Project name: Stand With Them Team: Culture Games Studio Duration: 15–20 minutes Tags: Narrative Decryption / Branching Dialogue / Human Rights / Remixing Heritage / History

I. Game Description 

“Stand with Them” is an AR narrative game that transforms your real-world surroundings into a living tableau of power, oppression, and dignity. Inspired by a vivid painting of red giants dominating green figures, the game overlays scenes symbolizing social control onto everyday spaces. As you walk through your environment, you will encounter green figures forced into dehumanizing labor under the red giants’ rule and must make moral choices—intervene to help, remain silent, or side with the oppressors. Each decision dynamically reshapes the virtual environment and character behaviors, driving the story toward multiple possible outcomes. By stepping out of the role of bystander and into that of an active citizen, you confront injustice in both the augmented world and beyond, embodying the values of human rights and resistance.

II. Cultural Impact  

The game transforms Europe’s layered history of oppression and resistance into an AR narrative driven by player choice. Drawing inspiration from a mid-20th-century expressionist painting—where bulbous red figures crush emaciated green forms—the game stages symbolic scenes from feudal submission to modern totalitarian control in your own environment. Each moral choice dynamically reshapes the virtual tableau, transforming abstract concepts of dignity, freedom, and solidarity into personal experiences.  Confronting the burden of power firsthand deepens players' understanding of Europe's enduring commitment to human rights, inspiring them to defend these values beyond the game.

III. Gameplay

The game projects three successive oppressive scenes onto your real-world environment: armored knights forcing unarmed civilians to stand at attention without rest, haul heavy burdens under the knights’ watch, and perform endless push-ups as endurance drills. The knights bearing weapons represent the red ruling oppressors from the painting, while the unarmed civilians represent the green subjugated masses. Players engage by both selecting dialogue options and physically touching the virtual characters—reaching out to help a struggling civilian, confronting a knight, or walking away in silent disregard. Each choice and hand-interaction triggers distinct animations, voice lines, and environmental shifts, turning the abstract themes of power and resistance into a visceral, hands-on AR experience.

Ⅳ. Team members and Roles

Yunting Wang: Designer & Storyteller & Crafter

Wei Xiong: Gamemaster & Storyteller & Crafter

Yaning Wen: Artist & Storyteller & Crafter

Ⅴ. Credits

Meta XR all-in-one：

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/integration/meta-xr-all-in-one-sdk-2...

Characters and animations:

https://www.mixamo.com/#/