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Our studio has created similar games for other clients. If you are interested in hiring a studio to create a game centered around empathy contact me at the email address below.
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There was a good article on this on EdSurge recently:
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-08-05-can-virtual-simulations-teach-a-human-skill-like-empathy
My studio makes a series of games that teach historical
empathy (mission-us.org) and we've had great outcomes.
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Interesting article. It got me thinking.
It does, in effect, raise doubt that empathy itself is possible through anything other than lived experience. At least, that’s my take.
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There is no comparing to lived experience... that said:
Is the goal of empathy games to provide the equivalent
empathetic experience to real life (and that they should be
critiqued through that lens)?
If we agree that that isn't possible, then can they still serve a valuable purpose, such as "scaffolding" the practice of empathy generally and, more deeply, within a specific context? In other words, by providing the experience in the link below, does that help the player understand the issues that an LGBTQ person is facing better and be more prepared to engage in a conversation in real life? Or are there real risks of creating mis-conceptions and doing more harm than good?
I would say that the answer to all of those is yes. So the deeper
work of how a game is created and designed needs to be unpacked to
determine its value in creating the opportunities for real empathy
in real life (and not either a shallow/presumptuous "oh, I totally
get it now!" or coming away with a real mis-understanding).
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Well put, David. I think sometimes we look for tremendous leaps when simple steps can do just as well.
No, games (nor movies, books, interviews, anything, really) cannot seamlessly convey empathy and we should not expect them to. But such avenues can (with the right hand on the wheel) convey glimpses that might impart a sense of understanding.
Empathetic games just may be a good starting point. Of course, that’s still up for debate.
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Hello,
Please find suggestions from our end below:
Depression Quest
- A game about the experience of having depression
- https://youtu.be/IUsGXfqHWTQ?t=149https://youtu.be/IUsGXfqHWTQ?t=149
Dys4ia
- A game dealing with the experience of undergoing hormone replacement therapy
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlSJ3KV_KxU
Papo and Yo
- A game about child abuse
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkrjby0lKRE
Darfur is Dying
- This online game is based on the genocide in Sudan
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gehaZkV8034
This war is mine
- A game on the victims of a war
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55TmXDuUL0I
Papers please
- A game about an immigration officer and how you can make decision on who enters the country and who doesn't.
- https://youtu.be/kMC-r0e_Ly4?t=34https://youtu.be/kMC-r0e_Ly4?t=34
Please let me know if you need anything else from our end!
Best Regards,
Rudresha
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