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Check the download opens."], "places": [{"role": "made", "country": "Liberia", "source": "huix2099.com/products/monrovia-hustle/concept", "label": "Where it was made", "short": "made in Liberia"}, {"role": "setting", "city": "Monrovia", "country": "Liberia", "source": "huix2099.com/products/monrovia-hustle/concept", "label": "Game setting", "short": "set in Monrovia"}], "africa": [{"country": "Liberia", "reason": "Made in Liberia + set in Monrovia"}], "pin": {"country": "Liberia", "city": "Monrovia"}, "code": "LR-01", "check": ["the studio's city", "where to play it"], "release_link": null, "studio": "huix-2099", "sources_public": ["https://huix2099.com/products/monrovia-hustle/concept"], "avail": {"state": "unconfirmed", "date_label": "Released", "browser": null}, "studio_url": null, "where": []}, {"id": "candidaterage", "title": "Candidate'Rage", "maker": "GameArtofAfrica", "maker_city": null, "maker_country": "Mali", "setting": null, "relation": "made_in_africa", "tier": "studio", "platforms": [{"platform": "pc", "status": "released", "url": "https://gameartofafrica.itch.io/candidaterage"}], "url": "https://gameartofafrica.itch.io/candidaterage", "one_liner": "A fighting game from GameArtofAfrica, a studio in Mali.", "genre": "Action , Fighting", "released": null, "x_handle": null, "built_with": null, "sources": ["gameartofafrica.itch.io/candidaterage", "gameartofafrica.itch.io"], "editorial_note": null, "listing": "permission_pending", "to_verify": ["confirm details (research confidence below high)", "maker city"], "found_by": ["Squid editorial queue"], "research_notes": ["Approved from the editorial queue (Codex research, 8 Oct 2026 (gamegbee-missing-countries-research and three-country dossier)). 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Google Play: “an authentic Sudanese Hareeg card game, also known as Concan 14 or Sudanese Rummy”; the developer's address is in Qatar. The GitHub site found for “Sudan Bridge” belongs to an unrelated researcher.", "Fire Time's site is © 2026 SudanBridge; SudanBridge's mentoring programme (“Connecting Sudanese Youth With Global Talent”) lives at sultan-hassan.github.io/mentoring_program (link confirmed by Kadi from SudanBridge's Instagram). 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Publisher LE2M Holding International, Côte d'Ivoire (Kadi, Squid, 8 Oct 2026). The App Store lists the developer as Bah Loic Emmanuel.", "LE2M Holding (“Maison digitale · Abidjan”) lists DevineTonMot among its apps; Google Play names Le2m Holding International, Abidjan. 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The demo is out now.", "genre": "Turn-based RPG", "released": "2026-11-02", "x_handle": null, "built_with": null, "sources": ["store.steampowered.com/app/5194540/Primal_Heir_The_Mortal_Realm", "animus.dx.am/index.php#about"], "editorial_note": null, "listing": "permission_pending", "to_verify": ["confirm details (research confidence below high)", "maker city"], "found_by": ["Squid editorial queue"], "research_notes": ["Approved from the editorial queue (Kadi (Squid), 8 Oct 2026). Animus: “a small indie game development studio based in Mauritius”, founded 2016 (studio site). 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