Professor Angela Washko‘s latest game, “Mother, Player” was selected as an official selection of IndieCade 2023, the online festival dedicated to independent game development. “Mother, Player” is also a finalist for the Visual Design Spotlight Award.
“Mother, Player” is an experimental narrative video game featuring pregnancy and early parenthood stories from artists during the global pandemic. Set within a backdrop of the tense 2020 United States election and a terrifying new international health crisis, players explore the maternal healthcare industry and parenting culture as a burnt out pansexual artist who has decided to have a child despite an increasingly discouraging geopolitical climate that deprioritizes and devalues care.