Black Like Me-A Subtle Game About Race

WASHINGTON - Aug. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- Washington, DC – 12^h August, 2013 - Independent game developers Critical Gameplay and Mindtoggle are proud to announce the release of a new critical game, Black Like Me-A Color Game, on Google Play and the Apple App store.  

Match colors at a feverish pace in this hypnotic puzzle game.  The imaginative environment masks a deeper meaning. This critical design is actually a piece of procedural rhetoric about race, color and discrimination.  The longer players match colors the more the colors look the same.

The game is the first partnership between Mindtoggle, a casual game company and Critical Gameplay, a collection of art games. The game was inspired by images of “actors playing other races – there skin color might be different but race and identity are more complex than a darker tan”, says the developer.  “In a visual society, especially in the gut response world of gameplay, we make judgments on one or two characteristics – like color” adds the developers.  The game is designed for casual play, so people who do not understand its deeper themes can enjoy it too.

Key Features:

Critical Play about color and discrimination
Hypnotic play and art

 

Black-Like Me is available on itunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/black-like-me/id685010652?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2

and Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mindtoggle.black&hl=en

A trailer of the game is available

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO5882JTWGU



Source: Critical Gameplay

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About Critical Gameplay: Critical Gameplay is a collection of art games  about understanding how social values and games collide. Critical Gameplay games have been awarded and shown in Europe, Asia, North and South America. More information available at criticalgameplay.com

About Mindtoggle: Mindtoggle is a single developer mobile game company. More information about Mindtoggle is available at mindtoggle.com