Mindful Outdoors

Controls

• Space - interact with computer and bed
• Escape - exit menu
• r - reset position

Inspiration

This game was created for the the 24 hour BeeLikeCoders 2.0 Hackathon with the theme of Health.  I have struggled with work-life balance and mental health in the past.  I wanted to make a game where the player needed to balance work, energy levels, and relaxation levels.  I focused the game on exploring the outdoors as a way to get out of the house to relax, especially for people that work from home.  

What it does

The game allows players to explore a house and outdoor environment in the first person.  The player has three attributes (work, energy, and relaxation) that they need to balance.  Working increases the work attribute, but lowers energy and relaxation.  Sleeping increases the energy attribute, but lowers work and relaxation.  Exploring the outdoors increases relaxation, but lowers work and energy.  If any of the attributes reaches zero, nothing happens.  It's ok, we all struggle sometimes. 

How I built it

I built this game using C# and Unity.  I did not create the 3D model assets and the music/sounds, which are freely licensed.  

Challenges I ran into

The largest challenge I ran into was creating the environment for the player to explore.  This seemed to take up the majority of the time.  I created the C# code fairly quickly as I came up with ideas for the game, but then slowly placed 3D models in the environment.  

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I'm proud to have created a working game during the 24 hour time limit. 

Audio credits

"Late Night Radio" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"Ascending the Vale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

mechanical-keyboard-typing.wav
This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.
https://freesound.org/people/GeorgeHopkins/sounds/537244/

Sleep Talking.ogg 
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
https://freesound.org/people/KiluaBoy/sounds/431820/

3D model credits

https://www.kenney.nl/
Creative Commons CC0