RENOVATION IN WONDERLAND

a gamemaker game by Sebastian Smith & Ian Westpfal

Rennovate Your House

play through as the queen of hearts, who is rennovating a house

purchase upgrades at the computer!

go to your furniture and interact!

complete tasks!

spend your budget!

exit the house once you're finished

now, play through as alice, who is renting a house

experience the effects of the rennovations

complete your tasks

don't forget to pay your bills

Experience the effects of your actions

part 1

as the queen of hearts, the actions you choose will impact alice's experience

for example, upgrading the lights

if you spend under 4k, alice does not get evicted

part 2

as alice, the actions the queen of hearts takes will impact your experience

for example, your lights go out

the more the queen of hearts rennovates, the more you have to pay

if the queen of hearts spends over 4k, you get evicted

Our goal

we created this game to exhibit the ramifications of gentrification and similar situations, but really it tackles the larger social issue of people not considering others in their own straightforward desire to win. the standard game format drives the human nature to "win" and plays on the concept of how little consequences games have. by forcing the player to play in both phases, the game disadvantages the player the more selfish they are and causes the player to understand the effects of their actions