In Empathy-A Game About Depression the player controls a
strongly empathetic patient of a psychiatric clinic that has to change his mood
from happy to depressed and vice versa to interact with different objects by synchronizing
with other patients' brainwaves.
Jam Site: Turin
Jam Year: 2017
Platforms: MS Windows
The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam
event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations.
Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of an
idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be
creative, share experiences and express ourselves in a multitude of ways using
video games – it is very universal. The weekend stirs a global creative buzz in
games, while at the same time exploring the process of development, be it
programming, iterative design, narrative exploration or artistic expression. It
is all condensed into a 48-hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people
with all kinds of backgrounds to participate and contribute to this global
spread of game development and creativity.
Direct download: https://ggj.s3.amazonaws.com/games/2017/01/22/1747/empathy_build.zip