How Solidarity was made

Solidarity was a project I made using my own experiences and the Oblique Strategy Cards to gain inspiration for the plots and paths. Below are the phrases used and how I applied them.

• "Is there something missing?"

This line started up my brainstorming process for the foundation of this walkthrough. I liked the idea of something missing within humanity as a way to convey that as humans, we are always looking for things to fill up our hearts. Suggesting that we start off with missing pieces.

• "Ghost echos"

This prompt led me to the concept of solidarity in itself. Reminiscing on aspects of my past and my past identities is what I drew from this prompt.

• "A line has two sides"

I used this as a means to create the choices I have on some of the pages. Some pages have two choices, some have one, and others have some that lead nowhere.

• "Always first steps"

I used this phrase to inspire the start of my story. Instead of starting from a time I could remember, I decided to draw from the moment of birth.

• "Retrace your steps"

I also used this prompt sort of literally. I used it as a means of putting in dead end pages where the reader would be forced to go back to the page they were on previously.

• "Not building a wall but making a brick"

This prompt also helped me set up the premise of my story. Instead of just telling a random story or something more made up, I decided to divide this into the steps of growing up. That is why each page title starts with an age if you go in the correct order.