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‘South of Midnight’ Developer Team On Weaving Together Complex History And Black American Narratives To “Make A Love Letter For The South”
Montreal's Compulsion Games studio head and creative team behind video game 'South of Midnight' discuss the importance of Black narratives and history
The story follows a young woman named Hazel (voiced by Adriyan Rae, who also shared motion capture duties with Nona Parker), reeling after a hurricane devastates her hometown as she journeys to find her mother, who went missing during the flood. In November, Compulsion Games released a 30-minute documentary that showcases more gameplay, an in-depth look at the inspirations and tones that encompass the creative hand-painted stop motion style (imagery that evokes similar flavor to Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride or Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio), alongside the meticulous research and racial sensitivity care that the Montreal based studio commenced while spearheading a game amongst the backdrop of the American Deep South starring a Black female as their main protagonist. I feel good that we’ve threaded the line of having our own character journey with her own story that makes her a person you come to care about, alongside her relationship with her family, and her mom especially.
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