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The Radiation Mystery

The Radiation Mystery is a game designed to help alleviate anxiety in children (and their close ones) with cancer facing radiotherapy. It is a point and click game played in the browser where you control a dragon, a raccoon or a fox that is facing radiotherapy. The game allows the player to explore the clinic and surrounding environment, familiarize themselves with treatments and procedures.

The game also tasks the player to also find fantastical creatures called Moji Mojis in the environments they explore, to ultimately help the creatures get back home to their planet.

The game is entirely free and funded as part of research and development money. It was developed by the Department of Game Design and the Department of Children and Women's Health at Uppsala University, in collaboration with the Skandion Clinic. The game was developed as part of research conducted by Dr. Catarina Cederved.

The environments and treatments were modeled after those in and offered by the Skandion Clinic, which means that they might differ from treatments and environments in other clinics.

Our hope is that the game can offer comfort!

The game can be played here:

http://space.speldesign.uu.se/wach/

 

Credits

A collaboration between the Department of Children and Women's Health, Uppsala University, the Department of Game Design, Uppsala University and Skandionkliniken, Uppsala.

Executive Producer

  • Gunn Engvall

Production

  • Catarina Cederved
  • Jakob B Rogert

Staff Managers

  • Magnus Johansson
  • Olle Jansson

Product Owner

  • Catarina Cederved

Game Design

  • Catarina Cederved
  • Jakob B Rogert
  • Moa Bruus
  • Samantha Baqvel
  • Timotheé Engels

Graphics

  • Moa Bruus
  • Samantha Baqvel

Programming

  • Jakob B Rogert
  • Timothée Engels
  • Joy Goldar

UI Design

  • Moa Bruus

Research

  • Catarina Cederved

Voice Acting

  • Anja Cederved Schmidt, DCBelle

Music contributed by

  • Manuel Senfft, www.tagirijus.de

Scientific Consultants

  • Skandionkliniken
  • Gustaf Ljungman
  • Charlotte Ångström Brännström
  • Jon Back

Financial Advisor:

  • Madeleine Andrée Särland

Technical Consultants

  • Håkan Mattsson
  • Ulf Benjaminsson
  • Alexandros Kokkinidis
  • Testers & Quality Assurance
  • Vera Lundvall
  • Jwana Gomez Lindgren

Attributions

  • Manuel Senfft - Music, www.tagirijus.de
  • Tracks:
  • Ambiente
  • The Lounge
  • Rest Cool
  • Soul Mate
  • Ambient City Flight
  • Bib
  • The Motivating Upbeat Corporation
  • Und Seine Macht
  • Simon Mathewson - Music Track
  • Mike Koenig - Sample
  • Mark Mattingly - Sample
  • Jim Bob - Sample
  • Glory Sunz - Sample
  • Dave Incamas - Sample
  • Morgan TJ - Sample
  • Laia Oreka - Sample
  • Messiah Dread - Martian Pyramids track
  • Prince Fatty - Nina's Dance (Dub)

Special Thanks to

Attributrions

Manuel Senfft - Music, www.tagirijus.de

Tracks:

  • Ambiente
  • The Lounge
  • Rest Cool
  • Soul Mate
  • Ambient City Flight
  • Bib
  • The Motivating Upbeat Corporation
  • Und Seine Macht
  • Simon Mathewson - Music Track
  • Mike Koenig - Sample
  • Mark Mattingly - Sample
  • Jim Bob - Sample
  • Glory Sunz - Sample
  • Dave Incamas - Sample
  • Morgan TJ - Sample
  • Laia Oreka - Sample
  • Messiah Dread - Martian Pyramids track
  • Prince Fatty - Nina's Dance (Dub)

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