As you may know, we are currently seeking funding in support of our project Invisibility Blues, a critical video series exploring race and representation in games, and with just over a week to go in the Kickstarter campaign, we have created a teaser video showcasing some of the type of analysis we will provide within the series. As our first video is set to engage with character generation engines, in this teaser, we look closely at character creation in Destiny.
We’ve done a lot of work with Destiny in the past, including video analysis, but we haven’t spoken much about the character creation process. In Destiny, players may choose class, race, skin tone, hair and lip color, and may add a colored marking to their character’s face. In this teaser, we look at several factors, but particularly that facial marking, and the implications, as well as narrative potential, for the game.
If funded, we will explore at least five different topics (plus a bonus), themes that may result in multi-part videos, and with each theme, we will also provide text analysis, supporting information and images, and transcripts (you can find the transcript for the teaser video here). We’ll also be able to greatly increase video and audio quality, so all the focus can be on the analysis and gaming’s vast potential. For updates as we swing into the last leg of the campaign, be sure to follow us on Twitter!
