We Grew Up in War

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Release Date: 2027

Adventure, Point-and-click, Modern Conflicts, Isometric View, Indie Games, Experimental/artistic, Games for Impact, Singleplayer

An indie adventure game, showing the experiences of children growing up in war zones in Ukraine, Bosnia, and Syria. We Grew Up in War allows us to complete memories of several different characters. We do this by taking part in diverse mini-games, fighting imaginary monsters.

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We Grew Up in War is a point-and-click adventure game in which we follow three intertwined stories of children growing up in conflict zones in Ukraine, Bosnia, and Syria. This indie project was created as part of the Mementoes project, funded by the European Union, in collaboration with Charles Games studio (creators of Attentat 1942 and Svoboda 1945: Liberation) and the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo. It bases its narrative on the memories of real people.

Gameplay

We Grew Up in War consists of twenty interactive scenes with diverse gameplay. There are mini-games connected by narration. We fight with imaginary monsters, color a drawing, sort supplies, struggle with daily difficulties in the shelter, or spend time with friends among the rubble.

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We deal with the mechanics of memory reconstruction in the game - we need to look for clues in order to arrange fragmented scenes in the correct order. Each of these scenes is presented in the form of a small diorama, showing characters and surroundings from a slightly oblique top-down perspective.

The stories of children intersect and diverge. Each episode illustrates the inner world of the characters, in which the sorrows associated with war take the form of fantasy creatures.

Story

We Grew Up in War presents a view of wars in Ukraine, Bosnia and Syria, inspired by the memories of real people. Mak grows up in a siege that has been going on for years. Melisa leaves her home time and time again. Anna and Valerie, along with their family, are desperately trying to escape from the war. During the game, we learn how past and present conflicts have shaped the lives of these characters.

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The visual design of We Grew Up in War combines various graphic styles, starting from the so-called low poly and ending with childish cartoonishness.

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