timespace coordinates: 2010’s Los Angeles
Tag: indie
1619 – AntVentor (2018 video game)
AntVentor is a point & click adventure game, the first short chapter of the AntTrilogy series about an ant and his unusual adventures in a realistic macroworld.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Windows) MINIMUM : OS: Windows 7 or higher, Processor: 1.8 GHz dual core CPU, Memory: 2 GB RAM, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series, Geforce 9400 Series with at least 512 MB VRAM, DirectX: Version 9.0c, Storage: 1800 MB available space, Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card, Additional Notes: Mouse is recommended
1616 – Botanicula (2012 video game)
Botanicula is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. The game was released on April 19, 2012, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The game was later ported to iOS and Android.
Botanicula follows the adventure of five botanical creatures (named Mr. Lantern, Mr. Twig, Mr. Poppy Head, Mr. Feather and Mrs. Mushroom) who are trying to save the last seed of their home tree from evil parasitic creatures that have infested their home. (wiki)
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Windows): OS:Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7/8/10, Processor:1.6 Ghz Processor, Memory:1 GB RAM, DirectX®:5.0, Hard Drive:550 MB HD space
1614 – Intersect (2020)
A Lovecraftian Sci-Fi Thriller
A group of young Miskatonic University scientists invent a time machine, only to learn that they are being manipulated by mysterious, unseen forces from another dimension. – intersectthemovie.com
1608 – District 9 (2009)
timespace coordinates: The film is partially presented in a found footage format by featuring fictional interviews, news footage, and video from surveillance cameras. The story, which explores themes of humanity, xenophobia and social segregation, begins in an alternate 1982, when an alien spaceship appears over Johannesburg, South Africa. When a population of sick and malnourished insectoid aliens are discovered on the ship, the South African government confines them to an internment camp called District 9. Twenty years later, during the government’s relocation of the aliens to another camp, one of the confined aliens named Christopher Johnson, who is about to try to escape from Earth with his son and return home, crosses paths with a bureaucrat leading the relocation named Wikus van der Merwe. The title and premise of District 9 were inspired by events in Cape Town‘s District Six, during the apartheid era.
District 9 is a 2009 science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut. It is a co-production of New Zealand, the United States and South Africa. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James, and was adapted from Blomkamp’s 2006 short film Alive in Joburg. (wiki)
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Alive in Joburg (2005)
timespace coordinates: In 1990, Johannesburg is home to a number of extraterrestrial refugees, whose large spaceships (estimated to be nearly one kilometre in length) can be seen hovering above the city. When the visitors first arrived, the human population was enamored with, among other aspects, the aliens’ advanced “bio-suits”, and welcomed them with open arms. However, the aliens later began moving into other areas of the city, committing crimes in order to survive and frequently clashing with police. Playing as a documentary, the film continues with interviews and footage taken from handheld cameras, which highlight the growing tension between Earth’s civilian population and the extraterrestrial visitors.
According to individuals “interviewed” in the film, the aliens were captive labour (slaves or indentured servants), forced to live in “conditions that were not good” and had escaped to Earth. Because the film takes place in 1990, while apartheid was still in effect in South Africa, the aliens were forced to live amongst the already-oppressed black population, causing conflict with them as well as the non-white and white populations.
All of the interview statements which do not explicitly mention extraterrestrials were taken from authentic interviews with many South Africans who had been asked their opinions of Zimbabwean refugees. (wiki)
1605 – The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
timespace coordinates: 2000’s/2010’s San Francisco ( Bayview-Hunters Point, Fillmore District)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a 2019 American drama film. Its plot centers on the efforts of a young Black man to reclaim his childhood home, a now-expensive Victorian house in a gentrified neighborhood of San Francisco.
The film is the feature debut of director and producer Joe Talbot. Talbot wrote the screenplay with Rob Richert and the story with Jimmie Fails, on whose life the film is partly based. The movie stars Fails, Jonathan Majors, Tichina Arnold, Rob Morgan, Mike Epps, Finn Wittrock, and Danny Glover. (wiki)
Kickstarter-funded, feat Michael Nyman OST.
1594 – Weakless (2019 video game)
Weakless was born in 2017 as a bold idea of two female students – a graphic designer Ania Kowalczyk and composer Agnieszka Wlazly. After getting accepted into the ARP Games acceleration programme, the project took off and soon became a full gaming experience. (punknotion)
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