Death and Taxes: Debt and the Tokugawa Samurai (Bitsy Edition)

You play as a financially struggling samurai in the Tokugawa period. Make sure you have enough money to keep your family fed, and don't lose your pride. 

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This game was made by Haley Price in 2022 for UT Austin's JapanLab as part of an initiative to teach students how to make historical games in Bitsy and Twine. Play the Twine version of this game here!

Special thanks to Adam Clulow for providing resources and to Cameron Friday for playtesting!

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I also made a series of tutorials on how to use Bitsy:

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Works Cited

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Readings:

Constantine N. Vaporis. “Samurai and Merchant in Mid-Tokugawa Japan: Tani Tannai’s Record of Daily Necessities(1748-54).” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 60, no. 1 (June 2000): 205–27.