I was completely engaged and enjoyed reading through the story. I will definitely play multiple times. The first time I made choices that I wouldn’t normally make. It was cathartic, to a certain extent. The game experience along with the visuals (which are stunning) truly captivated what our future narratives might be. The overall feeling was a melancholy for me. But I actually want to play again and play as myself. Make the decisions I might make and see where I go. Overall, beautiful designed and the prose and poetics were wonderful.

Micha,

First, I really appreciate the aesthetic visual image, audio elements and prose you selected to guide Roja through her experience(s). I also appreciate that your game challenges “the player” to literally place themselves in the shoes of another, and perhaps in the process, begin to challenge their own assumptions on race, sexual orientation, gender, immigration status, and colonialism. It is one thing to make these judgements as an outside observer, but this kind of interactive experience through narrative hopefully leads to more thoughtful self-awareness. My research interest is exploring the potential of multimodal scholarship to transform how we communicate our research. I don’t know the extent to which this kind of gaming will be formally accepted in academe, but I could see elements of this kind of digital storytelling being applied across multiple disciplines to better tell our stories.