Lapis

published by unknown in 2005, developed by Heather Kelley, running on Nintendo DS
This game has not passed the prototype stage.
type: edutainment
genre: Serious game
perspective: bird's-eye side view fixed camera
player options: single player
other: Prototype
languages: other
GFXSFXPresent.ControlsMusicVoiceStoryObjectiveAtmos.A.I.

Description

Makes extensive use of the DS' touchscreen and audio input.
Make the cute bunny happy and she flies. You can do this by talking to her, singing, humming, kissing the mic, and tickling, tapping, petting and generally touching different parts of her in different ways and in different combinations. Every bunny is different, and their mood can change. Targeted for an very young audience, but its fun for all ages.
This game is about sex! Its brilliant! Without any objectionable content at all this game manages to train the player in strategies that lead to organisms. No nudity, no embarrassment, no big words (or little ones), its fun, and it covers a subject that is the least acceptable to talk about, especially in classrooms. Sex ed that's actually useful and can be taught to children when their minds are most receptive. I am one Christian that hopes this type of game design can be applied to other sensitive subjects as well.


(Zerothis) - # 2006

Game Author comment

I wanted to design a game that would improve actual sex in the world, and for an underserved population.

Heather Kelley - # 2008-09-05 11:24:23 - game Author comment - source

Technical specs

display: raster

Editor note

Although it's true Heather Kelley works for Ubisoft, Lapis was her own project for the Montreal Game Summit 2005 Design Challenge (which she won). Otherwise the game wasn't released by anyone.

# 2007-11-10 02:10:26

Authors / Staff

author

Elspeth Tory (concepting)
Heather Kelley (original concept)

design

Heather Kelley (designer)
Vander Caballero (additional design)

coding

Vander Caballero (programming)

graphics

Elspeth Tory (animation)

audio

Damien Di Fede (music)

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