The narrative universe will unfold into films, games, novels, toys, graphic novels, and immersive experiences. The first novel 'Maya: Seed Takes Root' is set to launch globally on August 19
Equal parts sci-fi, fantasy, and philosophy, the universe starting with 'In Maya: Seed Takes Root' is a biological network of sentient trees.
Indian filmmaker Anand Gandhi and game designer Zain Memon have come together to create a unique universe called Maya.
Created by Gandhi, who is known for 'Ship of Theseus' and 'Tumbbad' and Memon, known for SHASN and AZADI, MAYA is a science-fiction fantasy by Department of Lore Inc.
The narrative universe will unfold into films, games, novels, toys, graphic novels, and immersive experiences. The first novel 'Maya: Seed Takes Root' is set to launch globally on August 19.
Equal parts sci-fi, fantasy, and philosophy, the universe starting with 'In Maya: Seed Takes Root' is a biological network of sentient trees, known simply as "Maya", acts as the living internet of planet Neh. Every citizen tethers daily to Maya, entering shared dreamscapes to work, learn and seek whatever flavours of impossible their hearts desire. The immortal Divyas harvest this data to see billions of possible futures. They don't rule through force.
Each MAYA experience stands alone, yet interweaves. The narrative follows multiple perspectives across different species, each with radically different ways of perceiving reality, and a deeper, systemic truth with no heroes, villains or absolutes.
“MAYA isn’t about heroes vs villains,” explains Zain Memon. “It’s about the defining conflicts of our civilisation today: truth vs dogma, innovation vs stagnation, freedom vs control, and haves vs have-nots.”
Developed over four years at the Department of Lore, the MAYA universe has been crafted in collaboration with evolutionary biologists, linguists, architects, philosophers, and system theorists. The result is a lush, deep lore with each species’ evolutionary and political history fully mapped out, inhabiting a lived-in world, with speculative architecture that has been built from the ground up to reflect their unique biology and umwelt.
With Gandhi’s cinematic and philosophical depth and Memon’s mastery of systems-based storytelling, MAYA is a leap forward in how stories can shape society.
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