Black White Bear
Silver Winner of NYX Game Awards 2023 in Game Design - Storyline category
Silver Winner of French Design Awards 2024 in Conceptual Design - Gaming, AR & VR
To Play:
Left Mouse Button - Computer browser
Your finger - Mobile browser
Please turn on music
Inspirations:
The Westerners refused to believe the panda specimen Missionary Armand David sent from China to Europe because they never heard of any bear that can have such a unique black-n-white fur pattern before 1869. Even if that creature existed on this planet way earlier than they were born.
A similar social phenomenon of public ignorance also appeared in modern society when it comes to LGBT+ and diversity topics.
Game Narrative:
Baby Panda was found on a river bank next to a mountain village of pure color bears. The aunty bear adopted the baby and protected it from discrimination and attack. After Baby Panda grew up, it decided to leave the village, find its own identity or anyone similar, and face challenges from the outside world.
(Baby Panda and most characters in this game don't have a specific gender, no matter what color their fur is)
Future Goals:
- 4 chapters, 12 mini-games/puzzles
- Background music and sound effects
- More detailed art and animation
- Post process old film effect
- Better UI/menu
Assets Credits:
Yugen - Emotional Ethnic Music by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
After the Rain by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Awake by Sappheiros | https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | BugOnDesk |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Comments
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The work was a good representation of the overlap between the child pandas, who are alien to those who don't know pandas, and the issues of LGBT+ people that are now becoming known around the world!
They are all suffering and mimicking normal people...
Thank you for playing my game and making the video! I hope you enjoyed the story and message spreading :)