Gris is an experience unlike most games you’ll find in that it gives you an intimate glimpse into the psyche of someone dealing with grief. And it’s through this game’s dynamic use of color that it does so. In this episode of Psych of Play, we will be taking a truly deep dive into the world of Gris and how it uses its colors and in game mechanics to illustrate the complexities of loss and bereavement.

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-Games Shown

Gris (2018) - Nomada Studio
Final Fantasy X (2001) - SquareSoft
Celeste (2018) - Matt Makes Games
Astral Chain (2019) - Platinum Games
Portal 2 (2011) - Valve
Kingdom Hearts 2 (2005) - Square Enix
Pokemon Sword & Shield (2019) - Game Freak
Mortal Kombat 11 (2019) - Nether Realm Studios

-Research Articles Cited

5 stages explained:
https://grief.com/the-five-stages-of-...

Color Overview Article:
https://www.sciencealert.com/does-col...

Color exposure tests:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...

VR Arm Study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Blue Streetlights overview:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blu...

Blue Streetlights support:
https://psychcentral.com/blog/can-blu...

Night Shift on Iphone:
https://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/97...

Skin Conductance and Emotion:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
https://imotions.com/blog/gsr/

Dev interview & cut art:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/20/1...

Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing:
https://isle.hanover.edu/Ch06Color/Ch...

GRIS and Grief:
http://indie-bytes.com/articles/gris-...

-Clips/Movies Shown

Flavors of Youth (2018)
Good Will Hunting (1998)
Inside Out (2015)
Dororo (2019)
Marriage Story (2019)
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (2005)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
The Garden of Words (2013)
La La Land (2016)
Beauty and The Beast (1991)
Southpaw (2015)
   • Manus VR brings arm, hand and finger ...  
   • Behind the Schemes: GRIS with Nomada ...  
   • University of Barcelona  
   • Video  
   • Wolf Pack at Night 1  
   • Primitive Skills: Upgrading irrigatio...  
   • The Secret of Why Glacier Ice is Blue!  
   • In Japan, blue lights prevent jumping...  

-Music Sources:

Inside the Mind - Ryan Taubert
Gris Pt 1. - Berlinist
Memories - David A. Molina
Transformation One - Analog Heart
Starting Over - Roland Lewis
Don't Go - Chris Coleman
Blood in the Water - Luke Atencio
7:42 AM (Lowercase Noises Remix) · Hotel Neon
Unagi - Berlinist
Before you fall asleep - jhove
Kindle - Roary

*All images, graphics, and fonts created or found with postermywall.com, Pexels.com, Videvo.net, and Lightworks v14 editing software. All gameplay footage captured with Elgato 60FPS recording device*

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