The IndieBeat: Las Tractoradas shows how Catalonia is trying to escape the reins of Spain

Las Tractoradas is a tower defense game with a political influence: the ongoing crisis in Catalonia. And it stars what’s become a populist symbol of the Catalan Independence Movement: tractors. A group of six high school students participating in the NuVu Studio program created the game in only 11 weeks. Though it isn’t available yet for download, a video of in-game footage and a design document is available online.

“The entire game was based on the news,” said Amanda Brown, Las Tractoradas’s project manager. “It takes place on a map of Catalonia, and the cars and tractors specifically come from certain areas to feel truthful to real life. The tractors block the police cars because in real life, that is what the Catalan citizens did in order to vote and protest against Spanish rule.”