Alejandria Fights Back has been featured on California's First Partner's Summer Book Club list. The First Partnerās Summer Book Club is a 9-week initiative to promote childrenās literacy and participation in summer reading programs hosted by local libraries throughout the state.
Games for Change, founded in 2004, aims to recognize and empower game makers who aim for real-world change with their games. In addition to the yearly Games for Change Awards, the nonprofit runs events, public arcades, design challenges and youth programs around the world.
Dotās Home competed with 17 other finalists selected from the more than 400 games that were submitted this year. The game also won the Best Narrative Game award and was nominated for the categories of Best Civic Game and Most Significant Impact.
The Real Women of Gaming staff raised money for the creators of an amazing game calledĀ Dotās HomeĀ who are a part of theĀ The Rise Home Project. This single player game follows the journey of Dot as she travels through time to key moments in her familyās history.
The American dream myth is that wealth and prosperity is out there for everyoneās taking, and that the house with the white picket fence is accessible to all. But players in Dotās Game are shown the obstacles faced by Black homebuyers in the U.S.
The makers ofĀ Dotās HomeĀ frame games as a tool for empathy differently from much of the dominant discussion. Rather than relying on the idea that empathy is developed from a game allowing you to āwalk a mile in somebody elseās shoesā, the Rise-Home team seesĀ Dotās HomeĀ as an opportunity to witness someone elseās experience.
