Stop and Breathe

Stop and Breathe is a puzzle-platforming game about Ace, a young teen who experiences a panic attack on the way into school. Ace is drawn into a warped version of their school and must find a way out with help from their companion Zen, learning the Belly Breathing technique along the way.

Ace’s journey

The school mind world is disjointed, and each new section begins surrounded by mental blockers and drained of colour. Ace learns the timing and physical stance for Belly Breathing, then uses controlled breathing to ease their anxiety and colour the way forward.

Breathe and solve

You guide Ace through simple platforming challenges, puzzles and breathing exercises. In calm spaces, Ace can center themselves and use Life Breathing to restore colour bit by bit and remove mental blockers.

Breathing terminals let Ace use controlled breaths to inflate and deflate large balloons, change the direction of airflow from fans, and rotate platforms. To reach the next school section, you find large books and place them on the correct shelves to open doors and continue to the next page of Ace’s journey.