The Blues

"The Blues" is an interactive virtual reality experience about panic disorder and agoraphobia. It reveals the physical and mental symptoms of living with this illness.

You (the user) have to finish a list of daily mundane tasks (e.g. making yourself a coffee) but are surprised by panic attacks. In case of an attack, your field of view shrinks and you have to press A (breathe in) and B (breathe out) in a specific rhythm, to calm down. With every failed breathing exercise you become slower and the seemingly easy tasks become more difficult.

The only way to win the game is to exit your apartment and overcome the fear of being outside.