Daniel Johnston Menezes

This game was created for #ResistJam, the game jam about resisting the rise of authoritarianism around the world in 2016-2017.

Star as a despondent anti-fascism activist who gets a dressing down from a magical fairy. “You wanna see change, BE THE CHANGE!” is the rallying cry of this game, as you travel around a run down city performing good deeds for the community.

Postmortem

The game comes off a little more passive-aggressive than I had intended. I don’t want to shoulder the blame onto people actively opposing authoritarianism – I am one of them – but I think the central message is still a strong one. The people voting for these abrupt and dangerous changes aren’t all bad. In many cases they’re just people who’ve been left behind by the system we all live in. That’s why the game focuses around doing good deeds in your community.