*** CONTENT WARNING ***

This game features conversations that reference workplace abuse and discrimination.

ABOUT

Guess the spy while networking at a retro game launch in 2124!

Whispers is a short interactive story about networking in the video games industry and the experiences of marginalized developers at work. Set in a retro horror game made in 2124, this is an early prototype featuring two characters and several endings.

FEATURES

• multiple endings
• 2 characters
• haunting atmosphere
• hope

THEMES

Finding community, trust and vulnerability, workplace abuse and discrimination, mental health.

This game was developed for the Just Play Jam 2023. 

TEAM

Design and Writing - Elisabeth Rose Astwood (Studio Lazulite)

Programming and Art - Olivier Bouchard (BonjourBorzoi)

ASSETS

Pixabay SFX "Audience crowd party voices theatre CAA 190209" and "Dark background sounds."

TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to begin by acknowledging that Whispers is being developed on unceded Indigenous lands. The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation is recognized as the custodians of the lands and waters on which we work. 

Tiohtià:ke/Montréal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community.

“This Territorial Acknowledgement and resources were created by Concordia University’s Indigenous Directions Leadership Group (2017). To read the entire Territorial Acknowledgement and learn more about why it was written this way, please visit www.concordia.ca/indigenous/resources/territorial-acknowledgement.html.”

No AI has been used in the making of this game.

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