Mindful Forest

Game for Healing - Transforming Urban Spaces to Havens of Meditation

With no instruction on direction, the player is expected to progress through a dark and abstract world inhabited by breathing trees, fireflies, and echoes. They meditate by experiencing the peaceful coexistence with the forest, which remembers the path they’ve taken.

3D Game • Immersive • Healing through play • Cinematic
Individual Project
1 week (Spring 2023)
Unity (C#) · Blender

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People in cities are turning to meditation more frequently as a solution to reduce stress and find inner peace.

The problem statement is…

Cities as 'mindful forests' to innovate urban living and engagement, aiming to enhance physical and mental well-being.

The project envisions…

Outcome 1: 3D game

The game development focuses on creative problem-solving towards designing an immersive and ambient environment.

The game is made from scratch with Unity 3D and custom C# scripts for randomly generated game maps and specific mechanisms. The final build is available for download and play (Windows only) :

#Randdom Generation #Cinemachine #Particle System #Toon Shader

*Notes on Game Control: WSAD, mouse to rotate POV

Download and Play

Player Flow Chart and Game Development

Design Towards Immersion

Game Screenshots

Outcome 2: Meditation Space

Gameplay Session

Reflection Session

Similar to the game design, the exhibition space uses light and ambient sound to guide the audience within a mindful atmosphere. The event was divided into an integrated gameplay session and a meditative session, fostering player engagement and interpersonal connections in the same public space.

Meditation Session 1

Meditation Session 2

The meditation session aims to immerse players within the game’s narrative in physical space.

Design Research

“The fact remains that it has no walls, no ceilings, no floors: it has nothing that makes it seem a city except the water pipes that rise vertically where the houses should be and spread out horizontally where the floors should be: a forest of pipes that end in taps, showers, spouts, overflows…“

Concept 1: City’s Metaphor