What is a "Woke" Game

[KLXVER]

the-pi-guy said:

KLXVER said:

Why would you want to play a game about the shitty things in your own life? Thats like a person with cancer wanting to play a game where they lie in a hospital bed and going in for chemotherapy every now and then. I can understand wanting that in a movie, but an interactive form of entertainment like video games? Sounds depressing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Dragon,_Cancer

"The game is an autobiography based on the Greens' experience of raising their son Joel, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer at twelve months old. Though only given a short time to live, Joel survived for four more years before succumbing to the cancer in March 2014."

Maybe people want to tell stories that comfort them about their experiences.

Maybe people want to tell stories where they triumph over their experiences. A story where someone has cancer, and is a cancer researcher doing work to overcome their illness? I could see someone making an interesting game out of that.

"In March 2016, Ryan Green, speaking for his team, commented that the game has only sold about 14,000 copies, based on Steam Spy data, and they have yet to recover their development funds for the game"