New Sun
New Sun
Ellie was on her way to work when the chaos broke out in the colony.
The government's instructions were clear:
No one may leave their domes.
Ellie had to pick up her younger siblings, Nazha and Rob, from school.
Then they needed to grab supplies and rush to the safety of their dome.
Then they had to deal with the stress, anxiety, and boredom of lockdown.
The award winning video game, New Sun opens with this challenge to players:
Help these siblings cope during a lockdown.
As the story unfolds, players will learn what these siblings are dealing with. Players will also see the impact that this situation has on Ellie and her younger siblings, Nazha and Rob.
Players are tasked with helping these three young people cope with their boredom, their fears, and each other.
Will you help Ellie, Nazha, and Rob?
How to Play
Select Select a character and look at their status. Are they anxious? Are they bored? Are they angry?
Observe Select one of the available activities in the dome for that character. Evaluate the activities and consider which will help support that character's mental and emotional health.
To review the benefits for an activity, simply point your mouse at an activity station in the dome and a description of the benefits of that activity will appear.
Assign Choose the activity that you think will be the most helpful for each character based on the story and based on that character's current status.
Execute After you have assigned an activity to each character, select the "Do Activity" button. All characters will then engage in their assigned activities.
TIP You can assign more than one character to an activity. Try different family combinations to see how these characters might interact with each other during their activities.
New Sun Credits
| 2D Art, Animation | Agustina Jara |
| UI | Alejandro |
| Narrative, Localization | Fernando Quiva |
| Game Design, Production, Programming | Massimo Di Cesare |
| Producer | Jennifer Ann's Group® |
| Publisher | Life Love Publishing™ |
| Editor | Drew Crecente |
| Unity Programmer | Molli Shuker |
About New Sun
New Sun is an award-winning video game about resilience.
It was developed by Colmena Games in Colombia for the Gaming Against Violence™ program.
It is currently available to play in English and will also be available in Spanish soon.
New Sun Features
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Relatable characters.
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Beautiful hand-drawn artwork.
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An engaging, thought-provoking, and timely story about resilience and family.
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Strategies to cope with anger, fear, and frustration.
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Feedback on choices made and their impact.
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Replayable to test and evaluate different coping strategies.
Gaming Against Violence
New Sun is one of the games to come from the Gaming Against Violence program, an evidence-based approach to violence prevention. The program is presented by Jennifer Ann's Group, a nonprofit charity.
Games that explore protective factors against violence such as critical thinking, resilience, empathy, and connectedness support the program's cross-cutting approach to violence prevention. Since 2008, the Gaming Against Violence program has engaged, educated, and empowered young people around the world about important issues. Other topics include consent, healthy dating relationships, and teen dating violence prevention.
Learn more about Gaming Against Violence by visiting the program website at GamingAgainstViolence.org. The website also includes links to published research and media coverage about Gaming Against Violence as well as links to some of the prosocial video games to come from the program.
You can also learn more about Resilience by visiting the website for Resilience Games: Resilient.games. The website offers resilience definitions, resilience resources, and links to other websites about resilience. It also includes links to additional resilience games.
Development log
- New Sun Launched66 days ago
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