Freeware Review - A Closed World
A Closed World was created by the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT game lab and was, in their own words “created to be a digital game that deals with queer issues, something that’s very uncommon in games right now.” The developers put you in the shoes of a young queer person who leaves their village and sets out into the dark, lonely woods, and there must confront their inner demons and the bigotry of those they love. As a goal, this is an admirable one, and as a philosophy of design, this is a good first step, but as a game it has significant failings.
A Closed World
gambit.mit.eduFrom MIT in Singapore! They do research…about video games.
Read the research statement first! It explains everything. (I mean seriously if the acronym “LGBTQ” doesn’t do it, I don’t know what will.) This is not meant to be a real game, obviously, but at least it’s out there now.
Team ~*Fabulous*~, though, really…?
EDIT: It makes a lot more sense if you play as a girl. >_>; The script for the guy has some unfortunate typos that make it really confusing.
