This new video game aims to highlight the trans experience

“We wanted to make a game that has the same vibe as the indie movie scene, with an LGBT touch.”

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Source: Esmada Interactive/Youtube

A new video game hopes to bring light to experiences of gender dysphoria, encouraging gamers to explore what happens "when the body and soul don't match".

According to gaming website Pink White or Blue offers "a powerful narrative experience" with elements of horror, in which players walk in the shoes of a transgender person as they "try to cope in a binary world".

Game reviewer KJ Robertson adds that the game "goes to some very dark places, but it’s also full of beauty".
While demo version of Pink White or Blue is the game's Swedish creators hope to develop it into a full version.

“This demo started as a Art School project,” they wrote on .

They continued: “We wanted to make a game that has the same vibe as the indie movie scene, with an LGBT touch.”

You can view a clip from the game below:

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Published 15 May 2018 11:04am
By Samuel Leighton-Dore


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