HOWE ISLAND — It shouldn’t be a surprise that if Aric McBay helped develop a video game, it would have a social conscience.

As an author and climate change and social justice advocate, McBay spends much of his time working to improve conditions for society’s vulnerable.

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McBay was also part of Polyvale Studios, a team that won the grand prize in the Citizens, Assemble! game competition.

The team also included McBay’s sister, voice actor and editor Leslie McBay, and composer and sound designer Winnie Liu.

The competition was meant to create games that could increase interest in citizen participation in the democratic process.

The award came with a $10,000 US prize.

The team’s game, Diem, was designed to be played on mobile devices and it gives the player the task of

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