Dreams on a Pillow explores a Palestinian folk story of a woman’s guilt & trauma over shedding her youngster throughout the 1948 Nakba ethnic cleaning.
Set throughout the occasions that displaced lots of of 1000’s of Palestinians, this recreation follows Omm, a younger girl who additionally needed to flee the invading Zionists. Her husband murdered, she tries to retrieve her child throughout her flight, however unintentionally leaves her youngster behind in her rush to flee, grabbing a pillow as a substitute. Unable to return, you’ll observe her on her journey by way of this snapshot of Palestinian historical past, feeling her intense ache as you attempt to assist her survive.
For the gameplay, Omm must clutch her pillow with a view to maintain onto her thoughts. However, this limits her capability to behave within the recreation world as her arms are in use. This is a enormous problem, as there are various harmful troopers and folks all through the locations she must make her means by way of. She might want to unencumber her arms to work together with issues to assist her in her escape, however meaning placing her pillow down so she will climb, throw issues, and extra. However, this permits her guilt and ache to run rampant, turning her world into an excellent better nightmare.
Dreams on a Pillow will not be fully targeted on these darkish occasions and the historic horrors of this era, as it should additionally discover Omm’s recollections of her childhood of pre-Zionist Palestine by way of desires she has throughout temporary durations of relaxation. Through its play and story, it goals to assist gamers immerse themselves on this horrifying interval for Palestinians (that’s truthfully nonetheless unfolding many years later), creating understanding and empathy as gamers really feel alongside Omm.
Dreams on a Pillow is at the moment in growth, however within the meantime, you’ll be able to help its creation by way of its Launchgood Campaign.
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