A downloadable game

OCD is a disease frequently mis-portrayed in media. With frequent representations being either far too extreme or flat out lies. Advice From A Friend seeks to show what it actually feels like to live with OCD by following a young college graduate named Robin as she goes about her day. Talk to residents, complete OCD rituals, and just try to get through one very bad day.

  • Experience life with OCD in an accurate and heartbreaking way.
  • Complete real life OCD rituals ranging from checking door locks to compulsivehandwashing.
  • Develop muscle memory to simulate pattern thinking, similar to what OCD feels like.
  • Fully written out and linear story, taking place over one very hard day.
  • Talk to 6 unique and fully developed characters!
  • 5 Completely unique and interesting locations to explore!
  • Completely original pixel art!

Advice From A Friend was developed by two people, Ethan Duncan and Hayley Kocherhans. It was developed for EAE 3720 – Alternative Game Development at the University of Utah in the spring of 2021. Contact us at ethandprogrammer@gmail.com

Download

Download
AdviceFromAFriend.zip 23 MB

Install instructions

After download, run CoreProject.exe to play the game, note that you'll need to extract it if it is zipped. Thanks so much for playing!

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