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This game perfectly captures how coming out can change a life forever
Everyone who came out to their family and friends will remember how it went; from awesome to awful, the experiences vary greatly, but for quite a few people, it will have been awkward and maybe a bit confusing.
For interactive artist Nicky Case, like for so many others, his coming out was the night that changed his life forever.
Born to ‘hyper-conservative Asian parents’, Case has turned his experiences into a simulator game – or rather, an interactive drawing, as it’s text-based.
Created as part, and winner of, of the 2014 #Nar8 Game Jam the ‘half-true game about half-truths’ the game is very personal and gives an insight into the awkwardness that coming out can be.
It starts with Case greeting the player, seemingly sat in Starbucks.
‘Tell me, dear player, how do you think this all ends?’ he asks, presenting a choice of answers: A – with flowers and rainbows and gay unicorns? B – Apparently, with you redditing at Starbuck or C – IT ALL ENDS IN BLOOD.
Depending on what users choose, there will be a little hint on whether they’re right, before Case explains how the game includes the things genuinely said by himself, his parents and his ex-boyfriend – as well as some of the things they didn’t say, but should have.
From then on, it’s straight into the deep end and users encounter Case and his then-boyfriend, Jack, secretly texting and discussing whether Case should come out to his parents, before the latter goes to dinner with his family and the story unravels.
We don’t want to take too much away, but a word of warning: every character will remember what the user said – or what they left out.
To play the game, simply follow this link – it works on desktop computers as well as mobile devices.
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Stefanie Gerdes
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