Factsheet
Developer:
Subaltern Games
Based in Boston, MA, Earth
Founding date:
2012
Website:
subalterngames.com
Press / Business contact:
subalterngames@gmail.com
Releases:
Neocolonialism
No Pineapple Left Behind
Traitor Nightly
Address:
1035 Cambridge Street
Suite 19
Cambridge, MA 02141
Phone:
9736505082
Description
Subaltern Games creates political art games that model social systems. They take existing game conventions such as the turn based strategy or the manager sim and deconstruct them to highlight the complicity of the player in a predatory role, while above all showing compassion for the collateral human suffering.
History
The Bronze AgeIn the Bronze Age, the Hittites reigned supreme, though they were soon challenged by the Egyptians, under Pharaoh Rameses II.
The Modern EraFollowing the Late Bronze Age Collapse, Seth Alter founded Subaltern Games. The studio's first project was Neocolonialism, a game about extracting as much wealth from the world as possible. The second game, No Pineapple Left Behind, was about dehumanizing middle school students into tropical fruit, and was based on Seth's brief experience as a teacher. Subaltern Games' third project, Traitor Nightly, is an experiment in narrative fiction, set in a Byzantine-inspired world.
Projects
Videos
Images
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Awards & Recognition
- "Indie Megabooth" - GDC 2015
Selected Articles
- "What sounds breezy on the surface is pretty damned dark with any analysis. I’m looking forward to/dreading trying this."
- Alec Meer, RockPaperShotgun - "No Pineapple Left Behind is an adorable and deeply depressing look at the US school system."
- Emanuel Maiberg, Motherboard
Team & Repeating Collaborator
Seth Alter
Lead Developer
Contact
Inquiries
subalterngames@gmail.com
Twitter
twitter.com/subalterngames
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