FORWARD

Progress at Your Pace

Concept

Forward is a visual novel intended to help adolescents re-enter school following hospitalization for suicide-related crises. By going through a simulated day in school, they’ll be able to practice navigating social landmines and managing their feelings in tense situations. Players will be confronted with situations of varying difficulty and shown a thermometer representing their psychological state as they make healthy or less healthy choices.

Contact Info

Principal Investigator

• Dr. Marisa Marraccini - mmarracc@unc.edu

Development

• Benjamin Rampel - Game Architect - brampel@live.unc.edu
• Darvin Heo - Project Manager/Client and Instructor Contact - qbn@live.unc.edu
• Ike Mango - Editor - mangoi@live.unc.edu
• Wayne Ji - Software Architect - rawreon@live.unc.edu

Writing and Research

• Jamie Povich - jpovich@live.unc.edu
• Morgan Bellavia - mbella@live.unc.edu
• Noelle di Grazia - noelled@live.unc.edu
• Tova Cohen - tovacoh@email.unc.edu

Meeting Schedule

• Instructor meeting: Tue 2:00-2:50 PM
• Client meeting: Fri 3:30-4:30 PM
• Team meeting: Fri 4:30-5:00 PM
• Daily Scrums: 5:00 PM

Resources

Demos

• forward demo 5-5-21
• forward demo 5-4-21
• forward demo 4-27-21
• forward demo 4-20-21
• forward demo 4-13-21
• forward demo 4-6-21
• forward demo 3-29-21

Software

• project repo
• documentation repo
• software design doc
• godot docs and tutorials

Yarn

• yarn editor
• yarn tutorial
• ike's yarn presentation
• yarn example - scene with peer
• yarn example - buying beans
• yarn scripts google drive
• "scenes from yarn" google doc

Misc

• game design doc
• PrESR demo powerpoint
• script draft
• sutemos character creator
• Created Characters

Meeting Log

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