Island of Cats
There is a woman who lives on an island alone. One day she finds a cat and nurtures it. Her brothers arrive and discover that she’s been eating it. A sailor crashes on her island and she nurses him back to health. He awakens, recognizes the danger of being near her and attempts to escape. There is a woman who lives with her husband and child on an island, but her husband is trying to leave!
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Island of Cats is a game about motherhood, perspective, and othering. In this 3D narrative experience, the player can see the story through whomever's eyes they choose.
Goose of a Feather
A goose child lives under a dome of light in a village of other geese. One day, their grandmother asks them to get her apples from the edge of the dome. There they discover trees barren of apples and a crack in the wall. They squeeze through to look for apples, but instead find a mirror village made of shadow.
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Goose Cave is a 3D game about living under authoritarianism and the lengths we go to to rebel.
Pochemuchka
"A child who asks many questions; an overly curious child, why-boy, why-girl, why-er (usually in the context of Russia)"
In this game, you and four friends play as towns. Two players are spy masters attempting a coup, and three are townies trying to keep the peace. Silently using a keypad, the players send messages on trains to each other along LED light strips. When a player stops a train, the message is printed on a thermal printer. Using these messages, the townies aim to find the spies and the spies aim to find each other. After five minutes, a vote is collected, then after another five minutes, another vote. If the spies are voted out, the townies win. If the spies find each other first, the coup is completed and they win.
Jennifer Bourke is a game designer and artist with a focus on joy in disaster and marrying the cute and the grotesque. She is working towards a BS in game design and arts from RPI.
Troy, NY, USA
(408)540-9715
