Every episode has to earn the next one
A thumb decides faster than any focus group. We shape hooks, cuts and cliffhangers around that single test.
Premium Vertical Short Drama
ZEST GAMES PRIVATE LIMITED develops and distributes vertical short dramas for mobile audiences worldwide. We run the whole path in house — story development, production management, localization and international release — so a series reaches the right viewers, in their own language, without losing its edge along the way.
A thumb decides faster than any focus group. We shape hooks, cuts and cliffhangers around that single test.
About ZEST GAMES
ZEST GAMES PRIVATE LIMITED makes short-form serialized drama for the way people actually watch on a phone: standing in a queue, waiting for a train, half-distracted and one flick away from something else.
That constraint shapes everything we do. An episode cannot spend two minutes setting up a world, so we spend our effort on the opening beat instead — the moment a viewer decides whether this is worth their attention. Structure, pacing and the exact placement of a cliffhanger matter more here than they ever did in long form.
Our team covers story development, production management, localization and distribution. We can carry a series from first outline to release on our own, and we are glad to build alongside writers, production houses and platform partners who want to go the same way.
What We Do
Everything a short-form series needs between a rough idea and a title live in front of an audience.
Genre selection, outline work and script polish, then a beat map that breaks the story into episodes. We decide where every hook lands before anything gets shot.
Casting, shoot planning and post coordination held to a delivery date. Schedule, budget and platform specs stay tied together instead of being reconciled at the end.
Subtitles, dubbing and on-screen text across languages, plus covers, titles and trailers rebuilt around what each market responds to.
Release scheduling, channel coordination and creative testing. What the numbers say after launch feeds directly into the next slate.
Genre Directions
The three lines we develop against. Specific titles and slates are shared through business contact.
Line 01
Contemporary stories built on debts, rivalries and second chances — the kind of conflict a viewer recognizes within one scene. Grounded settings keep production costs sane and make adaptation across markets straightforward.
Line 02
High-concept premises that carry their own visual identity. A strong hook does the exposition for you, which is exactly what a sixty-second episode needs, and the imagery travels well in thumbnails and trailers.
Line 03
Narratives driven by what the audience does not yet know. Withheld information is a natural fit for short episodes and frequent cliffhangers, and the structure holds up under subtitles.
Deliverables
Scope varies by engagement. These three packages cover most of what partners ask for.
Finished episodes at platform spec, master files, subtitle tracks and an episode-by-episode synopsis with the key beats marked.
Covers, titles, trailers and short-form cutdowns, produced per territory rather than translated from a single original set.
Retention and completion figures after release, with a plain read on what worked, what did not, and what to change next time.
Workflow
Licensing, co-production and distribution all run on the same rhythm, so responsibilities and output are clear at every stage.
Settle the engagement type, target markets and timeline, along with the commercial frame.
Outline and beat map go through joint review before any production commitment is made.
Shooting and post run to schedule, with language versions and packaging prepared in parallel.
Launch with channel partners, collect performance data, and adjust the next round accordingly.
Compliance
Distributing across borders means answering to several sets of rules at once. We settle those questions at the start of a project, not after delivery.
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Get In Touch
We are open to content licensing, co-production and distribution partnerships. A short note on what you have and which markets you are after is enough to start — we will route it to the right person on our side.
We normally reply within three business days. Let us know in the first message if the discussion needs to stay confidential.
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