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Today we are chatting with Shirli Ainsworth, the person behind Borealis and the sole creator of Venus: Improbable Dream, a visual novel that doesn’t shy away from being honest, as well as engaging.įirst of all, am I correct in labeling you as the sole creator of the game? Just a quick glance at the Steam store page tells me that it probably took a lot of effort and work hours to piece all that together. That is why only a small selection of games that have dealt with such topics have been brutally honest and unforgiving in the depiction of depression and anxiety. If you depict it only as a selling point of your game, you might make even more people mad. If you do it wrong, you’ll just get some people mad. With all that said, the topic of depression and anxiety is something that you’ll rarely see in this medium. The ending of Mass Effect 3 taught us that we should never have high expectations from life, especially when it comes to decent video game endings. Macfield and the Island of Memories, can teach you a lot about gender identity and being comfortable with who you are.

Spec Ops: The Line showed us that war isn’t all that magnificent as Hollywood tends to portray it Another game with an incredibly long name, The Missing: J.J.

As much as they can be a form of escapism from life, video games can also be a good medium to tackle some more serious topics.