In Need of Food

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In Need of Food was created around a brief to make a game based on a social issue. I chose food waste and its potential future consequences, imagining a London in 2056 suffering a severe food crisis where people can no longer easily access nutrition and must queue daily just to survive meal to meal.

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The game puts you in charge of running a food bank in this world. As a visual novel, players make choices about whether to give food to the people in front of them but crucially, there are no gameplay consequences for your decisions. The design intent was to challenge the player's moral compass, not punish or reward it.

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I wrote the characters and their stories, working closely with character artist Fahim whose illustrations brought them to life. The collaboration between writing and art created characters that felt believable and humanised the crisis the game depicts. At the end, we thank the player and direct them to real-world charities fighting food waste and poverty.

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Team Credits:

Game Designer - Humza Mustafa

Environment Artist - Daniel Hernandez

Character Artist - Fahim Ali