Mechanics of empathy

What are the mechanics, in game, which generates empathy and compassion?

From December 2020 to June 2021, I'll be prototyping one mechanic by month and make it a full game.

• 1 week for isolating a mechanic and making a functional prototype,
• 1 week for polishing it to a playable level in English, French, Japanese, and add accessibility features,
• 1 week for guerilla playtesting at the Tokyo University of Technology;
• 1 week to write about it. Name the mechanic. Find example in existing games. Is it replicable?

I'm willing, at the end of it all, to publish an article compiling my reflections on the subject, and a compilation of all those experiment in one game.

My hope is to publish this game here, and that we can discuss it together. Let's make different kinds of games.

CURRENT VERSION:
Space Awareness - https://forms.gle/jF1mKmBwQq39iqxx7

Influence - https://forms.gle/z2dA9uEkbUmxbh8V9

Understanding - https://forms.gle/Js6d2MQSdJpk5CVYA

Regulate - https://forms.gle/kcEVXwcdQbpWLa5NA

Active Listening - https://forms.gle/APHTGhoFWUEZVNrF7

WARNING:
Known bugs

-Quit Button is empty, but it works!

-Japanese kanji are sometimes invisible. Please propose font families that can handle them!

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