Games are art, so why not use this artform in a meaningful way?
"Der Lange Weg" (The Long Path), so the title, is a game about a refugee. And refugees. Influenced by real stories about leaving your home, family, friends because of oppression, poverty, corruption and war with hopes of freedom and peace.
Altough it features a simple survival system, the main focus is on storytelling with the intention to put the player in the shoes of a refugee and allow him/her to get a grasp of what it feels like. I worked closely with local refugees to make this experience as authentic as possible. Decide which and whom to leave behind, pay smugglers for a passage across the mediterrean sea and experience the reactions in your destination country -not all of them are friendly.
"Der Lange Weg" was a solo project, done as the graduation game project for my Bachelor's degree.
Skills used: Game design, Storywriting, branching narrative, qualitative interviews
