Family Dinner

Made in Unity (C#), 2020

This game reflects on what it was like to go to dinner at my uncle’s house many years ago from my viewpoint and my cousin’s. My family has changed since, but when I was little, the women had to serve the men and clean up after them. The men in the house got to eat first, and the women were left with their leftovers and dishes. In this game, my family drives up to my uncle’s house while my cousin is playing video games. We greet each other, and then the men go into the living room while the women go to the kitchen. The men talk as the women serve them tea. When dinner is ready, the men eat while the women serve them. Once they’re done eating, the men go back to the living room to talk while the women clean their dishes. After their dishes are done, the women finally get to eat. Neither my cousin or I liked the sexism happening in the house, and after some time, we got the family to change.

This unity game is based on storytelling and has little game encounters to keep the player engaged. In all scenes, the player has to either catch objects falling from above, avoid the objects, or give the objects to the family.