New York City high school students Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser met at coding camp and recently completed their project Tampon Run — a video game to point out that menstrual cycles are normal… and guns are bad.
The game is an 8-bit throwback where the lead female character grabs boxes of tampons and throws them at her enemies before they get taken. Oh yeah, the enemies all look like boys.
When the game begins, players are greeted with several introduction screens.