2. Domains of Summer Research
Memory Reconstruction
of Narrative
Time Based
Visuals
Interaction Conversation
Theory
3. LETHE
A casual first-person narrative memory game, with visuospatial action minigames;
“It’s Tetris meets Memento”
Jess
Haskins
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Laura
Simpson
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Astra
Wijaya
4. LETHE
Inspira8on
o Oxford study, 2010: Tetris is effective as a “PTSD vaccine” following a traumatic
event
Concept
o The Lethe Institute, a therapeutic “play clinic” for trauma victims
o You are a patient reflecting back on your time there; narrative told through
cutscenes in reverse chronological order (Memento-style)
o Play “therapeutic” visuospatial minigames (Tetris, tangrams, sliding block puzzles)
o Play a visual memory game as you try to reconstruct missing events by working
backward