Sroth Code Case Study

Sroth Code: making premium games and apps in Nepal
Everything about the makers of ‘Haku Run’ game
The idea of starting the company came when Uttam Adhikari and Uday Bikram Gurung, who used to work as IT Coordinators in Cloudtech, a call center, felt working there uninteresting, because of high-pressure, low pay, and almost no-growth of the company. Having worked in a similar company, that was almost going nowhere, they felt like leaving the job.
Gurung, originally a student of Adhikari, had loved his way of teaching by Adhikari. And, requested Adhikari to teach with the same methodology. Sroth Code started as a winter-camp programme last February. And, started off in an unused space of their previous job, where the workspace was vacant in the
And, ‘source code’ means the set of commands in computer programming.
The company began with almost zero cost.
To start off with the work, they planned to make a game. But, as copyright issues hinder the making of games based on foreign movies, they decided to make a game from Nepali movie itself. And, that time, teaser of Loot 2 was just announced. And, they came up with the idea of making the games of Haku and Gophle. They then approached Nischal Basnet, the director of Loot 2 for the same. As Basnet liked their concept and said them to carry on the work, they started working for the same.
After working two months of working from an office space, they had to move out from the place. And, they shifted the office to the apartment of Adhikari in Ratopul, and the four-team members that time utilized one of the rooms as the
Rain attacked them on the mid-way. While meeting Basnet, they were fully drenched in rain. Seeing their condition, and the passion and commitment to do something, Basnet okayed them to proceed on making the game. They haven’t yet forgotten that moment, of meeting him for the first time, in such condition.
Because of Haku Run, many people have started to know about Haku Run, and have been approaching them for their works. And, many organizations are approaching them and showing willingness to collaborate and work together.
Other than making of games, Sroth Code also works on various other sectors including providing various web-service to e-commerce sites and making of apps.
They had made Haku Run to divert Nepali users from foreign games like Temple Run and others to Nepali games itself, with features like Swoyambhu, Muktinath, Lumbini, Nepal Yatayat and Tempo among others. They had included these features to make the game more interesting to Nepalese, and feel the Nepali way.
More games from Sroth Code are coming in the market