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-ish is a @WeAreGameheads game that conveys the tension of duality in regards to race, ethnicity, and culture.

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Wassup, we're the creators of "-ish"! A game that speaks to our individual experiences with duality, identity, and judgement. To get to know our game it's important to get to know us. Stay tuned throughout the week to learn our personal stories. #IndieGameDevs #madewithunity #poc

[-ish @ishVideoGame]

Happy Holidays everyone! We just published our game go and check it out! https://t.co/CmOLbfGFlO

[Gameheads @WeAreGameheads]

Props to @BrundageDante, aka, #BigBlackMcDante for starting his first semester at @ucsc majoring in Computer Engineering. This is a third year Gameheads veteran and he's now a college student. We are super proud of him.

[Gameheads @WeAreGameheads]

Congratulations to "Lab Coat" @daddidiane who has started her college career @SJSU as an Animation and Illustration major @SJSUAnimation. It has been a long road for this one so we are very PROUD and EXCITED for her. We've also seen her work. She's going to tear it up over there.

[Gameheads @WeAreGameheads]

Congratulations to @AbdoukhadrS who is OFFICIALLY a college freshman this fall @SFSU studying Computer Science. We are super proud of this young man.

[-ish @ishVideoGame]

All I want to do is get them in my header 😖

[Gameheads @WeAreGameheads]

ICYMI: The 6th Annual Gameheads Student Showcase is officially history. Special thanks to all of our presenters, sponsors and performers. If you missed it you can find the full, edited version here: https://t.co/fnC8s54F1s

[Marisa Diaz @SaltAndSnails]

Thank you everyone coming to #GameheadsLIVE 2020 and supporting us. It was quiet a great summer working with my team : @rdthsk99 @unbaelievably @camilagarfra @Britt8nyGD you have help me amplify my work and art beside you and given me the confidence to help me create this story❤

[Confined Indorms #Quarantined @ConfinedIndorms]

Thanks everyone for coming to the 6th annual @WeAreGameheads showcase even remotely. Appreciate the hard work everyone at Quaranteam have done and the studio-wide program directors and film directors have also done. So proud of the rest of the teams. We love you! #GameheadsLive

[-ish @ishVideoGame]

Ditto!

[Kai Nyame 🐏🌱 @NyameDev]

We're Live! @WeAreGameheads' 6th Annual Student Showcase~ #GameheadsLIVE event is happening right now!

👾 https://t.co/Eb4KmhMZcO 👾

[Gameheads @WeAreGameheads]

We are live for the #GameheadsLIVE Showcase w/ Fernando Labarthe, Associate Sound Designer at @SHGames!

[-ish @ishVideoGame]

Diane’s goal for the summer was to become more comfortable with animating. She also had the tough task of designing a character that embodies all of the dualities on our team. She had to combine people's thoughts into a product, and did so successfully. #gamedev #womenintech #woc

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Finally, we have saved the best for last. Diane is the Artist & Animator for our project. She is 19, and is beginning her Freshman year at San Jose State for Animation. Her experience with duality comes from being connected to her Chinese side, but not her Vietnamese side.

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Her family is ethnically Vietnamese, but half of her family is culturally Chinese. As a child she went to Chinese school, and was basically fluent, but she didn’t know of her Vietnamese side until middle school. Once she visited Vietnam, she realized how Americanized she is.

[Gameheads @WeAreGameheads]

We are so inspired by the @IshVideoGame, a platformer that explores tensions between race, ethnicity & culture. Learn about -ish & other student-designed video games transforming the industry at our 6th Annual Student Showcase on 8/29. More info & RSVP: https://t.co/xBsS7uUC1t

[-ish @ishVideoGame]

This summer he wanted to convey his internal struggles of trying to find comfort & belonging with others, & expressing the unsettling journey to find said, “comfort.” He wants to remind people with the same duality that they’re not alone. #gamedev #brownboy #misunderstoodloner

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Nyein Chan, (Ninja) is a programmer on our team. He is 18 years old, & is a Senior at Makeschool for his BS in Computer Science. His personal story of duality comes from his identity as an Asian-American who has always traveled back & forth between his hometown, & the motherland.

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He has always never felt he was Burmese or American enough for his peers in both respective cultures. Especially with his language disability he wasn’t able to grasp the language of either culture until he was 6. Even today he has a hard time identifying with either side.

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His involvement with this project was to try and convey his sense of limbo but instead he has discovered a new means to connect with a diverse range of people in regards to race, culture, and ethnicity. #gamdev #lightskinproblems #forthememes #diversity

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Dante is the level designer and programmer for our team. He is 17 years old, and will begin his freshman year at UC Santa Cruz in a few months. His story of duality stems from being raised in West Oakland, while identifying as mixed with Black and German.

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He feels that he doesn’t super connect with his black peers despite growing up in West Oakland because his interests don't align. But since he is a young black man in America he doesn’t strongly connect to his German side either. However he takes pride in all of his backgrounds.