Queer Christmas Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
Elyse Lemoine
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“It’s Christmas Eve and you’re sitting in your childhood bedroom, still wearing the heavy scarf and coat you came in with. At the foot of the bed is your carry-on, loaded with just enough clothes to last you through the few days of your Christmas holiday. This is the first time you’ve spent Christmas with your parents in a long time; the last four had been spent with your partner of six years. This year, however, you find yourself single and still feeling the pain of your recent break-up…”
The Family Ghost is a ChoiceScript game about being queer, going home for Christmas, and all of the struggles that come with dealing with family. You play a young twenty-nine year old sous chef named Sawyer Anne McLeod, whose parents love her, but don’t necessarily understand her. Navigate a family Christmas Eve dinner while making choices and experiencing the outcomes. Will you make the best of a strained but familiar situation, or will Christmas end in tears and anger?
Done in 3 weeks (February 2014) for Narrative Game Studio at the NYU Game Center using ChoiceScript. This is a single player choose your own adventure game that can be played in 15 – 20 minutes. Needs an internet connection and a web browser to play. (Chrome and Firefox preferred.)