Dot's Home Hack 1.4 + Redeem Codes

I really liked this game, it was interesting but challenging to play. You have to really think about the best choices to make, when often both choices are undesirable. It really taught me a lot about the difficulties faced by POC (People of Color), immigrants, and lower-income people in the US in concerns to housing. I had learned about things like redlining and gentrification at school, but this game gave me more insight to how those things actually play out in the day-to-day lives of some Americans. I would definitely recommend this game, and I think it would be a great tool to teach kids about systemic housing discrimination against POC, immigrants, and lower-income people in America. And despite covering societal issues that can be depressing to think about, it was still fun and enjoyable to play. Also, the art and graphics are beautifully designed!

It does a really good job of showing how housing discrimination works throughout the years esp in America.

The transitions from time periods were clear cut and engrossing. The past has a slight dreamlike quality to it just in the same way as the mc is affected by it, and we get to kinda feel how it is for her too. The asthma thing really got me thinking.

The art was top notch and I could play through it all in an hour or so. The story was interesting. Reading the paper and how it changed through generations but also stayed the same, showed how things don’t just end. History does repeat itself and we can have a hand in making sure that doesn’t happen. Why would there be a need to flip a home if the neighborhood was invested in properly so that everything was functioning and beautiful for its residents? But well that doesn’t turn a profit, does it?
It really highlighted things to show the guy, real estate agent? Murphy dude. How the grandfather was basically exactly like him, zero change.

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I’m confused how if the home was sold, in the ending I chose, how did the grandma get to keep living there?? As that’s what it said happened afaik

Ok I'm playing, but an aspect of this game that I think this game nails on the head is that the pursuit of constantly getting richer can separate you from the people that matter in your life... and leave you open to manipulation.

If you wanna speedrun the good ending, rent, stick with Amos, and rent to the Tawfiqs. It's not money that makes a good life, it's people.

Oh, and having grown up in "well-to-do" environments. the neutral and bad endings about the kids being too well behaved and the police notices of noise complaints, of people keeping to themselves... it's horrible and depressing. Having a strong community and an environment where you can actually walk outside and greet neighbors... that's what really matters in life.

Dot’s Home is a journey that forces players to ask tough questions. The game challenges you with real devil’s choices, illustrating the everyday decisions that disenfranchised people in America have have suffered for decades. The game resonates most as it tours through the dream of home ownership, trotting through time and racial history until we arrive at place that doesn’t look too different from the headlines we see today. Think of it as a playing a Telltale Game distilled to its essence. No zombies or gimmick IP. Just life. And unfair human decisions. Choose well. The game will remember that.

This game was a bit disappointing to me. The artwork is great but other than that, the gameplay is very much on tracks. The most you can do is walk back and forth, interact with 3-4 objects and talk to a handful of NPCs. I’m not even sure it did a good job of communicating the story — I have family in Detroit and I’m black — I still didn’t feel very invested in the characters. I’m not sure how the choices I made lead to the ending I got — I watched the other ones after and that did not clear things up very much.

I’m disappointed because I wanted to like this game. It would have been better as an interactive picture book. There’s just not actual game play. Finally it’s pretty clear what the developers think of the available choices — I.e. judgement is passed on you based on your decisions and it’s obvious whether that judgement is positive or negative.

Further by making these choices into binaries (rent or buy for example) it really oversimplifies the message that I think this game is trying to send about race, place and community.

Overall it’s a reasonable effort for a sociological intervention but as a game it’s a long way off from success.

Someone said it’s racist no it isn’t it is educational! This is how poc were treated and gentrification is still something happening today, it was about a two hour gameplay for me and you got to see all endings! If you want to learn a little about history play this game and don’t be offended by it because this sh.. really happened. The most confusing part was all the keys that I didn’t use I’ll play through again to see if they had a purpose but play this game!

As a person of color I don’t think this game is for me. It’s about showing people “white folk” was bad, is bad and will always be bad… Games should be about having fun, not having a history lesson through the eyes of people who want to instill feelings of oppression, racial angst and animosity towards the “white folk” or any other race. This game should’ve been called BLM or Progressive views on race or Social Justice Warriors. I’m tired of being told things will be made easier for my people because they don’t think we can compete at the same level as everyone else and thus the system has to be dumbed down for me and my people so that we can succeed. If you are all about progressive activism then this game is for you.

This game is so beautiful and really brings out the poverty of colored and immigrated folks when looking for a home for their families. It shows that when you’re looking out for each other instead of the profit, it leads to even greater blessings. Though, the profit may be rewarding as well. I would like to applaud the game developers and storytellers for the opportunity of making this game free to play with a fully developed storyline. No adds, beautiful plot, as well as a cherishing message. 10/10 🥹👏🏾👏🏾

Im nowhere near finished. Matter of fact, I only had about 5 minutes of gameplay before i had to put it down. I didnt realize I had such PTSD. I wish I could say im too young to have experienced this but I was a witness to this just in 2014. Seeing Dot go thru it, makes me want to jump thru the screen and turn this into a fighting game. To stop more people from going thru it. Except its the other way around this is just a game…I have to fight IRL.. the fight is real… 🤢

Many groups of people in history have been mistreated by another. We all understand that it can be quite tragic to remember and be reminded of what took place in American history. However, no one should paint all Americans with the same brush. My family immigrated from Romania, Germany, and Holland in the late 1800’s because of increasing hatred and bigotry towards people of diverse heritages. We found freedom in America! It’s really sad to see similar things going on in America today. I am light colored skinned American with no ties to the Americans who enslaved other people with different tones of skin. Will we ever move on from the divide? Not till Jesus comes and makes everything right.