HeirLoom
2020
ROLE: ANNE MARIE (Lead)
Heirloom is a first person exploration game which primarily uses audio and environmental storytelling to immerse the player in the lives of three women in the American South. Kit, Hailey, and Anne Marie are three different generations from a single family in the 1970s and 1980s. After uncovering a dark secret, it’s up to the player to assemble together the pieces of this multigenerational story.
Created/Dir. Abby Sherlock, Kathryn Yu
Recognition:
Games For Change Finalist 2021
Favourite Game developed by a woman or female team, Women in Games Global Awards 2021
Women in Games Global Awards Finalist 2021
Official Independent Games Festival Selection 2021
Best Student Game, SIEGE Con 2020
Best Audio, SIEGE Con 2020
Lance Weiler's (Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab) Top 60+ Immersive Thing of 2020
2020 New Media Writing Prize (Shortlist)
Shortlist (Unofficial), 2021 GSA BAFTA Student Awards
IndieCade 2021 USC Booth Feature