CALLING ALL GAME DEVELOPERS
Our goal is simple: to bring effective treatment options into the world that people actually want to follow…because they’re fun.
The upcoming Mental Health Game Jam will be yet another step in that direction.
Next month we’ll be collaborating with the Global Game Jam to introduce DeepWell to a global community of game developers in our first-ever Mental Health Game Jam. Creators will come together to make a game from beginning to end in only a few weeks.
Running from May 1-22, DeepWell’s Mental Health Game Jam will guide its participants in creating valuable therapeutic experiences, and to explore games as both entertainment and treatment.
CASH PRIZES
Developers will have the opportunity to win both cash rewards and one-on-one consultation with DeepWell’s team of leading game and medical professionals:
1st Place: $25,000 USD + consultation and mentorship with industry experts to further develop the game beyond a jam prototype
2nd Place: $10,000 USD
3rd Place: $5,000 USD
This game jam is a competition for developers, where teams of varying sizes create a game following a set theme within a given time period.
WHERE
The jam will take place on the Global Game Jam Discord. Join now and meet other jammers and start sharing ideas.
Register on the Itch.io page to upload your games for judging.
THEME
Create and submit a game that educates, addresses or celebrates mental health:
- Demonstrate how video game themes and mechanics can be utilized as treatment mechanisms
- Help dispel misconceptions and social stigma related to openly discussing and addressing mental health issues
- Make it fun! Maximize entertainment to make your game engaging and playable
CRITERIA
- Make it fun! Maximize entertainment to make your game engaging and playable
- Demonstrate how your game theme and mechanics address stress, anxiety or other related symptoms of depression
- Use your game to foster community, support and understanding of mental health challenges and conditions
TERMS OF SERVICE
https://www.deepwelldtx.com/gamejam-terms-of-service
JUDGING
After May 22, when the final submissions are due, the games will be judged by a professional panel based on the following criteria:
1. Make it fun! Maximize entertainment to make your game engaging and playable.
2. Demonstrate how your game theme and mechanics address stress, anxiety or other related symptoms of depression.
3. Use your game to foster community, support and understanding of mental health challenges and conditions.
Assemble your team and fill out the form on our website. Confirmed teams should not begin work until the jam starts on May 1.
Immersive medicine is an emerging field, and DeepWell’s Mental Health Game Jam will provide developers the significant opportunity to become an early innovator within it!
PREVIEW COMPLETED GAMES
Once games are submitted by May 22, they’ll be available here for free public access–all are welcome to participate as players!
Kickoff livestream panel
Join us on twitch.tv/globalgamejam at 10am Pacific on Sunday 1 May 2022 for a kickoff panel featuring Thom Glunt, game director, and Shahid Ahmad, developer evangelist, from the DeepWell team.
Thom and Shahid will answer your questions live on May 1 at 10AM PST on Twitch.
Watch the VOD