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Anxiety disorders are the most common of all mental health problems. They're also - and I speak from experience here - rubbish to live with. Despite their prevalence, however, anxiety disorders are rarely discussed, partly because they make their sufferers feel like they have no place bringing them up in conversation. In this episode of Low Batteries we explore some of the games designed to help anxiety sufferers and also take a look at remarkable twine game Raik. Raik has two stories that progress simultaneously, one written in English and the other in Scots. While the former is about a mythical warrior, the latter follows an office worker from Edinburgh as she tries to get through the day without having a panic attack.
Raik's creator, Aitch Giles, was kind enough to let me ask him a few questions about Raik's development. You can find them below the video, which I would recommend you watch first in order to get a real sense for what Raik is.
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