If caring becomes owning, and owning becomes tiring

Examine systems of care in video games that feed on attachment and ownership.

DATE

2023

CONTEXT

Created as a personal project.

MEDIUM

Unity

PEOPLE

Wantong Yao  :  Game design, concept, visuals, and programming

If caring becomes owning, and owning becomes tiring examines systems of care in video games that feed on attachment and ownership between the player-character relationship. Hoping to undo this caring system, this game=>simulation work proposes a new caring through deliberate detachment.