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Fractured Minds

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Fractured Minds is an immersive artistic short game, exploring anxiety
and mental health issues.

Winner of a 2017 BAFTA Young Game Designers Award, Fractured Minds is a
game created by 17-year-old Emily Mitchell, with the hope of aiding
understanding and awareness of mental illness.

Embark on a journey through the human psyche and experience six
atmospheric and thought-provoking chapters, each symbolising a different
aspect or challenge associated with mental health issues; from isolation
to anxiety, with everyday situations being distorted beyond recognition.

Raw, emotive and earnest, Fractured Minds demonstrates that video games
are capable of communicating vital messages in imaginative ways. It is a
game that seeks to encourage empathy and champion support for the
millions living with mental health issues.

Fractured Minds is proud to support Safe in our World, a gaming industry
initiative striving for mental health awareness.

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EmilyMGames
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Emily M Games
Publisher
Wired Productions
Age rating
0+ Everyone
Website
https://www.wiredproductions.com/

System requirements for PC

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 7/8/10 (32-bit)
  • Processor: Intel core i3 @ 2.4GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD 4000 / NVIDIA GeForce 620M (or equivalent)
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 1586 MB available space
Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 8/10 (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.5GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 950M (or equivalent)
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1586 MB available space

System requirements for macOS

Minimum:
  • OS: MacOS X 10.8.5
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 @ 2.4 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 / NVIDIA GeForce 620M (or equivalent)
  • Storage: 1601 MB available space
Recommended:
  • OS: MacOS X 10.8.5 or Newer
  • Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.5 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD GPU Radeon R9 290 / NVIDIA GTX 950M (or equivalent)
  • Storage: 1601 MB available space

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Fractured Minds reviews and comments

This game won a BAFTA.  It isn't a fun game, but isn't really supposed to be, something that can be forgiven if the not-funness serves the game in some other way.  In this case of this game, that other way is to make the player uncomfortable, disconnected from the game, feeling less agency then in many other games for a variety of reasons.  This, in my opinion, is an area where the game fails.  I'm not learning about mental illness of any sort, I'm not feeling the right sort of bad to connect with the message on that level, I'm just playing a not great game.
Interesting little indie game. Easy 1000 gamerscore, super short.
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