Save Storyscape - Disney values money over Art, Diversity and Representation!
For anyone who feels passionately about supporting the arts, inclusive and diverse storytelling, strong writing and immersive worlds, please check out this petition.
Storyscape is a Visual Novel app that is one of a kind. Attracting talent from the film and gaming industry, the folks at FogBank are a brilliant team of writers, game developers and artists who created stories with the following key ideals in mind:
1) Diversity - gender, race, religion, sexuality, ability. You name it, they had a healthy range of characters.
2) Authenticity - real characters, real choices, real consequences. This made the game an instant hit with the weary visual novel crowd - having your choices matter in changing the story caused a strong attachment to the app and made everyone anticipate their next stories with baited breath.
3) High Quality - artistry in the illustrations, level of animation, work done in the concept development/scripting stage; everything was considered and thought out, winning over a legion of fans (1.7 million downloads) for the quality of gameplay they would get.
As a result, the app was one of a kind. They enjoyed IP from Disney, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, and Paramount Picture Corporation, leading to visual novels like Titanic, and X-Files.
Recently, Disney chose to close their studio, and in turn closing down an app that has come to represent many of their players. This is widely seen as a hair trigger reaction, as the app has only been released worldwide for 3 months, gaining a modest and impressive following of 1.7 million downloads.
What can you do to help? Please click on the petition on the link in this post to show your support. It takes less than 2 mins to sign up.
Do it for the arts, the diversity, and most importantly for the quality and discussions they bring. Because real art is noisy, it makes you think, debate and share your experiences. And that is what Storyscape has brought to its many readers, and will continue to bring if you give it a chance.
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