Um jogo para conscientizar sobre a importância do psicólogo no tratamento da depressão

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a serious digital game that aims to raise awareness about the importance of psychologists and psychotherapy in the treatment of Depression. The general population’s lack of knowledge and prejudice about psychotherapy and Depression motivated the development of a funtool that could be used in an awareness work. An analysis of the symptoms of the disorder was carried out to seek a way to represent it in a game, in order to show the essential role of the psychologist and therapy. The development was carried out using Godot, an open source tool for game development. The game was evaluated by submitting it to 5 people to test it, two of which were psychologists. With the questions asked to the test participants, it was possible to identify that the game really brings the proposed message.