Bluethroot

Bluethroot follows Andrea, a newcomer to the city of Foggia who feels lonely and anxious about starting at a new school. His headphones begin picking up strange whispers, cries and sounds of fear. As Andrea, you explore the school’s corridors and dark rooms, connect with the souls of his classmates and search for teenagers who are lost.

The students’ struggles

The adolescents’ souls have wings, often blackened by pain and the feeling that they are not enough. Each student you meet is facing a struggle you may not have known about. The game addresses self-harm, social anxiety, depression, bullying, the use of social media to hurt and ridicule others, popularity, masks and sexuality. Dea is one of the students whose pain you can come to understand, and you can try to save her.

Explore and make choices

You explore the area, drink coffee and use Andrea’s magical headphones to find the lost teenagers. An app that seems to know his secrets gives him orders, which you can ignore or follow. Your actions affect the story.

Mental health and discussion

Bluethroot is an educational game designed to be experienced and discussed together at school. Its skill tree provides a report on how you experience mental distress and how others experience it, using psychometric indicators for social anxiety and mental health difficulties. The game aims to open discussion about these subjects.