You Must Build a Boat rebuffs WHO, joins Mightier platform to show kids learn from play

Earlier this week, the World Health Organization labeled “gaming disorder” as a mental health condition, describing it as a harmful addiction that “takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities.” But indie dev EightyEight Games is providing an example of how games can actually help players take control. Its game You Must Build a Boat is now available on Neuromotion Labs’ Mightier platform, which seeks to help kids learn how to keep calm instead of getting frustrated.

You Must Build a Boat is a high-energy mashup of match-3 puzzles and dungeon-crawling with a colorful pixel art aesthetic. It’s loosely a sequel to EightyEight’s previous title, 10000000, and debuted in 2015 on PC and iOS and Android devices.