At the annual Game Development Conference, Leah Isobel highlights innovative games with social messages, focusing on 'Take Us North' by Anima Interactive. This game uniquely explores the struggles of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border, emphasizing collaboration with individuals who have firsthand experiences. Creative director Karla Reyes notes the importance of accurately portraying the complex narratives of migration. The gameplay combines survival elements with storytelling, allowing players to engage with the nuanced realities faced by these individuals, showcased through a warm art style.
We are collaborating closely with migrants with lived experience, with anthropologists and experts in migration, in order to ensure that we're honoring migrants who have gone on the trail.
Take Us North features several different systems to articulate the multivalent experiences that migrants encounter on their journeys.
Collection
[
|
...
]