Hey everyone! I’m a indie developer working on a project inspired by the history of Myanmar. The game is planned to cover a large span of history, from the Mon period → Bagan → Toungoo → Konbaung → the final Burmese kingdom.
I’m looking for good historical sources to help me research these periods properly. I’m especially interested in:
Kingdoms, politics, and major events
Warfare, armies, weapons, and military organization
Cities and architecture
Clothing and everyday life
Religion and cultural practices
Trade and relations with neighboring kingdoms
Mon, Bamar, Shan, Rakhine, and other communities
Myths, legends, and folklore
Historical maps, illustrations, archaeological evidence, and primary sources
Since I’m Myanmar myself, I’ve learned some of this history through school and from people around me, but I want to go much deeper than the usual textbook version for the game.
I’d especially appreciate academic books, translated primary sources, old Burmese/Mon texts, archaeological research, museum/archive material, and reliable online resources. English sources are great, but Burmese-language sources are definitely welcome too.
I’m trying to make the setting feel historically grounded while still being a fun game, so I’d love recommendations from anyone who has researched these periods.
If you know a book, website, archive, documentary, or even a particular historian I should check out, please drop it below!
P.S. First time posting here lol, ChatGPT helped me put my thoughts into words 😭