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Zain Memon

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Creator - @maya_lore_
@shasnthegame
@trialsofmaya
@macaraccoon.the.game
Founder - Department of Lore & @memesys_studios

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The Cut
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Almost a thousand backers later, the Trials of Maya Gamefound campaign is almost at the finish line. Secure your copy now!

Link in Bio.

#boardgamegeek #boardgaming #gamefound #tabletopgaming #scifi by @zemonmain

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8 days ago

The word is out! We’ve loved bringing you the Maya experience across North America and Europe. Now, discover Maya: Seed Takes Root and Trials of Maya at New York Comic Con 2026!

Booth 3325
Level 3
Javits Center

#EnterMaya #SciFi #Fantasy #NYCC #ComicCon by @zemonmain

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11 days ago

Mark your calendars, Maya will be at New York Comic Con 2026! Discover Maya: Seed Takes Root & Trials of Maya with co-creator Zain Memon. We’ll see you there!

#EnterMAYA #SciFi #Fantasy #NYCC #ComicCon by @zemonmain

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17 days ago

ZAIN

Some brains need to take the machine apart. Zain does it for sport.
SHASN. AZADI. MAYA.
Politics becomes a board game. Philosophy becomes a world. Ideology is turned into something you can hold, play, lose at and think about afterwards.
The method stays gloriously consistent: pull the loose thread, open the machine, see what happens.
Then build another one.

The dirty Cut 2026.

Editor-in-chief & Creative Director: Kshitij Kankaria @kshitijkankaria
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Managing Editor: Saif Zaki @szaki5689
Graphic Designer: Nikhil Narayanan P @nikhilpn_
Styling Assistant: Aafreen Anjum @aafreenanj
Production : Imran Khatri Productions @ikp.insta
Executive producer: Imran Khatri @imran_khatri
Producer: Vishal Baniya @vishalbaniya_
Production manager: Pawan Yadav @pawankumar7838
Production Assistant: Ayon Singha @ayonsingha25 by @zemonmain

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19 days ago

Trials of Maya has something for everyone. Everyone is loving the game and we are sure you will too! Back now for Founder’s Edition Exclusive Art. Trials of Maya is now live on Gamefound!

#boardgamegeek #boardgaming #gamefound #tabletopgaming #scifi by @zemonmain

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Because even dense with ideas books have tropes. Maya: Seed Takes Root comes out worldwide on 25 August 2026. A picture of the novel Maya: Seed Takes Root by Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon with its key “tropes” or features. It highlights the following themes/features of the book:
everyone talks to their dead. he can't.
airplane mode is illegal
narrated by Agent Smith
trees domesticated us
she eats people
neurodivergent hero
the villain is right
"me also have name"
Maya: Seed Takes Root is an epic science fiction novel releasing on August 25 by @zemonmain

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What does it take to build a global IP from India?
What does it take to build something that represents us, on the global stage.

Forty of us from Goa have been building Maya for over 5 years now.

Seed takes Root, the first book, hits shelves worldwide this month.

The game follows, 8th September. by @zemonmain

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2 months ago

What if AI isn't the most powerful technology shaping humanity?
What if it's… stories?

🎙️ EP14 IS LIVE: The Stories That Control Us: Free Will, AI & The Future of Human Civilization

This is easily one of my favourite conversations on TID. In a world where each life is a commodity, each decision is a series of data points and hidden algorithms are nudging all our decisions, can we stop for an hour or so to question: What is really "Free Will" in today's context and how are we shaping the future of human civilization?

Watch the 1.5hr conversation of the latest episode of TID Podcast where 2 literary geniuses of film-making, game design, science fiction and anthropology give a masterclass on the same!

🎬 Anand Gandhi: Ship of Theseus, Tumbbad, An Insignificant Man
🎲 Zain Memon: creator of the award-winning political strategy game SHASN

Together, they're now building MAYA, an ambitious universe across films, games, novels, graphic novels and immersive experiences.

👇 What's ONE story, movie, book or game that changed the way you think?

Watch the episode and follow The Innovators and Disruptors Collective Podcast for more conversations like this.

Special thanks: @aakankshahahajela , @aakriti_saproo, @artificer.exe

#TIDPodcast #AnandGandhi #ZainMemon #MAYA #AI
[Storytelling ScienceFiction Innovation] by @zemonmain

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2 months ago

Orchestral theme from MAYA, the science fiction universe created by Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon. “Ablaze Like Vajra” is the theme for the audiobook MAYA: Seed Takes Root, narrated by Hugo Weaving, and for the tabletop game Trials of MAYA. A cinematic, neoclassical ostinato built for a world of seven sentient species and a tree that dreams.

CREDITS
Composed by Rohit Sharma, Anand Gandhi, and Zain Memon
Produced by Rohit Sharma
Arranged and Orchestrated by Samarth Srinivasan
Midi Arrangement by Japjisingh Valecha
Performed by FILMharmonic Orchestra, Prague®️
Violin I: Marie Dvorská
Violin II: Petra Elznic
Viola: Robert Střihavka
Violoncello: Marek Elznic
Sound Engineer: Vít Král
Pro Tools Operator: Jakub Smolák
Orchestra Contractor & Recording Sessions Manager: Petr Pycha
Executive Music Producer: Shreya Dudheria
Produced for the MAYA Chronicles
Created by Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon
© 2026 Department of Lore. All Rights Reserved.
℗ 2026 Department of Lore. All Rights Reserved.

#entermaya #ost #scififantasy #fantasy #scifi taken in Prague, Czech Republic by @zemonmain

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3 months ago

Backer Update!

MAYA: Seed Takes Root audiobook, narrated by Hugo Weaving, is now live.

Check your inbox.

#ENTERMAYA #HugoWeaving taken in Berkeley, California by @zemonmain

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5 months ago

Co-creating a non-predatory future through narratives.
Join the community on Discord. Link in bio.

#EnterMAYA #stories #narratives #scifi #literature taken in New York, New York by @zemonmain

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