These Twines were made by the students of the 2020 Exploring the Past in the Digital Present Course. We hope you enjoy them and that these playful explorations may provide you with some new perspectives on our past.
Black Protest Simulation
A game about the 2016 Black Protest in Poland, which protested the full ban on abortions.
We Didn’t Start the Nuclear War
A game that investigates who did (not) start the Nuclear War!
#vikinglife
Always wanted to be a viking? This is your chance!
A Witches’ Tale 2.0
This game is roughly based on the North Berwick Witch Trials in sixteenth century Scotland.
BLACK DEATH
One of two games that explore the 14th century plague pandemic, known as the Black Death. In this game, you take control of a small town as it confronts the horrors of the Black Death.
The Black Death
One of two games that explore the 14th century plague pandemic, known as the Black Death. In this game, you join a student from 2020 worried about the Covid-19 pandemic on a factfinding mission about the Black Death.
Bolsheviks VS Mensheviks
Will you build a new country with new rules and laws or preserve centuries-old traditions and preserve the royal family?
Silk Road
What would it be like to be a scholar travelling on the 12th century Silk Road? Find out!
Exploring the Past of the VOC
This story will look at the Batavia Massacre, a violent event perpertrated by the Dutch in 1740 that victimized the ethnic Chinese living in their colony.
Magellan’s Adventure
Follow in the footsteps of the great navigator Magellan. Do you have what it takes to circumnavigate the globe?
Proffy’s Adventure
What side would you have been on if you had been a kid when the Israeli-Palestine conflict broke out? Find out with this interactive story, loosely based on “Panther in the Basement” by Amos Oz.
Be a Dunhuangian in Medieval China
This game allows you to explore a local’s life in Dunhuang, an important stop on the Silk Road, more than 1000 years ago.
The Impossible Online Argument
In this story you play as a citizen of the fictional country Bryton, who is trying to win the unwinnable: an online argument based on facts!
Revolution in Saint Domingue
This tells a story of the Haitian Revolution, especially from the perspective of those that were in some way subordinated by slavery and/or colonial rule in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which in 1804 became the independent state of Haiti.
Chinese Character Simplification
Learn about the history of Chinese characters in this historical language game!
Bacalar
This Twine will take you to different moment’s in time of the rich history of the Mexican town of Bacalar.
Brewing for a Feast
You are a beer brewer in Ancient Mesopotamia. The great feast for the inaguration of the new king is just a week away and you’ve been tasked with brewing 2000 liters of beer for the event!
Escape Room
This is an interactive escape room based on a very well-known medieval fantasy world!
Germs and Quarantine
Description to follow soon!
Toss a Conquistador
This is the Twine made by the class’ instructor. You play as the chief of an island people who are visited by a never-ending supply of annoying conquistadors.