Made as a submission for Safe in Our World Mental Health Game Dev Champions 2024 (Entry for the solo dev (18-24) category entry)

Play time: Less than 1 hour (Short Game)

Note: The web build may take time to load the first time and may lag from time to time. For a better experience, you can download either Windows or Mac build. 

"The first step is always the hardest to take"

TW: This game deals with themes surrounding anxiety and panic attacks. Please make sure you are comfortable with the theme before playing. Either way,  thank you for your interest in the game! 😄

Meet Kim!

 An event of a long time past has made them very anxious to the point of being housebound in their apartment for years. During these years, they had to battle their flaring anxiety daily which in turn affected their relationships with their friends and family. 

Until one day, they decided to take the hard first step to get out of the confine of their house and face their fear. However, they need to do this on top of going through their daily routine and reconnecting with some old friends. Can you help them? 

Features

- Choose activities for Kim to do during the morning and night. Be mindful that activities will have unpredictable effects that can be either beneficial or harmful for Kim

- Go outside successfully during the afternoon by getting rid of anxious and panic-inducing thoughts as soon as possible

- Reconnect with Kim's old friends through chat and help them navigate through their own struggles

- Ending will have slight variation depending on Kim's success rate in going out and their relationship with their friends

Credit: 

All assets were made from scratch during the Game Jam durations, except for image backgrounds used during going out (with some alterations to fit the game mechanism), fonts, music, and sound effects which use free, fair-to-use assets. 

Note from the developer: Thank you for playing the game! Any feedback or bug reports on the game would be much appreciated!