Entangled in Thoughts is an interactive narration where the player experience life as a student struggling with anxiety

Entangled in Thoughts is an interactive story that raises awareness on mental health issues students face in their academic and daily life. The purpose of this internet game is to put the player in the character’s shoes by living their life for a semester. During the semester the player is making decisions and dealing with their consequences as a student. The aim is to overcome the challenges as much as possible while sinking in inner thoughts.

Throughout the story we are reading the inner voice of the student in a diary format. In each situation, the player has a couple of choices to make by clicking on a certain part of the text. Those decisions determine the course of the events.

The story has started to be built by the author’s own experience, but since it’s a multi-choice story, various experiences of the other students were also needed. For that reason, an anonymous survey has been created to collect stories from different people with similar experiences. In order to tackle various issues and their possible consequences, breaking points have been added which change the story's direction. This creates a setting enabling users to reflect on mental health issues students face through the course of their academic lives.