Devolver Digital's co-founder to develop games focused on treating medical conditions
Devolver Digital’s co-founder, Mike Wilson, recently revealed that he has started a company called DeepWell Digital Therapeutics. Alongside the former CEO of Nextern, the company's goal is to make games that are fun, while also helping treat medical conditions.
The co-founders have been working on this for months, working on research and recruitment, but the announcement has been unveiled.
Mike Wilson made a very bold statement in the early parts of the video that revealed the company. The company's goal is to help people with their bodies and their minds through the power of gaming. Mike Wilson said:
The developers pointed out that the games have to be fun and high quality, and that’s a focus as well. After all, nobody’s going to want to play them if they aren’t fun. According to the video, they have a board of nearly 40 people from the medical and gaming fields, who are helping to make sure these upcoming games are fun and helpful.
The former Devolver Digital developer pointed out that video games have often had a negative stigma in society for their negative impact on the body and mind, but they say their studies state otherwise.
According to the Devolver Digital developer and its co-founder, DeepWell Digital wants to make games that are fun, so patients and fans seek them out again and again. There are many ways a story-based game can be used to help people work through depression or other mental illness struggles.
Quite a few games in the past have been both entertaining, and have had a firm focus on mental health. This includes some of the biggest games of the last decade.
While DeepWell Digital has not announced any games as of yet, they reportedly have plans to show that gaming can be a medicine and can help improve the
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