Thirsty Suitors

Thirsty Suitors is an adventure video game developed by Outerloop Games and published by Annapurna Interactive.

Gameplay
Thirsty Suitors is an adventure game about a young woman, Jala, who returns to her hometown for her sister's wedding and must navigate her relationships with her family and former paramours. Gameplay includes skateboarding, cooking minigames, and character conversations which function like turn-based battles.

Story
A woman, Jala, returns to her childhood home in Washington and must confront her former significant others.

Development
The studio began their development process by selecting three ideas for games to present to others in the video games industry in a pitch deck; the idea which later became Thirsty Suitors received the most positive attention. Co-founder and creative director of Outerloop, Chandana Ekanayake, noted that most of the individuals to whom Outerloop pitched the game were middle-aged white men, which caused Ekanayake to change his pitching strategy. This change involved focusing on the dearth of South Asian narratives in games, and highlighting successful media with such stories, such as the film Bend it Like Beckham and the television show Never Have I Ever.