Category: Development

  • SEASON: A Letter to the Future

    Developer: Scavengers StudioPublisher: Scavengers StudioRelease Year: 2023Platform: PS4/PS5/WinGenre: Adventure Taxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters, voice acting, Black NPCs, Intersectionality Estelle leaves her isolated home for the first time to create a record of the world for the next generation before a mysterious cataclysm wipes everything away. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Psychonauts 2

    Developer: DoublefinePublisher: Xbox Game StudiosRelease Year: 2021Platform: Linux/Mac/PS4/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Action, PlatformerTaxonomy: Development Razputin Aquato, trained acrobat and powerful young psychic, joins the international psychic espionage organization, the Psychonauts. Raz must use his powers to stop the mole before they execute their secret plan– to bring a murderous psychic villain back from the dead.…

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  • Onsen Master

    Developer: Walking Oni GamesPublisher: Whitehorn GamesRelease Year: 2022Platform: Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Simulation, StrategyTaxonomy: Development A dark cloud has sprung over the island of Izajima and its effects weigh heavily on the inhabitants. In this management sim you play as Mu, you must fill the shoes of your missing sensei, the great “Onsen Master”, by…

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  • Méwilo

    Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Coktel VisionRelease Year: 1987Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOS, Thomson TO7Genre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Development, Black NPCs, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes You play an expert in paranormal phenomena who arrives in Martinique in 1902 a day before a volcanic eruption destroys the town. You go to the home of…

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  • Lost in Time

    Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Coktel Vision, Sierra On-LineRelease Year: 1993Platform: DOSGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Development Set in 1992 a woman exploring a shipwreck finds herself transported back in time to 1840 before the shipwreck. Explore the ship and learn about her past. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl

    Developer: Interabang EntertainmentPublisher: Media Indie ExchangeRelease Year: 2021Platform: PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action, FighterTaxonomy: Development Jay and Silent Bob have been tasked with sneaking into a mall and sabotaging a television game show. After completing their mission they must evade security and escape the mall. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Insecure: The Come Up Game

    Developer: Glow Up GamesPublisher: Glow Up GamesRelease Year: 2021Platform: Android/iOSGenre: Simulation/RPGTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters; Black NPCs; Narrative themes; Black cultural traditions; Intersectionality; fandom / community / reception In Insecure you navigate adulthood with a core group of friends and craft rhymes to help make decisions or to battle friends for clout. interviews and other…

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  • Hyperdot

    Developer: Tribe GamesPublisher: GlitchRelease Year: 2020Platform: Linux/Mac/PS4/PS5 /Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Development You control a dot in a circular arena where you must dodge a variety of enemies until time runs out. Testing your skills in over 100 trials, you must dodge everything. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Hex Gambit

    Developer: One Man Left StudiosPublisher: Blowfish StudiosRelease Year: 2020Platform: Mac/PS4/PS5/Switch/Win/ Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: StrategyTaxonomy: Development This is a competitive turn-based board game for 1-4 players. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Hair Nah…

    Developer: Momo PixelPublisher: Momo PixelRelease Year: 2017Platform: Browser BasedGenre: SimulationTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters; Black cultural traditions; politics/ ideology/history; Black NPCs, Narrative themes; Intersectionality; fandom / community / reception Showcasing one of the stresses that black women face, it is a response to the action of touching a Black woman’s hair without permission. You must…

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