Liberate Hong Kong
Liberate Hong Kong is a simulation video game developed by Hong Kong-based activists during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. The game simulates a protest environment in Hong Kong, and the protagonist is an unarmed and unnamed protester. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS in November 2019, and supports virtual reality devices such as Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
Liberate Hong Kong
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Liberate Hong Kong is a simulation video game developed by Hong Kong-based activists during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. The game simulates a protest environment in Hong Kong, and the protagonist is an unarmed and unnamed protester. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS in November 2019, and supports virtual reality devices such as Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
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Key facts
• Title — Liberate Hong Kong • Genre — Simulation • Platform — Microsoft Windows, macOS • Developer — Hong Kong Protesters 2019 • Engine — Unity • Modes — Single-player • Released — November 20, 2019
Gameplay
Gameplay
Played from first-person perspective, police attack the protesters with a variety of weapons, but the protesters, being completely unarmed, cannot return fire. Playing as one of the protesters, the player must dodge police attacks and keep protesting without getting arrested. The game does not end until the player gets arrested or shot by the police.
Development
Development
Liberate Hong Kong was developed by a group of activists in under a week and takes approximately 10 minutes to play. The developers recorded chants heard and spray-painted text seen on the streets of Hong Kong.
Reception
South China Morning Post's Abacus described that the developers see it as part of the protest movement while then game has limited gameplay elements. Agence France-Presse analyzed that the player cannot engage in violent actions, instead discarding incoming projectiles like tear gas rounds. It was livestreamed by Hearthstone streamer Blitzchung, the subject of the Blitzchung controversy in October 2019. In December 2019, the developers wrote an open letter to game distribution service Steam, accusing the storefront of censoring the game. In China, an anti-protestor game called Everyone Hit the Traitors was made in response, in which players could beat up protestors and their financial and political backers, such as Joshua Wong, Martin Lee, and Jimmy Lai.
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- 1.歪力. 示威者開發《光復香港》VR遊戲，是場無法反擊、沒有止境的抗爭. 4Gamers 官方網站.
- 2.Hong Kongers recreate protests with homemade virtual video game. Agence France-Presse. 2019-11-13.
- 3.Huang, Zheping. Video Game Shows What It's Like Inside Hong Kong's Protests. Bloomberg News. 2019-11-01.
- 4.Ye, Josh. A new Steam game lets you fight as a Hong Kong protester. Abacus. 2019-11-09.
- 5.Mogul, Rhea. Hong Kong protests: New video game called 'Liberate Hong Kong' to be streamed by popular gamer Blitzchung today. Young Post. 2019-10-25.
- 6.Brown, Jennings. Why Won't Steam Approve These Games Supporting Hong Kong Protestors?. Gizmodo. 2019-12-09.
- 7.Josh Ye. China has its own Hong Kong protest game that lets you beat up activists. South China Morning Post. 6 December 2019.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Wang, Wallis. VR game lets you fight as a Hong Kong protester. South China Morning Post. 7 December 2019.
- Fullerton, Jamie. A New Game in China Lets Players Attack the Hong Kong Protesters. VICE. 2019-12-06.
- Chan, Khee Hoon. Still fighting: meet the developers of Hong Kong protest games. Eurogamer.net. 2020-02-27.
- Geddie, John. Hong Kong students take protest to virtual world. Reuters. October 28, 2019.
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