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MindLight
What if every time your kid calmed down, the monsters in the dark got a little cuter? 🔦
Who it's for
MindLight turns two core anxiety-treatment ingredients, relaxation and gradual exposure, into play.
Feelings it meets
What it is
MindLight is a 2014 applied video game for children, created by developmental psychologists, clinicians and game designers (credited to GainPlay Studio in research literature). The player controls Arty, who explores his grandmother's dark, run-down mansion to rescue her, using a beam of light projected from a magical hat.
Where to find it
Via playmindlight.com (per GEMH Lab); requires a compatible biofeedback headset. Availability outside research and school programmes may be limited; check the site.
Before you start
Heads up: Spooky horror atmosphere.
Age: Not verified (designed for ages 8–12)
Sit still my heart, do not raise your dust. Let the world find its way to you.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 190
