Thunderbird Strike (2017)
A downloadable game for Windows
In the 2D side-scroller Thunderbird Strike, fly from the Tar Sands to the Great Lakes as a thunderbird protecting Turtle Island with searing lightning against the snake that threatens to swallow the lands and waters whole.
Thunderbird Strike is best played on smartphones and tablets but also made available on PC.
AWARDS
Winner of Best Digital Media at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival 2017.
Winner of Runner-Up at EarthGames on Tap 2018.
SHOWINGS
Exhibited at “Thunderbird Strike: Art and Arcade” at Western Arctic Moving Pictures, “The Environmental Justice and Decolonization” Game Curious Series, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference 2019, “Regeneration: Breaking Time with Indigenous Video Games Exhibit” at Western Front Centre, and more.
TEAM
Design - Elizabeth LaPensée
Programming - Adrian Cheater & Aubrey Jane Scott
Art and Animation - Elizabeth LaPensée
Music and Sound Effects - NÀHGĄ a.k.a. Casey Koyczan
Cut Scene Editing - Kaitlin Rose Lenhard
THANK YOU
Thunderbird Strike was developed through residencies including O k'inādās Residency, The Banff Musicians in Residence Program, and Territ-Aur(i)al Imprints Exchange as well as the 2016 Artist Fellowship grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council.
With gratitude to Dylan Miner and Isaac Murdoch for sharing their artworks through the game.
Download
Install instructions
Download 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!
Windows PC Instructions: Thunderbird Strike was made for mobile devices, so you'll need to tinker a bit for the PC version!
- Adjust your volume before playing or use volume keys on your keyboard during gameplay.
- Use the W A S D keys to move.
- Fly into the clouds to gather lightning.
- Press Spacebar to use lightning.
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Hi Elizabeth, I am wondering how after making this game has this experience changed how you see Sovereignty being enacted with Native Americans? Do you use video games as a source of migration away from the US?