Soul Garden: A Digital Video Game Addressing Mental Health

Mind UK表示，在英国，每6个人中就有1人报告说，在任何一个星期里，他们都会遇到常见的心理健康问题，比如焦虑和抑郁。Sketchbook Games的使命是通过游戏创造积极的改变。我们的新项目，灵魂花园是一个沉浸式的叙事体验，满足PC的数字健康平台。它旨在利用游戏引发的高参与度来帮助更多的人保持有益的心理健康习惯，比如正念练习和冥想。玩家会因为身临其境的故事和迷人的环境而来，但也会因为引导可视化的奇迹、放松呼吸练习的平静以及与他们关心的角色的有趣互动而回来。灵魂花园旨在使照顾你的心理健康成为一项更有吸引力、更令人兴奋和更愉快的活动。我们正在与一些合作伙伴合作，以确保游戏实现这一目标。随着时间的推移，我们将发布新的冥想和叙事内容，以及一个移动版本，这样玩家就可以更容易地访问内容。我们相信叙事游戏元素将有助于鼓励那些不愿尝试冥想和正念的人，而游戏化的心理健康练习将让人们不断回归。

Mind UK has stated that 1 in 6 people report experiencing common mental health problems, like anxiety and depression in any given week in England.Sketchbook Games' mission is to make a positive difference through play.Our new project, Soul Garden is an immersive narrative experience meets digital wellness platform for PC. It is designed to utilise the high levels of engagement games elicit in order to help more people maintain beneficial habits for their mental wellbeing, such as mindfulness exercises and meditations.Players will come for the immersive story and mesmerising environments but return for the wonder of the guided visualisations, calm of the relaxing breathing exercises and interesting interactions with characters they care about. Soul Garden aims to make looking after your mental health a more appealing, exciting and enjoyable activity. We are working with a number of partners to ensure the game fulfils this goal.We will release new meditations and narrative content over time, as well as a mobile version so players can access the content more easily.We believe the narrative game element will help encourage people who wouldn't otherwise try meditation and mindfulness, and the gamified mental health exercises will keep people returning.