GLASS CEILING GAMES
The Glass Ceiling Games is a cathartic feminist punk augmented reality game for mobile with a kickass soundtrack.
Winner of 2022 Women in Games Award for Best Representation of Women in a Videogame.
“Made me laugh!”
“Easy to understand gameplay.”
“A++ soundtrack.”
“Fantastic artwork.”
“Endless fun!!”
– Player reviews from EGX 2019
Let out your intersectional feminist rage…
Slay everyday sexism, boss up the ranks of a skyscraper called The System and smash the glass ceiling to a Riot Grrrl-inspired electropunk soundtrack!The Glass Ceiling Games is Buffy The Vampire Slayer meets the Olympic Games, where you master a new fantasy combat sport every level; including slingshotting catcalls, boxing stereotypes, macheteing unsolicited dick pix, batting emotional labour, throwing babies in baskets labelled ‘man’s work’ and raygunning mansplains, before the glass ceiling smashes, The System building crumbles, and you’re left triumphant atop the rubble with a haul of freedom, money and joy points.Inspired by personal experiences of sexism and DIY intersectional feminism, use this playful and darkly comic alternate power fantasy for a cathartic rush when sexism has got you down, or to start difficult conversations with anyone’s who’s got the patriarchy on speed dial.#gameoverforsexism
Visit the game website at glassceilinggames.com
Game Features:
Immersion in a fantasy world where you have powers you might wish you had in the real world.Six augmented reality levels that embed the digital game world in your real world environment, whether playing inside or outside.An iconographic cartoon neon art style where unsolicited dick pix are represented as phallic foodstuffs and mansplains as troll heads.An electropunk album you play, with gameplay designed to a soundtrack by Go Fallopian!, storytelling delivered through the lyrics and levels lasting the approximate 2:30-minute length of each audio track.Cathartic, reverse power fantasy mechanics that feature a different weapon and challenge each level.Replayability to beat your/your friends previous haul of freedom, money and joy.Dark humour to make an unapologetic, feminist punk point.
READ: Standing on the shoulders of Riot Grrrl: Story Juice and punk feminism in games
“When you can’t see your stories and perspectives in an industry, then you have to put them there,” says studio founder Dr Hannah Wood. Read the interview in gamesindustry.biz via the link above.
Music clips from Go Fallopian!
Gameplay is designed to the beat of the music in The Glass Ceiling Games; have a listen to some exclusive music clips and storytelling lyrics from the levels where you slingshot catcalls and machete unsolicited dick pix!
The Glass Ceiling Games has been supported in its development by UK Games Fund, Ideate Plymouth and the South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN).“It is a brilliant example of how nuanced research into game mechanics, affect and immersive experience can be mobilised into a product that is unique, meaningful and really good fun.
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“Story Juice is an exciting South West company innovating in immersive experiences. It’s also contributing to changing the narrative for women and girls in games, through representation and the processes of making. The game is funny and empowering. A rare and timely power-fantasy game for those societally disempowered.
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“Story Juice is an incredibly innovative creative studio and we’re excited to see where the UK Games Fund-backed Glass Ceiling Games progresses in the marketplace.”
Some of the Story Juice team with fellow UK Games Fund recipients at EGX 2019 where we showcased the first demo.“We wholeheartedly support Story Juice and The Glass Ceiling Games. It’s a game that has gone from strength to strength and should be on everyone’s phones. Story Juice has always been a staunch advocate and supporter of the games industry, and we loved working with them throughout our programmes, as well as feeling like the funding we have offered them has been put to good use!”
