Game Design
2019
18 Regions
About
An interactive, transformational game to raise awareness of underrepresented groups
Role
Inspiration
Inspired by iF topic: End poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030
Race
Religion
Pregnancy & Maternity
Age
Sexuality
Sexual Orientation
Initial Research
Ideation
Game Mechanics
Storyboard
Prototype
Players engage in conversations with NPCs and shape the narrative through their choices, propelling the storyline forward. Constant dialogue is the key to progression, with diverse outcomes based on players' chosen options. The journey involves collecting special items, such as 30 whistles, 10 disgusted faces, or 5 slaps. Upon gathering all items in a region, players successfully complete that section of the map.
Playtest
- Feedback
(a) There should be more background information for the players to get better understanding of the character situation.
(b) The conversation button is not obvious enough, and difficult to be noticed.
(c) There can be more plots to make it easier for the players to feel sympathetic and understand the situation.
Final Results
- U.S.A
In the university, a professor prevents students to speak Chinese and indicates that he will write down the student names of those who insist on speaking their mother tongue.
1. Make your choice.
2. Converse with the professor.
3. Collect one argument.
- Somali
In Somalia, the most extreme female genital form of cutting is practiced. This procedure is associated with significant morbidity: 39% of women in Somalia are reported to have immediate substantial complications.
1. Converse with your mother.
2. Make your choice.
3. Collect one rift between your mother.
- Italy
In Venice, a celebrity's son shared two images to Instagram, both of the pictures featured Asian tourists with the caption: "No place like Italy innit". Soon he was accused of racist.
1. Decide whether to take the boat or not.
2. Click the button.
3. Collect one Instagram post with insulting words.
- China
In Guangzhou, China, there is a group of black people. Ordinary Chinese citizens lack knowledge of them. The only action they could take is to keep distance from them and ignore them.
1. Decide whether to take the seat or not.
2. Inner thoughts.
3. Collect one stink eye.
- India
In New Delhi, India, a rape and fatal assault occurred on 16 December 2012. A 23-year-old female was beaten, gang raped, and tortured in a private bus in which she was travelling with her friend.
1. Control the character to move.
2. Converse with the mob.
3. Collect one harassment.
- U.S.A
Two black men arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks said they were just waiting for a business meeting – and a week later still wonder how that could have escalated into a police encounter that left them fearing for their lives.
1. Click the button.
2. Converse with the police.
3. Collect one arrest.
- End
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