Red Stage Entertainment

Skabma - The challenges of bringing in Sami mythology into the video game format

Red Stage Entertainment’s development of the video game Skabma: Polar Night serves as a case study in the challenges of adapting indigenous Sami mythology into an interactive digital format.

• Red Stage Entertainment developed 'Skabma: Polar Night' to revitalize Sami cultural narratives by integrating indigenous mythology into an interactive video game format.
• The development team navigated a lack of centralized written records and conflicting folklore by establishing a continuous feedback loop with the Sami community.
• To address regional variations in mythology, such as the shifting depictions of the giant Stalo, developers synthesized disparate accounts into a cohesive original narrative framework.