Mikan (2017)
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Inspired by moccasin game, Mikan is a finding game that passes on phrases in Anishinaabemowin.
Mikan was originally developed for a mobile tablet display within a museum and the game screen will appear small on a computer, but hey, it's free!
Anishinaabemowin is in Western dialect because the game was made for the Duluth Children's Museum in Minnesota. Phrases include:
- Mikan - Find It
- Aaniin! - Greetings!
- Onaabandan! - Choose!
- Gagwe-mikan! - Try to find it!
- Jiimaan - Canoe
- Abwi - Canoe Paddle
- Bawa'iganaak - Knocker
- Gaandakii'iganaak - Push Pole
- Manoomin - Wild Rice
- Wiigiwaam - Wigwam
- Wiigwaasinaagan - Birch Bark Container
- Manoominashk - Wild Rice Stalk
- Manoominiwazh - Rice Bag
TEAM
Design and Art - Elizabeth LaPensée
Programming - Tyler Coleman
THANK YOU
Mikan was developed for the Duluth Children's Museum in Minnesota. With gratitude to support from Research for Indigenous Community Health Center at the University of Minnesota Duluth and Michigan State University.
Download
Install instructions
1. Download zipped files.
2. Unzip files.
3a. For Windows, open the folder and then open the exe file.
3b. For Mac, open the dmg file, install, and then open the app. Having issues? Go to System Preferences, and open Security & Privacy. In the General Tab, under "Allow apps downloaded from," you should see the game and be able to click on Open Anyway!
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this is a cool game, but the game is really small. I am unable to maximize the window. Is it supposed to be like that?
Miigwech!
It'll be smaller than most game screens but shouldn't be really small. It's made for mobile devices and a museum display on a tablet at the Duluth Children's Museum in Minnesota but now available on Windows and Mac for free at home. You should be able to mess around with your display settings to change it.
ah ok, I'll play around with the settings this weekend.
Miigwech!! :