Mainichi
November 6, 2012
This is an experiment in sharing a personal experience through a game system. It helps communicate daily occurances that happen in my life as a multi-racial transgender woman. It also explores the difficulty in expressing these feelings in words. As well, it stands as a commentary of how we currently use game design for broad strokes of universal experiences instead of the hyper-personal, and often exclude minority voices.
Mainichi was made in RPG Maker VX, an under-served program in terms of accessibility. My goal was to make a game on my own that didn’t require programming and used community resources. I want to make games that feasibly anyone can do on their own. The only special skill I needed for this project was simple graphic editing.
Download Mainichi For Windows Here and for Mac here (notes for Mac version here).
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