ComaBlues

About ComaBlues

As you step on the ground in this strange world, you will  be reaching the deepest spot of her lonely heart. Comablues represents an explorable environment including an outside world and an inside place that refers to the mental status of a little girl who has drown herself into depression, loneliness, pain and self-harm. It is a journey that aims to take you to experience and immerse in all these memories. May random encounters bring  you  reasonable imaginations or self-association that hopefully triggers an alert about the importance of mental health.

Play-through

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The Background

In recent couple of years, the "Sad Culture"  or "Demotivation (-al culture)"as exemplified by emo rap, characters like Pepe the frog and bojack horseman has drawn my attention and impacted me for a long time. It refers to language, musical content, writing and drawing that are popular among the youth with emotions like decadence, despair and pessimism. Hot topics would include suicide, self-hatred and heart-breaking. Behind its dramatic rise is that young people are suffering from huge pressure from life and facing a sense of powerlessness due to the rapid development of self-awareness and social media. For this project, I would like to touch upon this cultural trend based on my own understanding as a comment of what I have observed and experienced among my generation.

Inspirations 

It is hard to limit down the number of my inspirations to a specific number. Movies like Trainspotting and Suicide Room both contributed to the scene deisgn of this project. Heavily mentioned topics  like drug use and decadent lifestyles are also influential to my concept building. 

To See Work Record:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9QoAPBHr1VZ4f-HLWsvrp0w4QRT2LDyC