a biofeedback game for mental health
There is a record breaking mental health crisis with kids & teens, and with current meditation and other mental health interventions, it is difficult to establish a repeating habit to influence long term behavior. The Global Coherence App by HeartMath Institute seeks to create a global community around heart-centered values and practices, while using their scientifically proven tools to reduce stress and increase mental wellbeing. This game will be built inside the app, to help the community establish a habit of using stress reducing biofeedback.
We help people who are looking for solutions to mental and physical health challenges, and introduce them to HRV biofeedback and emotional regulation in a fun and engaging way. We especially see the need to help kids and their families, which is our research and designs are geared towards that audience and why interactivity and storytelling is a key part of our strategy.
Concept & Prototyping
For Phase 1 of the project, we aim to create a design that is simple and straightforward for the wide age range in our audience. There is a simple feedback loop and core mechanic that will reward you for each daily consecutive "session" in the Global Coherence App. Thematically, we wanted to gear our narrative towards the restoration of nature, which we believe is also affected by the electromagnetic energy of our hearts. We made several 2D illustrated wireframes to convey the concept, as well as 3D environment prototypes for game that will exist in the Global Coherence app.
The Global Coherence Game is currently in the development phase.
