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feature: interactive pan-african mythology graphic novel “black sands” boasts historically-based exploration and discovery
“Black Sands” is an interactive visual novel based on pan-African, Middle Eastern, and Indian mythologies. “Black Sands”, created by Black Sands Entertainment founder Manuel Godoy, is more choose your own adventure than graphic novel and offers a challenging exploration, discovery, and investigation into well-crafted stories and side quests.
“Black Sands is more than just comic-book heroics and wild conspiracy theories – it aims to convey a deeper understanding of real-world ancient history and cultural diversity as well,” Godoy writes. Within the game there is a dictionary with unlockable entries that show the research that went into each character and historical event and locations alongside the in-game backstories that were inspired by them. You can download the “Black Sands” demo right over here! Woo!
By Erin White*, AFROPUNK contributor
www.blacksandsentertainment.com
www.theblacksands.itch.io/black-sands-legends-of-the-rift
www.instagram.com/black_sands_entertainment
*Erin White is an Atlanta-based writer and AFROPUNK’s editorial and social media assistant. You can follow her on Tumblr or friend her on Facebook. Have a pitch or an inquiry? Shoot her an email at erin@afropunk.com.
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