The purpose...

Here in "Play or Played", it is a project campaign that raise awareness about bullying, anxiety mixed with bullying.

With so many types of issues being surfaced nowadays, thanks to things like social media having people able to open with their mental illnesses, sexuality and world problems, teenagers nowadays do not have the proper understanding about their own anxieties.
With being in contact with the campaign “Play or Played?” victims, bullies & bystanders alike can understand both sides of the party and to seek proper precautions about their mental health and work about their anxieties.

Anonymity is a big part of what makes social media so invisible to you that makes your vulnerable to cyber-bully attacks, that in turn can corrupt your identity online and will indefinitely turn your identity in real life a living hell.
As we grow, victims of bullies & the bully usually get outcast.

Due to various situations that they have been dealt with when they are younger or get some symptoms such as ADHD and depression. That begs the question; how do we tap into that rooted issue at the beginning before it gets out of hand?

The proposed solution?

Visual Game Novel

An interactive story-telling game that allows users to pick their characters and understand what each character are going through.

As you, the player/audience, play throughout the game, you will realize and pickup ways on how you could contribute in a situation that involves you bullying/being bullied/watching the bully happen.

Synopsis of the story:

A new term, a new batch of students. Secondary 4 student, Liam, is a foreign student from America studying in Singapore. However, he gets caught with the infamous Chen, a student with high regards among classmates with his over-the-top behaviour. Liam feels the wrath of Chen and his friends but was stopped multiple times by Ana, the leader of the class. This continues to the point where Liam gets cancelled online through his class group, even though online is his haven. This becomes a risk for Liam to go to school because anxiety of getting bullied by Chen.

Here are some various links that would lead you the project page, game page and the tiktok page!