Beautiful but short
One of the most beautiful interactive games. A part of history. But as beautiful as it is, it is very short. Less than 1 hour. But you will not regret the money you paid
Terrible navigation
I was excited about this but find it terrible to get through. Very slow. I wasn’t able to finish it and thought I could return to the same place, but no, I’d have had to start at the beginning again. It should have the ability to speed it up and it should have the intelligence to remember where we were.
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Great update
The latest update is fantastic. Thanks for restoring the game!
Not worth your time or money
Very disappointing. I’m a big fan of Joy Kogawa and wanted to use this game in my grade 10 Canadian history class. There is no sound and the graphics are very poor. Not at all as advertised on the website. The plot is slow moving, with the only game mechanic the ability to click on certain objects. Check out the ‘Writing Wrongs’ exhibit from the Nikkei museum for a much more fulfilling experience.
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Nice but short
Nice game, Nice story but really too short!
Augmented Reality?
This is a great project and wonderfully exemplifies the innovative, culturally-significant work that can be produced in Canada. Art and music are especially good, and the narrative is breathtaking. But, for the life of me, I can’t deduce where it employs AR. App seems to be entirely screen-based discovery game; when I activate AR mode I’m left with a blank screen.
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5/5
a great and enjoyable story teaching history that isn’t normally taught in school, I learnt many new and important things
Beautiful
Beautiful story. It’s not long, but will keep you immersed and the voice is very calming.
Uninstalled this game just because it keeps rotating ipad orientation.
If this is supposed to be a relaxing game, this orientation rotation gives me anxiety. No other apps does this. It’s infuriating. Not worth a single second.
Great Canadian lesson
This needs to be introduced in all schools.
Excellent use of AR
Once you get used to moving your device around, AR is a stunning medium and really brings the scenes to life. Couple things though: It’s pretty buggy (2018 iPad running latest iOS). Like another review mentioned, I needed to restart at the wood chopping scene. The objects should flash more obviously, as some are hard to see. It would also have been interesting to have a brief pre-internment scene. Maybe some Oregon Trail-type games would make it a bit more engaging for kids? Overall, still an amazing use of AR that does an excellent job of telling this shameful, yet important, part of Canadian history.
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Great and personal to me
My still living grandmother was born in Slocan, BC in 1920. She and her family had to endure the humiliation of having all of their assets seized despite being born in Canada! But they looked different so it's okay I guess.
Don't lump the Canadians that were interred during WW2 with the Japanese Empire. My grandmother had never even been to Japan but was declared an enemy of the state. Reparations were given in the 80s to those still alive. $20k! Gee thanks but was had several fishing boats and a hotel. Why wasn't the property returned at the end of the war? Why to pay for their incarceration of course.
Great app, a terrible time in history.
Don't lump the Canadians that were interred during WW2 with the Japanese Empire. My grandmother had never even been to Japan but was declared an enemy of the state. Reparations were given in the 80s to those still alive. $20k! Gee thanks but was had several fishing boats and a hotel. Why wasn't the property returned at the end of the war? Why to pay for their incarceration of course.
Great app, a terrible time in history.
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Could not play
I could not get past were you cut the wood and I was trying to cut the wood but it would not cut!i was very excited to get the game until I could not cut the wood
Beautiful and engaging
A really great format to capture a piece of history and make it presentable in this form. Well done.
Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback kzokaie!
Beautifully executed
The aesthetics of this game, the animation in combination with the sound design, has me captivated to see where this story goes. I must say it is quite satisfying playing with some of the dynamic animations I’ve come across so far, such as a simple curtain. 😁
I’m only 20 min in, and I’m enjoying every aspect of it.
I’m only 20 min in, and I’m enjoying every aspect of it.
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Response from developer
Hi izxyk! Thank you very much for your feedback! We are very happy that you are enjoying our app. I hope you had a chance to finish the story.
Stunning storytelling
This is a really beautiful App that tells a very sad story
Lost AR
Glad I didn’t pay for this. Doesn’t work worth a darn. Waste of time.
Very cool!
This game was an add and I clicked not know what to expect! It’s really cool and interesting as I live very close to slocan and other places mentioned.
No sound?
I made sure the volume on my iPhone 7 Plus was all the way up, but the sound wasn’t working? Would have loved to check out this application though! Opening animation looks great.
Response from developer
Hi VRfan1! Thank you for trying out our app and thank you very much for your feedback. We are really hoping that everybody can have a good experience and really get to enjoy this story. I am not sure why you would not have any sound coming out of your device. Please make sure that the sound is turned on from the app's Settings screen and/or the device is not set to silent mode. If issue still persist could you please provide us some more details?
Beautiful
I think the story line is really interesting so far and the graphics is really nice, and in my opinion I love adventure stories and this is really good for me 😂
