While several video games include Indigenous characters and themes, few have been made with creative control and design choices in the hands of people from whom these inspirations are drawn. That’s a big part of what makes Two Falls , the upcoming first-person narrative adventure game from Unreliable Narrators, so notable.
“Particular with this game is that we have [different] artistic directions in order to emphasize the two perspectives because it’s all a game about perspectives. How people can think or can see the things that surround them, but don’t see the same thing as another person.” Laurène tells us, “I don’t know if you’re familiar with the story of the Windigo, but it’s an entity protecting the forest for Indigenous People.
“Maikan was created with a lot of Indigenous partners, a lot of Wendat people, and some Innu too,” says Laurène. “ Maikan is a young hunter, so he sees his village afflicted by an illness, and this illness will force him to travel, to find the remedy. It’s how he’s beginning his journey. And there are a lot of moments in the game where you will really feel [his] Indigenous culture”.
I am so excited for this game 🤩