Twine: the program thats democratised the video gaming world

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Twine: the program thats democratised the video gaming world

Added: 12.01.2015 6:10 | 4 views | 0 comments

The free, easy-to-learn tool has encouraged non-techies, many of them women, to create their own games and explore subjects far beyond the traditional shoot em ups, sport and space fantasies. But the change hasnt gone down well with everyone Perhaps the most surprising thing about Gamergate, the culture war that continues to rage within the world of video games, is the game that touched it off. Depression Quest, created by the developers Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey and Isaac Schankler, isnt what most people think of as a video game at all. For starters, it isnt a lot of fun. Its real value is as an educational tool, or an exercise in empathy. Aside from occasional fuzzy Polaroid pictures that appear at the top of the screen, Depression Quest is a purely text-based game that proceeds from screen to screen through simple hyperlinks, inviting players to step into the shoes of a person suffering from clinical depression. After reading brief vignettes about what the main charact...