Ramadoss Magesh tells us about Remission, a new video game that is designed to help young adults engage with and battle cancer:

The game was designed to be fun and at the same time, impart knowledge about cancer, treatment regimens and through this knowledge aims to improve one’s confidence in their ability to manager their illness. The feeling of power over their illness that the children gain, as they blast away cancer cells in the game is in essence what the game aims to achieve.

The game was developed by a team of individuals with expertise in a wide range of disciplines, including research, psychology, game development and nutrition. The development team has worked closely with health cancer professionals to ensure that the medical terminologies used in the game were accurate, and that the goals of each missions represented a medically valid problem. They had also adopted an interactive game development process, to incorporate the input of young people with cancer, thereby ensuring that the game meaningfully reflect their perspectives. While there is an emphasis that the end product needs to be a fun game, it should not trivialize the larger objective that it is aimed at.