Pending video game based on First Nation's history
Pending video game based on First Nation's history
Pending video game based on First Nation's history
By Tyler Kula
October 22, 2021
Summary
Those chiefs and their histories, along with cultural traditions, other stories and ceremonies, are all expected to be part of a video game the First Nation is now developing with Lambton College.
Tentatively titled Three Fires, the game could help boost knowledge of the First Nation's past, said Aamjiwnaang Chief Chris Plain.
It's not the first video game Lambton College has produced, research and innovation vice-president Mehdi Sheikhzadeh said.
An entrepreneurship game created via Lambton and the Online & Digital Education Academy two years ago is used at other provincial colleges while a cyber-security game is expected to be released soon, he said.
"We're not Ubisoft," he said, but the game will be the first that's focused on Aamjiwnaang, Lindsay said.
"It's going to be a spiritual and educational journey. To me anyway the game is going to be one big story, so you will be learning about our culture and our history by playing the game."
The First Nation will have ownership of the game, Sheikhzadeh said, noting hopes are it'll be available for non-Indigenous people to play as well.
Reference
Kula, T. (2021, October 22). Pending video game based on First Nation's history. The Sarnia Observer. Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://www.theobserver.ca/news/local-news/pending-video-game-based-on-first-nations-history.