East of the Rockies

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.

The latest update is fantastic. Thanks for restoring the game!

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.

Nice game, Nice story but really too short!

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.

a great and enjoyable story teaching history that isn’t normally taught in school, I learnt many new and important things

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.

This needs to be introduced in all schools.

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.

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.