Abertay Uni students designs game to aid mental health battle following childhood abuse
Calum Robb has created 'Roykern' - an adventure game which shows how he overcame depression through music and meditation
An Abertay Uni student who's overcome childhood abuse has created a video game to promote positive mental health.
Calum Robb's battled depression after he was targeted when he was just 11-years-old.
He's now designed a unique adventure game called 'Roykfern: A Musical Narrative Adventure', which shows how he dealt with it through music and meditation.
"Mental health has got a really bad stigma towards it, especially in media. I just wanted to celebrate mental health in a way," he said.
"I found certain things that helped me and I wanted to show them by putting them into a game.
The 33-year-old believes creating the game has aided his own mental health recovery.
"It made me realise that I'm actually making this game for myself and the character in the game is me," he added.
"He's on this path, of how music and meditation saved him. Music did save me, multiple times."
His team, Arrow Games, has now launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund its development.
Roykfern is a point-and-click adventure game, taking inspiration from titles such as The Secret of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango.
The game tells the story of Roland, as he journeys through the land of Roykfern to find the Lord Magistrate of Music and unlock the secrets of his past, as well as save his beloved homeland.
Arrow Games have set a funding target of £50,000.
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