#muslim devs

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Operation Kanshi is about being an Intel Operative in the fictional country of Mihong. Take orders from radio transmissions and wiretapped phone lines from the Ministry of Order and Stability. Follow the journey of Vera and Poppy Song, two sisters aligned with opposing political views in the aftermath of a civil war. 

For Windows and Mac. 

Developed by Emperatriz Ung, a Chinese-Colombian game designer and writer, and Amanda Siswojo, an Indonesian designer and illustrator. Both developers set out to create a game about Asian diasporic experiences and generational trauma within post-colonial Asia. 

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[ID: A photoset containing screenshots of text snippets and drawings of characters from the interactive text game Thrill Seeker. 

Image 1 reads: I agreed. I put the blade on the ground, closed my eyes. I heard them laugh, and then start running. One... Two... Three... ready or not, here I come.

Image 2 shows the Igbo characters Naasir and Nneka.

Image 3 reads: “I had gone to college to become a...” and presents four career options: Nurse, Teacher, Psychologist, and Computer Engineer.

Image 4 shows the British characters Oliver and Olivia Williams.

Image 5 reads: “It feels good to be lied to. When the truth comes, the riots start-- not because we want to maintain a peace, but because to change is to make and effort to change yourself. 

Image 6 shows the Korean/Vietnamese characters Hanyoung and Hansol Blackthorne.

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Thrill Seeker is an interactive horror/mystery game about finding your mother’s murderer! After stumbling upon the grisly scene of your mother’s corpse, search for answers while making friends along the way. With three romance options (with selectable genders), a customizable gender (choose to be cis or trans), and other player-decided features, take fate into your own hands and solve your mother’s murder (or ruin your life) all while questioning who you can trust! 

For browser. Free demo is out now.

Developed by Aalaa Rehman, a Pakistani Canadian Muslim developer who has been making small video games since she was young. Rehman creates the representation she didn’t see as a child, and would like to see more positive representation for Muslims of color. She also has a Tumblr @thrill-seeker-if​.

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[ID: A gifset containing four gifs from the visual novel Four Horsemen.

Gif 1 shows an animation of three characters being introduced, each one appearing after the other.

Gif 2 shows a player character, Adelita, standing next to another character, Martha. A menu of text with the subheading “Browse a section” pops up listing different options: “DIY, Housewares, Tools, Camila’s shopping list, I got everything I can get.” The player selects “Housewares” and then buys a “Cheap Radio” from the inventory listed. Martha says, “One Cheap Radio, comin’ right up!”

Gif 3 shows Adelita interacting with another character, Denver. Denver says, “Hand it over and maybe we won’t have a problem today.” Two dialogue options appear: “Conche tu madre. I bought this myself” and “Look, I don’t want any trouble. Just take it.”

Gif 4 shows an animated cutscene of Adelita leaping to attack. Denver flinches, and the cutscene shows a silouette of the characters against a red background as Adelita strikes Denver.

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Four Horsemen is a visual novel about homelands and the immigrant experience. Play as a team of four immigrant teenagers in a pre-apocalyptic, dystopian country that seems to have no place for them. With 4 different main storylines, 9 different endings, and 12 homeland backstories to choose from, explore a brutally honest experience about identity and what it means to exist in a land that doesn’t accept you. 

For Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Developed by Nuclear Fishin’ Software, a studio founded by Kevin Chen and based in New York City, USA. The dev team is entirely made up of immigrants from various nationalities and backgrounds, and they took inspiration from their  own lived experiences combined with interviews from various immigrant teens around the world.