“The Oldest Game is a web-based newsgame that explores the complex issue of the legalization of the sex trade in Ontario and Quebec. Drawing inspiration from games such as Budget Hero, in which players learn the parameters of a complex system, and from role-playing games that provoke empathy and identification, “The Oldest Game” focuses on the motivations on the debate over legalized prostitution.” – The Oldest Game
Steve WilcoxSteve Wilcox is an assistant professor in the Game Design & Development program at Wilfrid Laurier University where […]
“Phone Story is an educational game about the dark side of your favorite smart phone. Follow your phone’s journey around the world and fight the market forces in a spiral of planned obsolescence.” – Phone Story
“This is a story of how harmless choices can make a harmful world…Our cute segregation sim [Parable of the Polygons] […]
Papo & Yo is the story of a young boy, Quico, and his best friend, Monster. Monster is a huge beast […]
“Outcasted is a stand-alone first-person-simulation for mac and PC that tries to establish a consciousness towards the social exclusion that homeless people experience every day. You slip into the role of a person that is living and penhandling on the streets of an average western city. The main task is to beg from the passing pedestrians in order to receive monetary or material attention. As you find yourself being ignored by most of the passer-by‘s, your goal is to find someone who is willing to start a conversation in order to learn about the reasons and circumstances that were responsible for your situation.” – Developer
Little Party is a short story video game about your daughter’s all-nighter party. In short, it has you playing the […]
“Mainichi (Japanese for “everyday”) conveys some of the social struggles the developer faces daily as a mixed transgender woman by recreating […]
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is the first game developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people. Nearly 40 […]
“Fort McMurray, the heart of the Canadian oil industry, is the scene for a groundbreaking fusion of documentary and video game. The creators, web pioneers NFB and Arte with contributions by journalists from Süddeutsche.de and Le Monde, put you in their own shoes. Their mission is your mission: to unravel the interests that lurk behind the appearance of success, wealth and happiness…”