(TW: Homophobia, transphobia)

THE CHARLOTTE CRISIS

"Who will you be today?"

Navigate a variety of social situations with your dialogue choices. Dress to impress, make friends and enemies, and show off your skills! Will you stand up for Charlotte, or suppress her by force? The choice is yours.

Controls

• Arrow keys left and right to move
• Space to advance dialogue
• Up Arrow to interact with NPCs or Interactables
• Esc to pause the game
• In menus: Arrow keys to select, Space to confirm

Debug Controls

• Press Backspace to skip through dialogue (Skips to the next option, may cause unintended interactions).
• S to Save 
• L to Load
• P to skip to the end of a node.

Awards

• SPH Media Award (Top Undergraduate with The Best Honours Thesis) 
• Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize (Best Undergraduate Researcher (Group))

Reviews

• "i wanna cry sia... but it's such a sweet game!! i really enjoyed it!"
• "thank you for the hope that you present."
• "The pixellated illustrations are adorable."
• "It feels like I’m getting to know Charlotte in a fuller light."
• "the scope and depth of this project was well thought out for the focus on storytelling this game took on."

Credits

• Jia Yu: writer, designer, producer
• Nicole: writer, artist
• Zhan Hong: designer, programmer
• Tan Kai En: supervisor

This work was completed as part of the Practice-Based Honours Thesis project in 2024 at the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore.