KOICHI

Koichi is a walking simulator inspired by the mechanism of coping with trauma (Somer 2016). The level largely relies on

the potential of digital games to elicit the player’s emotions (Isbister 2016), by presenting at first a relaxed atmosphere,

and, towards the end, an unsettling emotional juxtaposition.

From a narratological viewpoint, Koichi tells the story of someone who has lost their memory and must explore the

given world to remember. Memories are displayed through drawings placed in different points of the level. The player

is expected to reach a temple on the opposite side of the game. Entering in the temple will display a narrow tunnel

filled with red fog, and accompanied by painful audio cues, at the end of which the player will find a sign that advice to

come back to the surface of memories. That is to say, the player must return to the presented world.

The game duration is supposed to go from 10 to 25 minutes.