Safe In Our World Announces Mental Health Game Dev Champions Finalists & Showcase

Safe In Our World Announces Mental Health Game Dev Champions Finalists & Showcase

LONDON, UK – November 25, 2024 – Video games mental health charity, Safe In Our World, is delighted to announce the finalists for its 2024 Mental Health Game Dev Champions event and the date of the official Game Dev Champions Showcase premiere. 

Game Dev Champions was a worldwide event that invited creatives of all ages and backgrounds to participate in a game jam centred around the theme of mental health. The event encouraged newcomers, up-and-coming talent, and individuals working in non-development roles to cultivate new skills that have the potential to lead to a variety of career opportunities. Throughout the event, Safe In Our World hosted a series of master classes tackling various aspects of game development, with the aim of providing developers with the tools and expertise to create their own games.

“We’re incredibly proud of everybody who got involved. From the game jammers all the way to sponsors like Xbox and Discord,” Commented Sarah Sorrell, Charity Director at Safe In Our World. “Your creativity and passion has shown us how games can be an important vehicle to tackle the often underrepresented subject of mental health.” 

Judged by an esteemed panel of mental health and games industry experts, Safe In Our World is now ready to announce the Game Dev Champions finalists ahead of the Game Dev Champions Showcase – hosted by Doug Cockle and GeekyCassie – where the winners will be announced on Saturday the 7th of December starting at 6pm GMT via YouTube premiere. Interested in watching? You can tune in here.

The Finalists

Finalists have been narrowed down to a list of 25 games, each up for awards in categories focused on design, narrative, innovation, audio, tech, and more. Learn more about the games that made it to the finals and play them below:

• A Place to Start
• Close Knit
• Coyote Summer
• Emotional Damage
• For Tomorrow
• Glass Thoughts
• Growing Pains
• Incomplete Books In My Garden
• Just a Month
• Letters
• Life in Small Steps
• Magical Greenhouse v0.1
• Mind Over Machine
• On Constant Delay
• On the Trajectory of Your Rocket to the Moon
• One Off Detective
• Scribble for Your Thoughts
• Seeds of Hope
• Still here
• The Boy in the Play
• The Lonely Architect - Pieces of Him
• The Silence is Loud
• The Wish
• Umbra
• You Have Ten Minutes

The Game Dev Champions Showcase wraps up a year of incredible awareness and fundraising activity from Safe In Our World. Looking ahead, the charity will soon announce its Ambassador class of 2025 and encourages those interested in collaborating on fundraising or sponsored events to get in touch with Business Development & Marketing Manager, Jess Rutland.  For more information on Safe In Our World, visit safeinourworld.org.

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About Safe In Our World

Safe In Our World is a registered charity in England and Wales no. 1183344. A team of seasoned gaming veterans passionate about mental health brainstormed for over two years over ways they could make a difference. Launched on World Mental Health Day on October 10th, 2019, its aims are to raise awareness of mental health within the video games industry and to provide resources, signpost help, and drive change for everyone connected with the industry – from developers, publishers, and service providers to content creators and players. Its initial mission is to create an online destination where people can seek help, gain access to resources and information, and discover stories from real people within and surrounding the games industry, with more detailed policies available via the website. Safe In Our World is a worldwide hub accessible for anyone in need.