Stop and Breathe

Let's start by saying this: as a student project (which this game is), it is well done and well-executed, and it is built on a good idea. Given the scope of the game (and its resources for development), I will avoid to cherry pick and comment on details such as the general graphic or the animations. One last thing on the positive side: my compliments to the authors for this project, and as a developer myself with a focus on color accessibility, I must also say that I really appreciated the usage of colors and the general art direction. I wish you the best for the future! Now, to the criticisms: first of all, I found weird how this game teaches about Belly Breathing meditation - which requires one hand on the chest and one on the belly (as the game rightfully says) - but doesn't allow you to get a correct form while playing. By that I mean that if you're playing with the controller (which is the intended way), you will need to have both hands on the controller to proceed with the breathing minigame, which is quite impractical to achieve while having one hand on the chest and one on the belly. The second critique, is that all puzzles and platforming sections are insanely trivial. If we combine this with the fact that the game doesn't do anything particular for teaching the Belly Breathing technique (which is quite simple), the question of what's the point of playing this game arises. It's true that is only half an hour long and it's free to play, but I still asked myself the question while playing it: one could simply watch a significantly shorter video on the topic and that's it. I believe that it is perfect and entertaining for a young audience, and I advise it for parents to make it play to their children. But I think that the majority of adult gamers will just dislike this game and would rather just watch a short video to learn this kind of meditation if they're interested in the topic.

Игра, вроде как, создана для расслабления, однако сама механика дыхания очень раздражает из-за затрачиваемого времени. Также, чтобы получить достижение, нужно находится на определённой комнате, но в игре не предусмотрена механика загрузки определённого пройденного уровня, а потому пришлось перепроходить более половины игры ради достижения. Единственная хорошая сторона игры - головоломки, однако и и они сделаны очень простенько. Итог: 2/10

This is a very simple, straight-forward game that has you doing breathing techniques in order to unlock puzzle mechanics, and it WORKS. Played it on stream where I always have high anxiety and playing through the game and doing the exercises helped!

Nice message, going from colourless to colourful really is calming and satisfying. A nice free puzzle game that definitely is quick and easy to go through :)

Cool concept for a platformer where you have to control your breathing to calm down and see the way through the rooms. This was covered as part of this week's episode of Free2Play Weekly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVITE6CbT1Q&t=1047s

I Just Prefer To Not Breathe.

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