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bartpieters t1_ix0ekvm wrote

Reply to comment by EzekielNOR in I am a Game Designer / Project lead who spent the last 2 years building brain trauma rehabilitation software for Norway's largest specialist hospital. AMA :> by EzekielNOR

So through the exercises they retrain the brain functions they lost and relearn them?

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EzekielNOR OP t1_ix0f7sj wrote

That is the goal. Increased mobility and perhaps regaining some lost function in hand/arms/legs. :)

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bartpieters t1_ix0jt10 wrote

And because they are having fun, they keep going at it, the training becomes more intense and the training is more successful?

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EzekielNOR OP t1_ix0lpcx wrote

When they get better - they can opt in for harder difficulties, or increase the speed of the games :) Leader boards with dates and times help encourage the progression.

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bartpieters t1_ix0opru wrote

Gamification and serious gaming in a medical healing setting, very interesting!

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TheSOB88 t1_ix2heqd wrote

Oh jesus I hope you don't have intrusive popups for those like many modern games

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EzekielNOR OP t1_ix2usj3 wrote

Zero Pop-ups, we mimic real life. Everything has a physical, touchable place in the world.

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TheSOB88 t1_ix5jipu wrote

Interesting! I'd love to see video. It's probably somewhere else in the thread but i'm too neurotic to ever go look for it

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EzekielNOR OP t1_ix5jrm3 wrote

Very early iteration from back in 2019. https://youtu.be/RG2JmztWGhY

Sadly I am unable to show newer things due to patient confidentiality and some other things. But it gives an idea of the graphics level and scenery at least.

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