Tag: Linux
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Feesh
Developer: Terrifying JellyfishPublisher: Terrifying JellyfishRelease Year: 2016Platform: Linux/Mac/WinGenre: ArcadeTaxonomy: Development Playing as a tiny microorganism resembling a fish, you eat smaller feesh to get bigger and avoid being eater by bigger feesh. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Black Closet
Developer: HanakoPublisher: HanakoRelease Year: 2015Platform: Linux/Mac/WinGenre: PuzzleTaxonomy: Playable Black characters You must solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class all-girl boarding school, where competition is cutthroat. You can pursue friendship or romance in an RPG-style dialog, shaping your character in what you say. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Before I Forget
Developer: 3-Fold Games, Plug In DigitalPublisher: 3-Fold Games, Plug In DigitalRelease Year: 2020Platform: Linux/Mac/Switch (2021)/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Visual NovelTaxonomy: Development This game explores what it means to lose your memories and how living with dementia affects your life and those around you. You play as a woman living with early onset dementia, Sunita, piecing…
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Afterparty
Developer: Night School StudioPublisher: Night School StudioRelease Year: 2019Platform: Linux/Mac/PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox OneGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters Milo and Lola, lifelong friends and recent college graduates, find themselves in Hell. With the only way out of Hell being to outdrink and out-party Satan himself, they must prove their ability and obtain seals of approval from various demons…
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Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield
Developer: Aerial KnightPublisher: HeadUp GamesRelease Year: 2021Platform: Android/iOS/Linux/Mac/PS4/PS5/ Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: 3D Sidescroller, PlatformerTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters, Black cultural traditions, Narrative themes; mechanics; politics/ideology/history Set in Detroit, you play as Wally, a man trying to escape with his family’s stolen treasure which grants him special abilities. Mechanically you perform acrobatic moves such as…
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Dandara
Developer: Long Hat HousePublisher: Raw FuryRelease Year: 2018Platform: Android/iOS/Linux/Mac/PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: PlatformerTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters; Intersectionality; politics/ ideology/ history; Narrative themes; mechanics In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world. The world is gravity-bending where movement is comprised of jumping, ultimately…
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Validate: Struggling Singles in Your Area
Developer: Veritable Joy StudiosPublisher: Veritable Joy StudiosRelease Year: 2022Platform: Linux/Mac/Switch/WIN/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Visual NovelTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters, Black Cultural traditions, politics/ ideology/ history; Intersectionality; Black NPCs Set in the Jersey City area, a cast of 13 singles navigate the realities of love and life. Mature themes. interviews and other media scholarship Return to…