2025 / Monsoon Sem / Re-imagining the Vernacular TOI-5

Nehal More

Ustaadon Ka Sheher

Jay Thakkar (Tutor)

Kamna Vyas (Teaching Associate)

Ustaadon Ka Sheher places players in the role of young karigars navigating a craft-filled city where every decision costs time, energy, or crystals. As they move through workshops, gather materials, and craft objects, players must constantly balance what to spend, what to save, and what to risk. The sheher is alive shaped by chance events, shifting shop prices, and the steady five-minute hourglass that keeps the city moving. It is a world where timing matters as much as talent. Every round changes the landscape. Tiles flip, routes shift, shortcuts appear, markets slow down or burst with opportunity. Players adapt, improvise, and strategize as they compete to craft the most valuable objects and rise from karigar to ustaad. The game celebrates the rhythm of making, the pressure, the skill, the chaos, and the joy of creationWW all inside a city that never stands still.