Unpolarized Middle Idea Pillar

For my first game idea I want to bring awareness to the way people treat others who suffer from anxiety and or depression. Having suffered both for most of my life and having no one to express the pain that comes along with these circumstances I feel that it should be more openly discussed and awareness is needed in this field. The problem with people is that if they don’t physically see an injury or haven’t experienced it themselves, they have very little compassion for the one in pain. Feelings can’t be seen thus people don’t care. My game idea is a 2d game of a little boy that suffers from depression and extreme anxiety throughout middle school and gets bullied which amplifies the hell. The player will have an anxiety and a depression bar that when both are full the game ends. The objective is self-care and finding ways to minimize these conditions and find inner peace. My second idea is a 3d game of the life of a cow that is about to be sent to the slaughterhouse. The player must find ways to escape the ranch and save as many of their family and friends before they get slaughtered. The political objective is to show that animals suffer greatly for us to have a “flavor” and to demonstrate the inhumanity that comes along with factory farming. The game will be raw, brutal, disgusting and surprisingly accurate to reality.

To finalize this wholesome list, I want to make a game about “Karen”. You see Karen gets really, REALLY angry if things don’t go her way! She also gets offended very easily; she’s reactive and can’t be reasoned with. She has no control over her emotions and lets others dictate them for her. And oddly enough she feels entitled to her opinions regardless of how damaging they might be, it’s the Karen way or the highway. So, in this wonderful game you are Karen’s spirit guide and you are trying to help Karen calm down and see life for what it is. Teach Karen to stop caring so much about political opinions and just be happy, remove the garbage thoughts that riddle this super Karen with reason and understanding. The game is a narrative puzzle game where you send constructive thoughts into the Karen wall “her brain”. But beware for this Karen is extremely dense and reaching through the delusions and reactivity will be no easy task. The game ends if either the player convinces Karen to take responsibility for herself and stop worrying about other people’s business or she goes to jail for being a nuisance to society. When it comes to spirit guides you are the best of the best and if you can’t help her no one can.

This is my list, thanks for coming to my TED Talk.