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therapeutically-applied (and regular?) games

WORLDSMYTH

A one-page rpg and worldbuilding tool for 2 to 10+ players about understanding isolation and the frustration of difference, learning how to adapt, and being vulnerable and patient in an earnest attempt to experience genuine connection and shared understanding. This game is also about being a weirdo god at the dawn of history, trying to tell your devoted worshipers about how and why their world came to be (if only they could understand your godly language, that would be nice). This will eventually be published on itch, as soon as I figure out the layout.

Mythocene: Onward (tentative title)

I am currently working on a research project to design, playtest, and evaluate the efficacy (as an emerging treatment method) of a masterless, narrative-driven, collaborative journaling table-top role-playing game (TTRPG) for use as a psychotherapeutic intervention modality (widespread recreational play and clinical settings). This work is based in interdisciplinary research in Game Design, Play Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Third-Wave Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, Existential/Second-Wave Positive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Clinical/Counseling Psychology, and Evolutionary/Psychobiological Emotion Theories.