NoobFeed's Aaron Kinney interviews The Arkh Project's Jes Richards about the upcoming indie role-playing game, which emphasizes issues surrounding ethnicity and gender identity.
Megan Myrick writes: "People who backed the project reportedly did not receive their rewards. Plans for the game were apparently cancelled. It was widely believed to have been a scam, though the creator refuted that claim. The creator also later said that Arkh was never made into a game because it was never meant to be a game, just an exercise in character development and concept art. The Arkh Project tumblr page begs to differ."
I think it was in late December that I learned about The Arkh Project. For those who haven’t Tumbl’d across it yet, here is a fast summary of the concept: because video game developers cannot be counted on to represent them fairly (if at all), a small group of queer persons of color decided to make a game themselves. I was excited at first. Arkh represented a step towards increasing diversity in games and a chance for me to watch a game develop from the ground up! As I have a stake in diversity issues and no clue how development works, Arkh was of interest to me.
Excellent interview Aaron.