The Black Experience

“The Black Experience”

“A first person look at being Black in America. Every choice you make has an impact on the rest of your day. From what clothes you wear, to how you interact with other people, all these things decide whether you’ll make it to the next day.”

Premise borrowed from indie comic of the same name written by Jordan Clark and illustrated by Ahmara Smith.  Available for sale here: https://jclarkcomics.squarespace.com/comics/the-black-experience and here: https://gumroad.com/ahmarasmithart  

(In lieu of donations or paying for the game, please instead check out and buy the comic in the links above that inspired the game I made. Well worth reading! Support the arts!)

I wanted to explore this premise through a twine game and further the narrative on how it sometimes feels like being a second hand citizen in this country but also just how many hoops Black folks have to jump in through navigating society due to having darker skin.

  (Please note that there are two different endings!)

Project for COM 330: Emerging Media Writing

(Interactive Game Narrative)    Fall Semester 2018. Prof. John Vanderhoef

 

Music and Sound Effects (In Order) Used with Creative Commons:

Main song: RPG Town Loop #2 (Sirkoto51)

Song for Neighbor That Doesn’t Like You: “Danger is Near (01)” (NightWolfCFM)

Getting Mad sound effect: “Going Mad” (Smukey9)

Police Siren sound effect: (guitarguy1985)

Ending Song #1  Somber Ambiance (Speedenza)

Ending Song #2: Somber Viola (bigmanjoe)

Learn more about Creative Commons Here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Additional Reading Material on Race in America:

“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo

https://www.sealpress.com/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781580056779/

“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria/dp/0465091296/ref=s...

“Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys” by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu https://www.amazon.com/Countering-Conspiracy-Destroy-Black-Boys/dp/0913543969

“For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Y'all Too”    by Christopher Emdin

https://chrisemdin.com/product/for-white-folks-who-teach-in-the-hood-and-the-rest-of-yall-too-reality-pedagogy-and-urban-education/

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris

https://thenewpress.com/books/pushout

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander and Cornel West http://newjimcrow.com/about/buy

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors (Author), asha bandele (Author) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250171085