Thank you for the advice and I appreciate it greatly I need to do the research regardless. But that in itself could take months if not a year or two especially being a full-time student, and writing even longer. If not this medium what would you recommend.
If the game is done in the right way, it could help educate people about Jacksonās horrors. That would be a difficult line to walk, but itās doable.
I donāt think it automatically trivializes the issue merely because itās adapted into interactive fiction, no more than any fiction trivializes horrible parts of history. And isnāt that the strength of interactive fiction: that you can see the consequences for your actions? A reader who knew nothing of Jackson before reading it could become educated about the trail of tears because of the game.
Itās important that the awful parts of our history arenāt ignored just because theyāre uncomfortable.
EDIT: that said, it does appear that OP has no intention of portraying Jackson is his honest, and terrible, light. Although possible to write this game in a way that is not offensive, I doubt that would occur in this case.
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One I take that insult. And two it require more research to get multiple angles. He has every reason to be hated today for his actions but we forgot when he was alive and even after his death he loved by the American people, He was the Hero of New Orleans and Champion of the Common Man, As much he was Sharp Knife and Point Arrow to the Tribe of the South West. Look at Richard the lionheart he makes Jackson look tame in comparison and heās still romanticize today. Again if Iām going to do this it will focus on people that were around him and you play from their perspectives. Be, close friend protege, Slave or Cherokee. by the time I have itās ready with the proper research it could be years from now. And this post be long forgotten.
Thereās a great podcast called Hardcore History, by Dan Carlin. One series in particular, Wrath of the Khans, details the many centuries on Mongol conquest on the world.
The first episode of that series begins with Carlin explaining the difficulty in discussing a controversial historical figure without mentioning the horrible parts of their life, the impossibility of accurately portraying one part of their life while ignoring another. For any gruesome figure in history, the terrible and the not-terrible are invariably intertwined. You canāt focus on one part and ignore the other.
I highly recommend you listen to that podcast before you even consider doing an Andrew Jackson related story.
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I shall David I shall!
Would you please tell me whether the game covers all the places he was in, which can been seen from this map?
Source: Tours by Andrew Jackson
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I was mostly at least if I was going to write the first game which Iām still on fence. I was gonna focus on his early life right before he leaves for the Cumberland. So most likely would be focused in the Waxhaw region and the Carolinas. The game would be focused on his relationship with his siblings his family the development of him view world active during this time period.
Now I did research on the more lets it awkward things he did particularly both his involvement in slavery which is something that literally grew out of a combination of him being a social climber and a slave society. A few key moments in his life I could point out that really in the bed of these perspectives. I want to comes to the indigenous population combined with his mother and his own experience coming to us own in Tennessee in the wars to different tribes in better perspective of the indigenous population being Rocky allies at best and always difficult neighbors. Course thatās obviously the white males perspectives if you grew up in a region. Now the thing is when he did the removal act it was he want to expand Americans outward two to prevent conflict with the Cherokee. And that something we need to remember this wasnāt an executive order this was a popular piece of legislation and if I held the American government works is that we delegate authorityās to members of Congress so as Americans for whatever the outcome of that bill particular this case removal all say we share the burden of the sin of it fail attempt that was popular two with a majority of Americans. Why because it directly benefited them particularly a few of the poor Class. Also removal policy is them selves was incredibly common American foreign-policy you were doing it at least as a country illegally back to Washington. And that remove passes very huge American history for the fact that extended the cotton kingdom immensely causing huge controversy over how the states join the union. How he dealt with the notification crisis set the precedent for future President dealing secession.
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