Invitation to an Academic Study

[Herman Yau]

Hi! Thank you for joining this closed testing!

I am an underguadate student studying Computer Science, and I am currently working on a capstone project that explores the possibility of improving people's mental health through mobile games. For this, we would like to invite you to participate and play the game that this project has created!

To join, please download the game from the Google play store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hk.hku.yauherman.mindfulize

Your feedback will be collected automatically when you're playing through the game. I'll be more than happy if you could complete 7 in-game day cycles, thank you for your time!

A little more information about this project:

Mindfulize is a product of a university capstone project by an undergraduate student. The project explores the possibility of improving people's mental health through gamification.

Learn the techniques of practicing self-care by playing this game! Self-care refers to the actions that we take to promote our health without interventions from mental health workers. It can be as simple as taking deep breathes or finding yourself exploring in nature! Self-care can help you build confidence, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve your overall happiness.

This game is designed to help you incorporate self-care into your daily routine. By defeating in-game enemies every day, you will learn the different methods of practicing self-care.

When you are playing the game, the application will collect anonymous data for academic use within the University of Hong Kong. You can stop sending those usage data anytime by uninstalling the game.