Elude
Elude aims to raise awareness for depression and to inform about this dangerous illness. It is specifically intended to be used in a clinical context as part of a psycho-education package to enhance friends'…
Elude is a platform developed by Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, released 30 June 2010 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Elude is
Elude is a platform game developed by Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab and released in 2010. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adobe Flash Player.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Elude aims to raise awareness for depression and to inform about this dangerous illness. It is specifically intended to be used in a clinical context as part of a psycho-education package to enhance friends' and relatives' understanding of people suffering from depression about what their loved ones are going through. Modeling what depression feels like by contrasting it with other mood states (normal and happy), Elude portrays depression metaphorically. The various parts of the game-world represent emotional landscapes that correspond to different moods with the gameplay changing according to mood changes. The core gameplay (i.e. "normal mood") happens in a forest filled with "passion"…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Elude launched on 30 June 2010, within three weeks of Limbo, Xenoblade Chronicles, Singularity and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4.
Released around the same time: Limbo, Xenoblade Chronicles, Singularity, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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