Safe in Our World announces Mental Health Game Devs Champions event

Gaming charity Safe in Our World announced its inaugural Mental Health Game Devs Champions event at today’s Wired Direct. This event invites developers to make games within a period of five months that are focused on personal experiences. The registration window for the event begins now and ends on May 31, and the event itself begins on June 1, with the development window lasting through October 31, judgement ending on November 30, and the winners announced in a special December livestream.

According to Safe in Our World’s charity director, Sarah Sorrell, each Champions event will follow a theme. In 2024, that theme is COVID, as Safe in Our World was founded in the same time period as the pandemic. Sorrell said in a statement, “If there is one legacy that Covid-19 has left, it’s that perhaps people are now talking more about their mental health. That is the theme of this competition; to continue this vital conversation and encourage people to express what they went through and share their experience by making a game that means something to them.”