Bump Galaxy is a virtual community for mental health and care in a game world prototyped on Minecraft by designer-researcher Bianca Carague (2020, Design Academy Eindhoven graduate). In it, community members can visit several Care Commons: a forest for meditation, sand dunes for reflecting on your dr

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eams, a netherworld for facing your fears, a snowfield and underwater temple designed for uncovering trauma through deep hypnotic visualizations. Members of Bump Galaxy can also virtually meet mental health professionals from around the world who work together on collaborative game-specific care programs. Bump Galaxy deinstitutionalizes healthcare by bringing people together across national borders, care practices and knowledge worlds, blurring the lines between care giver and care receiver. As the community grows, so does the world, making the landscape a direct reflection of the community’s collective healing.

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Virtual reality, UX Design, Social Design, Healthcare, Games, Mental Health

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