'Dreams on a Pillow' - History & Guilt Through a Mother's Flight

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Desires on a Pillow explores a Palestinian people story of a lady’s guilt & trauma over dropping her little one in the course of the 1948 Nakba ethnic cleaning.

Set in the course of the occasions that displaced a whole bunch of hundreds of Palestinians, this recreation follows Omm, a younger girl who additionally needed to flee the invading Zionists. Her husband murdered, she tries to retrieve her child throughout her flight, however by accident leaves her little one behind in her rush to flee, grabbing a pillow as an alternative. Unable to return, you'll observe her on her journey by means of this snapshot of Palestinian historical past, feeling her intense ache as you attempt to assist her survive.

For the gameplay, Omm must clutch her pillow with a view to maintain onto her thoughts. Nevertheless, this limits her capacity to behave within the recreation world as her arms are in use. This can be a big problem, as there are various harmful troopers and other people all through the locations she must make her method by means of. She might want to release her arms to work together with issues to assist her in her escape, however which means placing her pillow down so she will climb, throw issues, and extra. Nevertheless, this permits her guilt and ache to run rampant, turning her world into an excellent higher nightmare.

Desires on a Pillow will not be fully centered on these darkish occasions and the historic horrors of this era, as it would additionally discover Omm’s recollections of her childhood of pre-Zionist Palestine by means of goals she has throughout temporary durations of relaxation. By its play and story, it goals to assist gamers immerse themselves on this horrifying interval for Palestinians (that's truthfully nonetheless unfolding a long time later), creating understanding and empathy as gamers really feel alongside Omm.

Desires on a Pillow is at present in improvement, however within the meantime, you may help its creation by means of its Launchgood Marketing campaign.

About The Writer Joel Couture

Joel has been overlaying indie video games for numerous websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Journal, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is consistently looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games might be, and seeks to delve into the inventive course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.