Depression: The Game
This game is especially beneficial for those who know people with this mental-illness, as it gives an in-depth point of view of someone diagnosed with it.
The theme of this game is puzzle. You are tasked with a multitude of puzzles, which require logic and emotional-intelligence.
Depression is a constant feeling of sadness, often accompanied by emotions, such as hopelessness and despair. you. Depression isn't merely sadness. It is more than just sadness. Depression changes how you think, feel, and function in daily activities. Depression can interfere with your ability to work, study, eat, sleep, and enjoy life.
Some symptoms of depression are (and not limited to):
Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.
Loss of interest in daily activities.
Appetite or weight changes.
Sleep changes.
Anger or irritability.
Reckless behavior.
Category : Puzzle
Reviews (28)
0 stars if I could. The concept isn't the problem it's the quality of the game, the jump button is screwed up, the settings don't work for Shishmaref, and they give you barely anytime to read hints. When you restart, it literally does nothing. Just puts you to level 1. There's no way to go back to previous levels, I feel that's important so some people study how they succeed then try to imitate the movements. I do that, personally it's very helpful.. Yours truly, J A Y
The concept itself is fine but I feel the exacution could have been improved. The typical level just has a depression problem and then some, really weird puzzle. It feels like the game could be about anything, Like I could take out all the words talking about depression and you'd have no clue that it was about that in the first place. In conclusion, the gameplay isn't amazing but it's not horrid. The exacution of theme isn't offensive but doesn't make me feel amazing either- mediocrity.
The design in itself if fascinating but the controls were somewhat confusing. When moving around in the first level it was difficult to use the jump and move button at the same time. In possible future updates, it would be more accessible to put the jump button and the moving curser across from each other.
Made me feel worst. The levels make no sense for the games intent but the ads add insult to injury. None of the levels are "an insite to what its like to live with depression" its more like heres a level that gives you 10 seconda to figure out. We offer hints but if you ask for a hint prepare to spend 30 seconds watching an ad so you can get a vague hint, so vague that you already knew something was draggable but we wanted to waste your time showing you this ad.
This feels like a soulless cashgrab, made to keep people watching ads. Most of the tasks are so convoluted, that I found myself pressing hint every time. For people with depression, like myself, this app is terrible at helping anyone through it. The people/person responsible for this, has no heart.
So I completed the game and tbh...I dont mind it. Some levels were a bit weirdly worded and didn't really understand them but overall, I guess its really not that bad of a game. I think maybe one of the levels is not working because I rotated my phone 180 and it didn't work.
Annoying as hell! Definitely makes me feel trapped like depression, great on that, but anytime i click 'hint' cause i can't get passed, all I'm met with is an ad for 30 seconds and can't read the actual hint that flashes on the screen for like half a milisecond!
I didn't know what it was like to play but it was hard to guess or take the points of the game. It's hard to guess but Haha really stresses this game because I feel like I'm thinking every livil then it's just hiding. But I couldn't get inside the cellphone There outside I wish I hadn't stacked on a livil because I had a hard time not going through the hint. I wish you'd taken care of the page's explanation of 12 Round I mean livil12
Okay this game is...strange to say the least. I mean, its kinda like a brain teaser, but some levels make no sense and you HAVE to use a hint. And whats worse, is that the hints stay up for a nanosecond, and you can't even tell what it says unless you can read quickly. My sister is a master at brain tease games, and this even made no sense to her. Playing this game also kinda gave off a weird vibe. Like, it felt as if this game was making fun of Depressed people. I would probably rate it a 3/10
Very unique. This game describes how depression feels and i belive thats a great way to show people who dont quite understand how it feels. Each level is seemingly a challange but then agsin depression is as well. Good job compairing it to a puzzle because depression can take a while to figure out and piece together. As someone who can relate to being in depression you did a good job making each level a bit difficult to represent how hard it is in real life. Cool game. Would recomend. 10/10.
First of all the gameplay itself is just a ridiculously random puzzle.... and the advertisements... wow... there are a lot of ads and it appears almost every time I press something... not worth my time
it's cool in the puzzle aspect but is very lacking in content and doesnt feel like a lesson about depression. makes you more focused on just tapping everything to find the answer than actually understanding any meaning in it
Honestly I'm stuck on the 4th level (I think) and it's so annoying that you have to watch an ad EVERY time you need to restart
On level 4, Where I had to put the crosshair on the enemy and click survive I never worked and everytime there was an ad i clicked hint then after the ad it would disappear and I wouldn't have time to read it!
Horrible game designed by someone who has no respect, empathy, or understanding for people who genuinely experience depression. The game offers nonsensical solutions to generic descriptions of how someone might describe their depression. Figures but I gave it the benefit of the doubt and not only did the game live up to its criticisms but the ads ruin its playability entirely. It's insulting tapping for a hint to see it for a nanosecond before an ad pops up preventing you from reading the hint.
I really like the artstyle and the audio. I liked it because i could relate to it a lot. Kinda sad that it's so short but i'm looking forward to more levels.
It was a nice start for the game but it kept restarting level 10. It would restart and restart and I couldn't skip the level.
This game was incredible. It Really made me realise what someone with depression, goes though daily. I think that this game is a great way, to educate people on depression, rather than just telling them. Cant wait for new levels.
To. Many. ADS. I can't even get a hint without an ad popping up and when I do get the hint it's there before I can even read it.
This game captures the idea of depression in a way that make people think and understand. It informs people what deprssion is while entertaining. It was an enjoyable game, I cant wait for an update.
SO many ads, I thought the reviews were just being a little dramatic but whatever I click on it just plays a 30 second ad and you cant even skip a level because of it 10/10 do not recommend
Just installed and quite quickly uninstalled.. The adds take the better part of the game, which actually seems interesting, but 25-30 seconds of adds, is terribly annoying.
I've had depression as long as i can rememeber this was exactly what it feels like but i dont have hints to follow this game js beautiful the artwork the sound the puzzles are amazing they are all so simple but test your brain like having depression does thank you for creating this 🖤🖤🖤
Terrible game, terrible design, too many ads, and a complete lack of understanding of the topic.
It really illuminates how sad depression can be, but with the constant crashes, it is kinda hard to play.
So... I'm sure that the game is amazing but for some reason when I tried to play it on my tablet the words never popped up it was a big purple blob and I kept getting kicked out I dunno is it just me? Pls fix this I really want to play this game!
The app is depressing and I love how it shows/writes how it feels to be depressed. But I am stuck on level 3. I can't do anything at all. I can't Do anything. Please help??
I see where you were going with this. The very format of the game thematically makes sense since depression is a tricky thing to navigate, as are puzzle games like this. The controls are a bit screwy, and thematically some of the things (i.e. "misery" being written on the bullet) come across as a bit too on the nose or heavy-handed.