each acquainted and unique.
Whether or not you’re chasing good runs, uncovering hidden paths, mastering each motion potential, or just taking on the earth round you, Suri brings collectively gameplay, music, and tradition in a world constructed to be explored.
Whereas this may be apparent to some from the onset, there’s simply as a lot thought (if no more) that’s gone into Suri’s music.
Keep awhile and pay attention (to grasp)
Instrumental in our journey was to make music not simply one thing you heard, however one thing you mastered.
Eighty p.c of the music you hear within the recreation has been recorded with unique analogue devices relatively than one thing synthesised electronically. It is because we needed to protect the feel of the music. By way of our trailers you’ll discover a layered medley of devices in-line with what you’d count on from numerous areas of India.
Indian music inspirations
So when the participant arrives within the southern a part of the island of Suri, we’d use a veena as an alternative of a sitar, for example. After which after we go to the desert parts of the sport, we glance to Rajasthan and its musical traditions.
Together with an intense focus on audio selection got here an attention-grabbing constraint to unravel. How will we adapt musical selection to the pace at which human thumbs can transfer on a controller?
This ended up being the craziest and most essential concern that we had. And it was fairly difficult too as a result of we’ve to work round sure restrictions. For instance, there must be a minimal time window for the participant actions to occur.
480 milliseconds to slay the beat
After a number of trial and error, we discovered the candy spot: for us, it’s round 480 milliseconds, so we have to keep a spot of 480 milliseconds between the primary beats of the sport.
When making a recreation like this, a significant restriction is that we will’t observe anyone pure style particularly as a result of it gained’t at all times work with the gameplay. So we’ve to create a hybrid of genres and types.
Why the world of Suri revolves round 480 milliseconds
We selected 480 milliseconds between the primary consecutive beats to create sufficient area for the participant’s enter response whereas nonetheless sustaining the sport’s momentum. This timing permits us to accommodate the fail window across the participant’s response with out making the interplay really feel sluggish or disconnected.
An extended window may disrupt the spacing, rhythm, and total temper of the expertise, making the sport really feel much less responsive. Alternatively, a shorter window could make the fail state too delicate or fast for the participant to consciously or subconsciously acknowledge that they’ve fallen off rhythm.
The 480 ms interval due to this fact gives a stability between responsiveness, rhythmic readability, and gameplay momentum.
Inventing our personal music style
Take for instance the Indian aesthetics; we will’t have very genuine Indian music within the recreation due to the kind of rhythms and timing required, however we will utilise it with the cutscenes and narration drawings.
The music could be very bouncy and never aggressive in nature. And in addition, we’ve decluttered a number of the sounds and introduced the important and useful beats up high. Primarily we’ve taken a hip-hop-like construction and laid Indian textures (Indian percussion devices) over it.
Pre-order now
Suri: The Seventh Note launches on October 30, 2026, and you may pre-order the sport now on PlayStation 5. Whether or not you need to expertise Ajira’s journey with the bottom recreation or go all-in with unique content material and early entry, there are two editions to select from.
Normal Version
The Normal Version consists of:
- Suri: The Seventh Note — Base Sport
- 20% pre-order low cost (with PlayStation Plus membership)
Digital Deluxe Version
The Digital Deluxe Version consists of:
- Suri: The Seventh Note — Base Sport
- Unique Chandini Pores and skin
- DLC
- 20% pre-order low cost (with PlayStation Plus membership)
- 3 day early entry to the total recreation
Unique to the Digital Deluxe Version
The Chandini Pores and skin and DLC is not going to be out there for separate buy. They will solely be obtained as a part of the Digital Deluxe Version. For those who determine to buy the Digital Deluxe Version after launch, you’ll nonetheless obtain each the Unique Chandini Pores and skin and DLC.
Select your version, get able to really feel each beat, and be there when Ajira’s journey begins.
Constructed with the PlayStation India Hero Challenge
Suri: The Seventh Note is proud to be a part of the PlayStation India Hero Challenge.
Rising up, PlayStation video games impressed us to dream larger as builders. To now carry our personal recreation to the platform is one thing we’re extremely happy with.
Working carefully with the PlayStation workforce has helped us carry our imaginative and prescient to life, significantly whereas creating our Rhythm Haptics Engine and guaranteeing that Suri feels proper at house on PS5.
Their assist all through growth has been invaluable, and we’re extremely excited to lastly share what we’ve been constructing with gamers world wide.
The rhythm Is coming
For years, we’ve been constructing the island of Suri. We’ve created its world, its music, its motion, and its rhythm. We’ve watched Ajira’s journey take form from an thought right into a recreation we will lastly share with you.
Now, we’re counting all the way down to the second you’ll be able to expertise it for your self.
Suri: The Seventh Note launches on PlayStation 5 on October 30, 2026.